January 2010
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-24) →
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros (380)
Johnny Cash (205)
Gretel (54)
Angels & Airwaves (41)
Motion City Soundtrack (28)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
I’m PRETTY sure I didn’t listen to Edward Sharpe 380 times this week. In fact I know it was a once over. And Johnny Cash was a lot but not 205. What the hell is Last.fm counting?
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Before I Figure Out What I Like...
I hate an undeserved sense of entitlement; So you’re daddy or brother or great great grandmother fought the war, what did you do? I hate the mission to pit a nation of peoples against each other; if you can’t stand together, you will all fall together. I hate local town pride with the intent of alienating people; Now your a town of assholes, self-pleasuring assholes. I hate a...
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Conan O'Brien, and What We Can Learn from...
I think we can all give a collective “bravo” to Conan O’Brien for saying “fuck ‘em” to The Tonight Show getting pushed back to midnight. This last week of The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien has been one of the most entertaining weeks in late night television in my lifetime (spanning a long 21 years). Given the fact that, even as a Conan fan, I have hardly felt...
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-17) →
Johnny Cash (88)
blink-182 (54)
Gretel (49)
The Avett Brothers (47)
Allison Weiss (36)
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Some Pig
OiNK Admin, Allen Ellis, has been found not guilty under charges to defraud the music industry. OiNK was a torrent site dedicated to the sharing of top-quality music files to a tight community of music-lovers. OiNK was born from the music industry’s inability to evolve with technology, the inability to serve artists and music-lovers alike, and the inability to let go of their dinosaur days...
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-10) →
The White Stripes (38)
The Beatles (26)
She & Him (23)
The Decemberists (18)
blink-182 (18)
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The Music Industry X-Men
In an interview with Jack White, Rolling Stone asks how the Record Industry Decline has affected the way he goes about his work. One half of his answer:
“…the state of music, it’s very depressing. It’s the worst time to be a musician or an artist in the industry in the history of music. Look at any chart. It’s really sad. Sometimes I worry I’m going to be...