Paul McCartney

In this week’s New Yorker, brilliant staff writer John Colapinto writes a profile of Paul McCartney that may indeed be one of the best profiles ever to appear in the magazine. I’ve always been a fan of Colapinto’s writing, but this piece made me cry.
Unfortunately, thanks to Condé Nast, the article itself isn’t available [...]

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"Plunge in CD Sales Shakes Up Big Labels"

The music industry is being crushed under the weight of its own lawsuits, negligence, stupidity, incompetence, arrogance, and insanely unfair contracts with singers and songwriters. Karma’s great, ain’t it?
This piece, from today’s New York Times, finally paints the dire picture that those of us who have railed for years against DRM have been expecting. [...]

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Don’t Look Now…

UPDATE: See the exciting conclusion to this story by clicking here!
Earlier tonight, I was in a bit of a bind.
I really, really, really wanted to find the extended, single version of George Michael’s 1987 hit “Monkey.” What a perfect, perfect pop song. You can hate him all you [...]

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"Amazon To Sell Music Without Copy Protection"

Thank you, Chandler’s brother-in-law. Thank you so much. Now, with iTunes and Amazon.com on board, we’ll just have to get Uni to wake up and smell the DRM-free coffee, and we’ll be all set! When “rights management” falls in the woods, and no one is around to hear it, does it make [...]

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"When the Angels"

I’ve been listening to Prefab Sprout’s song about Marvin Gaye’s murder almost exclusively for the past few days. You should be, too.
“When the Angels”
When the angels take the angel voice awaySome lower their eyes, some of us shout “Cheats!”Or cheating on the deal, pulling off the sting,tuning up the harps, dishing out the wings
If [...]

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Mingering Mike

I had tried to post a list of songs that I’ve purchased from iTunes, but I couldn’t get the list to export. Too bad.
So, instead, I’m going to link to the story of Mingering Mike. I can’t explain it; you should just read it and listen. To whet your appetite, here’s a [...]

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