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In Remembrance of Jacksoul's Haydain Neale...
The National Post: The Canadian music world was rocked today with news of the death of Haydain Neale. Best known as the lead vocalist of the multi-award-winning group Jacksoul, Neale was one of the country’s most well-respected musicians. As Canada’s music scene begins to mourn along with music lovers everywhere, here are some thoughts on the man […]
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World of Warcraft Nerd's $1M Suit Subpoenas Martin Gore of Depeche Mode as Expert Witness on Alienation...
Slicing Up Eyeballs: Depeche Mode songwriter Martin L. Gore reportedly has been subpoenaed by a litigious video gamer who’s suing the makers of the online behemoth “World of Warcraft” and wants the famously downbeat musician to testify about being “sad, lonely and alienated.” Estavillo — who unsuccessfully sued Sony after being banned from the Playstation Ne […]
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Senators Demand Transparency on Secret Copyright Bill Co-authored with Industry...
The Senators’ letter, via Knowledge Ecology International: ACTA involves dozens if not hundreds of substantive aspects of intellectual property law and its enforcement, including those that have nothing to do with counterfeiting. . . . There are concerns about the impact of ACTA on the privacy and civil rights of individuals, on the supply of products […]
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MJ's Death Leaves Insane Live Show Technologies Homeless... Makes Planes Appear Out of Thin Air ...
Variety: bq.. Read and comment. From variety.com.
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Susie Boyle Poised to Overtake Arctic Monkeys for Fastest-Selling UK Album...
NME: Susan Boyle’s debut album ‘I Dreamed A Dream’ looks set to go up against Arctic Monkeys’ ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not’ to become the fastest-selling UK debut of all time. The album, which features covers of The Rolling Stones’ ‘Wild Horses’ and Madonna’s ‘You […]
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'He did not stay dead'... Christian Death Metal, Subtitled...
Read and comment. From thedailyswarm.com.
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So Does it Suck or Rock? The Ups and Downs of The Pixies' 'Doolittle' Tour...
The New York Times: Who are they now? What do they mean? What’s the intent? The Pixies are sounding good, but there’s not a lot of motion in their show — verbal, physical, emotional or otherwise. Kim Deal, the band’s bassist and singer, a warm and goofy presence in a pretty cold and motionless band, gave the only commentary between songs. It wasn’t more than […]
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The Discourse of Sexual Violence in Pop... Coping, Supporting...
The Guardian: Finding has recently completed a PhD thesis entitled Give Me Myself Again – Sexual Violence Narratives in Popular Music. The first part of that title is taken from a song by Tori Amos, whom she describes as “the patron saint of sexual violence”, having written a song about her own rape. Finding has spent a lot of time travelling to […]
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Speech Debelle Leaves Record Label... 'the machine wasn't there'...
p.The Quietus: Normally winning the prize boosts an album’s sales, but Speech Therapy didn’t rise above number 65 in the charts – something Debelle attributes to the record label’s limitations. “I wasn’t disappointed that it didn’t sell well, I was disappointed in the people I was working with,” she told BBC 6 […]
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Roxy Music's Bryan Ferry Taps Flea, Johnny Greenwood, Nile Rodgers...
Spinner: In an email message sent to his fanbase the Roxy Music star said that he had brought in Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood and the ‘Chili’s bassist Flea to play on his forthcoming album. To add to the esteemed personnel working on the project Ferry has also said that Chic man and super-producer Nile Rodgers will collaborate with him too […]
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In Remembrance of Jacksoul's Haydain Neale...
