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The Rookie Mistakes Show
Exploring debut record(s) that kinda sucked by music legends recorded well before they became the artists you know and love.
Read more →San Francisco Electronic Music Festival preview
Pamela Z and Matt Davignon visited the studio to discuss the San Francisco Electronic Music Festival and preview some of its featured artists.
Read more →The Marriage Equality(?) Show
An attempt to celebrate California’s marriage equality law. Pull a loved one close for two hours of tunes and more about love, devotion and gettin’ hitched.
Read more →Marketing Lessons From American Idol
It’s the world’s biggest entertainment focus group as well as a harkening back to DeToqueville’s vision of Democracy In America.
Read more →Malcolm McLaren’s other big thing
Upon its release in 1983, Duck Rock’s distillation of Soweto, South Bronx and proto-electronica sounded like nothing on earth and everything on it at the same time.
Read more →Fela and the fourth wall challenge
Even if it’s staged as a rock concert with an open bar, it’s pretty tough to get musical-goers out of their seats.
Read more →“Just change, baby!” – Passages in the barber chair
Nobody plans to have a combover. They’re insidious. They are the product of years of attrition, denial, compensation and the simple refusal to adapt to new ways – just like the Oakland Raiders.
Read more →With Lala acquisition, Apple aims to own the Music Cloud
It could well be that I’ve missed this analysis – goodness knows there are a few newsies and bloggers that follow Apple – but the main point of the Lala acquisition may have gone over their heads for one key reason: the folks initially reporting the story haven’t actually tried to use Lala. One of the [...]
Read more →McSweeneys, E-Readers and Cultural Elitism
Last night I attended an author event in San Francisco where Nick Hornby was interviewed by Dave Eggers. Towards the end of the evening, an audience member asked Hornby’s opinion of E-readers. A palpable shudder went through the crowd; you could feel the room waiting and rooting for the bash to come. Hornby went one better, bringing [...]
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