January 23, 2010 – 12:36 am
She seemed so happy: she was going to put the situation out of her mind and drink up the world to her fullest. She travelled back and forth to Europe, she saw my and Martha’s shows, she went on a grand tour of the world, she swam in lakes in the country. She was a [...]
My earliest memories of Michael Jackson’s music, like so many of us, are hard to separate from my earliest memories of music, period. Like every other kid who grew up in the 80s (really, from 1969 onward), I was steeped in it. Michael Jackson WAS pop culture. I moonwalked in front of the mirror. I [...]
December 6, 2007 – 12:43 am
Congrats to Kristin Hersh, one of my long-time favorite musicians, for pioneering a new independent artist coalition, CASH Music. Who knew that in addition to being an incredibly talented singer and songwriter, she is full of smart things to say on copyright, “read-write” culture, and new business models for musicians.
CASH is an acronym — [...]
December 4, 2007 – 1:26 am
We finally saw the Bollywood mega-hit that came out during Diwali: Om Shanti Om. I have to say – the big Bollywood blockbusters go over with me much better than the Hollywood ones.
Here’s the first track from the Om Shanti Om soundtrack:
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October 15, 2007 – 7:33 pm
I’ve been on a digital music buying spree this week — purchasing and downloading three new albums online. Despite being a voracious consumer of new music, mostly from mp3 blogs that highlight and share new tracks, I have never purchased music from the iTunes store. And I still haven’t — I purchased two albums from [...]
