digital music
According to a report on Macminute, [http://www.macminute.com/2005/01/03/subscription/] some online music providers are claiming that subscriptions are the way forwards: > Napster [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napster_%28pay_service%29], Yahoo say iTunes is doomed | MacMinute [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacMinute] News:
culture
Sean Riley [http://www.livejournal.com/users/jackslack/69649.html?mode=reply] links to this article: CNN.com – Does sex still sell? – Jan. 21, 2004 [http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/21/music.sex.reut/index.html] The gist of the article is that selling artists through their
blackheath
I’m just back from Blackheath Halls [http://www.blackheathhalls.com/], where we saw the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain [http://www.ukuleleorchestra.com/]. The orchestra is just what it sounds like: eight people with ukuleles of various sizes (although the big, bass uke looked suspiciously like a guitar to
culture
Anyone who has ever had a friend comment on their music collection in a less than favourable fashion will find this article balm for their troubled soul: Annotations: Some Days in the Life: Playlists and Coffeemakers: Recapturing the Personal [http://roulette.annotations.com/blogs/somedays/archives/000099.html] Well said,
bristol
It’s Saturday afternoon in the southern suburbs of Bristol, so what are the good Bristolians doing? They’re at a car boot sale, of course. And there we spent the day flogging our unwanted goods to passers-by and eager bargain-hunters alike. It’s like a low-tech, open air eBay!
DRM
I love it. Stave Ballmer, Microsoft’s head honcho these days, is desperately trying to persuade us [http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/execmail/] that Digital Rights Management is, in fact, good for the consumer. This is, of course, nonsense but a simply marvellous read: > Consumers gain the most from
