November 2002

New Gillian Welch DVD.

November 19, 2002

Faux mountain girl Gillian Welch and her stellar guitarist-partner Dave Rawlings (whose name is impossible to find on her web site) have a new DVD available. It includes all their videos from the “Revelator” CD and performances from the tour. The duo also do a few covers from Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Bill Monroe and [...]

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New study says that radio consolidation has hurt listeners and a great DMCA overview.

November 19, 2002

According to an article on forbes.com: ” Six years after a landmark deregulation law lifted ownership limits on radio stations, airwaves in many cities are dominated by a few media behemoths that offer little in the way of variety or local content, the Future of Music Coalition found.” Read the article here. Read the report [...]

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Movielink says no to the mac for on-line movie viewing, cites DRM.

November 18, 2002

Quite possibly one of the most telling things to happen in the DRM arena in quite some time. CNET is reporting that the Macintosh is being shut out of online movie services like Movielink. The reason? Because of Apple’s refusal to cave into the RIAA and the MPAA on their draconian digital-rights management. CNet has [...]

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Joni Mitchell says the music biz is a cesspool and other stuff.

November 13, 2002

According to an article at Reuters, Mitchell is “Ashamed” to be in the music biz and her next cd will be her last. The 58-year-old former folk-rock icon is quoted in Rolling Stone saying, “I just think it’s a cesspool. I hope it all goes down the crapper. I would never take another deal in [...]

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Disney Radio makes a Mickey Mouse ad and who do you want to hate today.

November 10, 2002

The No. 1 song on Radio Disney is by a Disney Channel actress under contract to a Disney record label. You just can’t make this stuff up folks. The LA Times has she scoop. fuckmicrosoft.com

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More amazing stupidity from another record label.

November 8, 2002

The geek site The Register is running a story about what has to be one of the most outrageous email’s sent from customer services in the history of western civilization. A rep at BMI in Germany responded to a customer who had difficulty playing a copy-protected CD in his CD player. One of the most [...]

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