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It’s ORRIN KEEPNEWS’s 80th birthday!! Who is Orrin Keepnews, with his clangorous name that hardly rolls off the tongue? This from the estimable Terri Hinte at Fantasy Records: On March 2, producer ORRIN KEEPNEWS will mark a major personal milestone–his 80th birthday. To help him celebrate that “incredible fact,” as …

A look at the British recording industry from the Independent: But many believe the industry is exaggerating the effects of piracy to wring concessions from the authorities and deflect attention from its inability to compete. The boom in sales of DVDs and computer games is eating into the disposable income …

Is copyright justified?

Brent Staples criticizes corporate control of radio in a NY Times editorial today. While his angle is the lack of protest music on the radio today and his comparisons to Vietnam are specious, he’s right on about the homogenization of radio under corporate consolidation: When a media giant swallows a …

Our very own mistress of Bloggie-nominee TexasGigs.com, Cindy Chaffin, informs us that Texas has spoken for 2003: 2003 Rockzillaworld Music Awards OK. This is Tuesday night. The awards show was Sunday night. I’m just now getting around to posting the winners. That tell you anything? It is virtually impossible to …

Johnny Paycheck, best known for “Take This Job and Shove It,” bedridden with emphysema and asthma, passed away Tuesday. He was an old, old man: Specializing in earthy, plainspoken songs, Paycheck recorded 70 albums and had more than two dozen hit singles. His biggest hit was “Take This Job and …

Do not ask for whom the bell tolls, turn and haul ass: A REFEREE threatened players with an AXE after they abused him for disallowing a goal. Players scattered in panic as the wild-eyed official chased them screaming: “Who f***ing wants it?” The unidentified ref saw red at a five-a-side …

But don’t get too excited: there are 149 other nominees: The governor of the U.S. state of Illinois who spared all inmates on death row, Pope John Paul, a Cuban dissident and Irish rock star Bono are among a near-record 150 nominees for the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize. “We have …

Unlike many frustrated Americans – especially right now – I like the French, I love France, I love the way French women dress and move, and I love French electronic pop (Mellow, Air). The French do seem ot have an unfortunately grand vision of their place in history, but I …

I don’t know – should the protesters be worried about the BILLIONS of non-protesters? Anyway, without further prejudicial comment, here is a site with 180 pictures from over 125 different anti-war protests from last weekend. My favorites are the assault rifle-brandishing anti-war protesters in Iraq, although many another shot is …