Lynne Kiesling Have you been following the growing popularity and the music creation model of Girl Talk? Girl Talk is Gregg Gillis, from Pittsburgh (YAY!), and an article in today’s New York Times summarizes his music, his techniques, and its reflection of the evolution of copyright: Girl Talk, whose real name is Gregg Gillis, makes …
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Lynne Kiesling I’m outta here for a couple of weeks of bicycling! Sunday night we will arrive in Pierre, South Dakota, from whence we bike east along the Missouri River to St. Charles, Missouri. We are biking the first one-third of the Lewis & Clark Trail in reverse, accompanied by their journals and other history-relevant …
Lynne Kiesling At Boing Boing, Cory Doctorow Nine Inch Nails made $750,000 in the first two days of its new album’s online distribution. This is an interesting follow up to my earlier post on the release. Gee, did RIAA get the memo that giving away an album’s worth of songs for free still managed to …
Lynne Kiesling I am listening to the WOXY Lounge Acts live right now with Jukebox the Ghost, and they are awesome! I have heard their song “Hold It In” a few times, and it’s catchy and engaging. They are about to release an album, and you can listen to their tunes on their webpage. Check …
Lynne Kiesling 2007 was the best music year I’ve had in a very, very long time. From a nostalgia perspective, you could argue that it’s the best year I’ve had in 24 years, because that was the last time I saw The Police play live, and in 2007 I saw them live again, several times. …
Michael Giberson Today, December 10, 2007, StubHub announced that the ten millionth ticket was recently exchanged through the site. The company said that the exchange involved a pair of tickets to next Sunday’s game between the Green Bay Packers-St. Louis Rams in St. Louis. In a pattern perhaps typical of many exchanges on StubHub, a …
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Lynne Kiesling Today my head is full of music, not economics (OK, most days my head is full of music …). Last night we saw Handel’s Julius Caesar in Egypt (Giulio Cesare in Egitto) at the Lyric. It’s the Lyric premiere of the David McVicar production from Glyndebourne in England. Wow. I was transfixed for …
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Lynne Kiesling Here’s an interesting development: one of my favorite bands, Red Hot Chili Peppers, are suing Showtime for calling their new show starring David Duchovny “Californication”: “Californication is the signature CD, video and song of the band’s career, and for some TV show to come along and steal our identity is not right,” the …
Lynne Kiesling Today sees a couple more articles about Radiohead’s decision to sell their album online, at prices determined by the buyer. This New York Times article highlights one thing that I find interesting: letting the radio listeners themselves determine which songs off the album should be considered the “hit singles”: The Radiohead camp has …
Lynne Kiesling Last Thursday we saw De Novo Dahl, Bedouin Soundclash, and Hot Hot Heat at the Vic in Chicago. Punch line: great show, very fun. More below the fold.
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