Tag Archives: Internet

“You say it’s all about control And nothing should control you If no one ever gets to close Then you’ll have nothing to live up to” (“Wrong” – School of Fish) The central issue for copyright holders is that they are going to have to learn to love, or at …

In a move clearly meant to say, “we’re still watching and we will still kick your ass and take your money if we feel like it,” the RIAA has filed new lawsuits against 532 alleged file sharers: The recording industry on Wednesday sued 532 computer users it said were illegally …

I totally dig the alt-country rock of Scott Miller. Upside Downside, his new one with his band the Commonwealth (Shawn McWilliams – drums, Eric Fritsch – keyboards, Park Chisolm – bass), has stomping roots-rock like “It Didn’t Take too Long” and “Raised By the Graves,” thoughtful folk-rock (“The Way,” “Red …

The technology of this may be very cool, but it is intrusive as hell: Beginning [yesterday], more than a dozen Web sites, including MSN, ESPN, Lycos and iVillage, [ran] full-motion video commercials from Pepsi, AT&T, Honda, Vonage and Warner Brothers, in a six-week test that some analysts and online executives …

A number of artists and songwriters seem to be doing their best to ensure that the free file sharing services like Kazaa and LimeWire continue to do a booming business: The world’s largest music company had been hectoring rock singer Tom Petty since last summer. You’ve got a big and …

The Fourth Annual Weblogs Awards have arrived over at Nikolai Nolan’s Fairvue site. These are the original “Bloggies.” We were honored to win the Best Weblog About Music award last year. In apparent recognition that we are so much more than a music site, this year we are very pleased …

Maybe stuff like this: Mike Rowe thinks it’s funny that his catchy name for a Web site design company sounds a lot like Microsoft. ….”Since my name is Mike Rowe, I thought it would be funny to add ‘soft’ to the end of it,” said Rowe, a 17-year-old computer geek …

Our own Darren Rowse is always up to something over there in the land of Wonder, the land Down Under: Week 1 of Blogger Idol is here. Hoards of bloggers have signed up for this experiment and its now time to kick it off with some fun! Remember Blogger Idol …

If you’re a jazz fan you should know about the cool Jazz Corner site, with links to jazz-related sites, a busy bulletin board, reviews, profiles and news. Of particular interest is an incredible jam to be held on Saturday night, Jan 24th at the Iridium, 1650 Broadway at 51st St. …

From the ever-valuable ResourceShelf site, election 2004 resources: Iowa Caucus + Official Democratic Caucus Web Site ++ Caucus Quick Fact Sheet ++ 2004 Delegate Selection Plan ++ 2004 Caucus Locations + Caucus Guide (via Secretary of States Office) + Caucus History (PowerPoint Presentation) from Secretary of State + Iowa Democratic …