Today, the US web lies quiet in a protest day to Save Net Radio The future of Internet radio is in immediate danger. Royalty rates for webcasters have been drastically increased by a recent ruling and are due to go into effect on July 15 (retroactive to Jan 1, 2006!). To protest these rates and […]
Soul Limbo Song
Adrian had me smiling today with his TunAtheday, Soul Limbo from BookerT and the MGs. I song I know from endless cricket broadcasts but never knew it who it was by or that it was the same band as performed Green Onions. Go and smile at the happy sound, even if you have no idea […]
Local Service
Will Wheaton’s wistful and inciteful column over at Suicide Girls had me thinking that the replacement of local shops, which provide some kind of community connection, with the commoditised big chains has been a factor in the development of recommendation services such as Library Thing or Pandora. If we can’t get suggestions from the local […]
Long Tail Music charts
The UK music charts have been opened up to the Long tail with the decision to count downloads whether or not there is also a physical copy of a single or available. A number of songs which charted last year or earlier were back in the charts last week and for the first time a […]
Austin to Vegas – last day and Snow Patrol
IMG_3672 Originally uploaded by RachelC. I’m now leaving Austin to travel to Las Vegas. Austin was great..and weird. Apparently an island of sanity in the state of Texas. Not having chance to visit the rest of the state, I’ll stay happy in my ignorance of what the rest of it is like. Austin was laid […]
MusicIP..behind the idea
SXSW Music has a completely different vibe to the Interactive Conference. Many people don’t come out till dark, some streets are closed off, and music assaults your ears from all directions. My chance to stay for the extra time came through Rick Segal and MusicIP, who covered the cost of the music ticket for me. […]
SXSW – Billy Bragg Interview: don’t form a band, get a blog!
The Blurb: “Billy Bragg comes to Austin on the occasion of the reissue of four albums: Life’s a Riot with Spy vs Spy, Brewing Up with Billy Bragg, Talking with the Taxman about Poetry, and The Internationale, on Yep Roc Records. Always fighting the good fight, Bragg has addressed political and personal themes in his […]
SXSW: Pretenders Interview
The Blurb: Pirate Radio,” a unique box set from Rock and Roll Hall of Famers the Pretenders, is out on March 14. Three days later, the band speaks in a very special SXSW Interview. Chrissie Hynde, Martin Chambers, Adam Seymour, and Nick Wilkinson discuss the retrospective, and look forward to their 2006 tour and future […]
Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg Originally uploaded by RachelC. Getting ready for his talk…
Chrissie Hynde
Chrissie Hynde Originally uploaded by RachelC. Chrissie signing autographs after her interviews this pm.
IMG_3593
IMG_3593 Originally uploaded by RachelC. Last night I saw 2 performances. The first was from Persephone’s Bees, a 4 piece rock band from California. (track here). Both albums are going to be purchased!
Magnet
IMG_3599 Originally uploaded by RachelC. Magnet was one of the acts seen lst night, a singer-songwriter from Norway. (track here)
Morrissey on stage
Morrissey on stage Originally uploaded by RachelC. According to the blurb…”In what could best be described as a once in a lifetime experience, Morrissey will be interviewed by Rolling Stone’s David Fricke for a SXSW Interview on Thursday, March 16, 1:15 PM – 2:30 PM at the South By Southwest Music Conference, followed by a […]
SXSW – Beastie Boys Audience Interview
The final panel of today is an interview with the Beasties boys. Queuing was mandatory, but the attendance appears to be the same as the Bruce Sterling monologue on Tuesday. Whilst knowing a fair bit of their music, I’ve never been a fan enough to work out who was who…so I took just general notes […]
Busk Marketing
Annie over on London Underground reports on the interface between corporates and self-impression. Underground buskers are being paid by companies to play music. The buskers are being paid a reported £40/day to play Johnny Cash songs, to support the release of the new movie Walk the Line and its associated release of albums. There appears […]
Dean Grey Tuesday
It’s Dean Grey Tuesday. Go and download American Edit; meanwhile I may just go and buy the original Green Day album as well as it does sound good in all the mash ups.