This is old news by now, but worth checking out nonetheless. The LA Times has an article on Rage Against the Machine’s set being prevented by state authorities at the Ripple Effect, a concert held in Minnesota alongside the Republican Convention.
Below are the two songs Rage performed amongst the crowd, acappella with a megaphone.
Rage Against [...]
Boing Boing directed me to this video mixing John McCain with music and singers. Its worth a quick look. It certainly has the best use so far of the “Bomb bomb bomb Iran” soundbite.
Video on You Tube
Via Boing Boing: Yes We Can — the McCain mix
The O’Reilly Radar brings attention to Jill Sobule, a singer/songwriter who has come up with a novel way to finance her next record. Rather then the traditional model of 1. investing in the recording and 2. selling to recoup costs and maybe make a profit, Jill is trying to raise the money upfront. [...]
An article posted on the Motley Fool investment blog got me thinking. Since the only thing the RIAA seems to care about is money and the bottom line, it will probably be investors who ultimately force them to turn away from this ridiculous cycle of law suites and intimidation against customers.
The gust of [...]
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has once again proven their anti-consumer agenda which seeks to disempower consumers as much as possible in their personal use of recorded music. No longer does it suffice the RIAA to refuse new technology and instead use draconian copyright legislation to beat down emerging trends in the industry, [...]
Hot off the heels of his latest media adventure (See BBD article here), R. Kelly is back at it again.
It seems the singer finally managed to show up in a Chicago court this week, narrowly missing his bond being revoked after failing to make a previous appearance, reports the The Chicago tribune.
In defense of his [...]
R&B poet extraordinaire R. Kelly, infamous for his spell-binding narratives and for being filmed having sex with and peeing on an allegedly 14 year old girl, has once again proven he is a man of the people and released his latest music video “Real Talk” exclusively on YouTube.
View it here (warning: profanity ridden and [...]
Mashup songs are always good for some novelty value, and this album of comedy mashups delivers double duty. I read about it in Boing Boing, so check out the link below. I’m with BB on this, the mashup of “Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah” vs Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” is the best of [...]
A recent article in the technology section of The Guardian describes a Japanese initiative to put musical grooves onto Japanese roads. Here in Ontario, major highways have grooves in the shoulders that make a loud noise when you drive over them, with the intent to inform the driver that they are driving off the [...]
A recent article in the technology section of The Guardian describes a Japanese initiative to put musical grooves onto Japanese roads. Here in Ontario, major highways have grooves in the shoulders that make a loud noise when you drive over them, with the intent to inform the driver that they are driving off the [...]
