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This is an interesting concept – that writing songs and computer programming have a lot in common – but really the writer’s (CD Baby founder Derek Sivers) vision is far too narrow – he’s just comparing the creative operations he happens to be familiar with – the real issue here …

The long, slow rise of Maroon 5 shows that the music industry still knows how to break a band if it wants to (it just doens’t seem to want to very often anymore, or more accurately, it doesn’t seem to have the patience to very often anymore). We have three …

The annual festival is set for June 25-27 at Worthy Farm in Somerset, England and it’s sold out: Morrissey, PJ Harvey and Basement Jaxx will perform at this year’s Glastonbury Festival, alongside Sir Paul McCartney, Oasis and the English National Opera. ….Surprise additions this year include 1970s disco act Sister …

Speaking of self-lasceration, this guy has been writing about it for 15 years, and it couldn’t have been much more explicit than in “Hurt”: I wear my crown of shit On my liar’s chair Full of broken thoughts I cannot repair Beneath the stain of time The feeling disappears You …

Directed by Roland Emmerich Story by Roland Emmerich Screenplay by Roland Emmerich & Jeffrey Nachmanoff Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial start of summer. Over the next few months movie theaters across the country will be inundated by the genre of Hollywood film known as Special Effects Pornography. Before I cause …

Do you have what it takes to inflame the blood-thirsty masses at Ozzfest? Do your guitars snarl and buzz threateningly? Do your vocals bristle and bray atavistically? Have you ever bitten the head off of anything living? This may be your chance: OZZfest 2004 Is Looking For Raw Talent; Auditions …

Willie Nelson has successful surgery to relieve carpal tunnel syndrome: Attempts at rest, splinting and medication to relieve symptoms of carpal tunnel earlier this month were not as effective as hoped, and last week Willie Nelson had an endoscopic carpal tunnel release operation to his left wrist. Norman P. Zemel, …

As is being discussed with particular vigor and vehemence on this post (see comments), I am as down on (not “with”) thug culture as most anyone, but who says hip-hop is all about thuggery? Check out hot crunkster David Banner and his stance on education: Highly acclaimed Mississippi hip-hop artist …

This sounds like a great summertime thang: The annual Westchester Reggaefest 2004 concert will celebrate their seventh anniversary on June 13, 2004. Prroduced and hosted by linkup Media, (parent company of Linkup Radio 93.5FM and Plush TV NY), the event returns to the Westchester County Center, located at 198 Central …

I love the band name “Sonic Youth” because these guys are older than I am so maybe I can be “Scribe Youth,” or something, into my dotage. Anyway, the Youth are coming back with Sonic Nurse (“to my head, to my head, rock and roll nurse going to my head”) …