I realized immediately after posting, but too quick to get ahead of RSS, that professional cover bands have to pay licensing fees–either to the club or some other licensing agency. So there’s that bit of clarification.
The one thing I can’t stop thinking is how did this end up on Youtube? Think about it: this guy’s [...]
All over the Internet, people are expressing righteous indignation at the gall of a guy named Nick Madson, who performs comedy routines in Davenport, Iowa. BUT THAT’S NOT ALL, you see. He performs word-for-word routines of other stand-up comedians–Dave Attell, Louis C.K., and where this whole thing started, the best stand-up comedian working today, and [...]
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A few words about me and mixes (or, you can skip ahead). Like year-end lists (and like a lot of other geeks, I assume), I use mixes as a heuristic–songs as things to think with. I’ve got access to so much music, I’m a compulsive sorter and ranker, and I’m often sitting still in [...]
According to the Washington Post, Virginia has cracked down on a racist license plate after deciphering “14CV88″:
The DMV agreed that the plate contains a coded message: The number 88 stands for the eighth letter of the alphabet, H, doubled to signify “Heil Hitler,” said CAIR’s Ibrahim Hooper. “CV” stands for “Confederate veteran” [...]
They’re all on the same page of the latest Rolling Stone! Wayne gets big-upped by Ezra of the Vampire Weekends:
A dispatch from one rager during last week’s Little 5 celebrations:
“They’re nice guys, they’re very nice guys. They’re just trying to help us out,” Kaelan said of the officers.
The crowd clapped.
“I am a little upset that we can’t get to the polka dot bikini girl contest, but can you come back for [...]
And yesterday’s post seems quaint in relation.
Since it’s been “popular,” music’s always had to leech off of other entertainment industries and forms of media for power and dissemination. Recorded works have been the central commodity objects since sheet music died off, but the “meaning” of music has always been parted out across all sorts of media: television, film, print, and all [...]