the listenerd

*My arch-nemesis, eMusic, is pushing harder into the world of exclusive content, with tracks recorded at SXSW (earlier this year), and a new hub for punk act John Doe content. Are they trying to crush the Daytrotter & Take Away Shows uprising? Nooooo!
*(Tangential!) Because we all need solar-powered jackets to charge our iPods. And wind-powered cell phone chargers to juice our iPhones. It’s hard to be green when you’re carrying around thousands of dollars in consumer electronics.
*Google’s tracking of music trends. They’ve been doing this for some months, and the results are always hilariously anomalous. Linkin Park DOMINATES! Uh boy.
*Woody Allen will be directing an opera. Puccini. SCARY.
*Content/app pre-loads (this one ShoZu). SOOOO 2006 Marketing 101. Ugh, I just said the m word.
*The Internet Radio Broadcasters Day of Silence (so many caps, but none of them mids) is June 26. To mimick what it will be like for net radio listeners if royalty rates are raised.