Links for 1.21.08: Target’s musical aims, We7′s big six, Zonday’s reign…
by Josh Kimball
*Ad-supported music purveyor We7 (backed in part by Peter Gabriel) has taken $6 million in Series A funding. [mashable]
*Target starts selling digital music (in a small way). They have a deal with Sony BMG, and will sell the latest John Legend album on Target.com. [paidcontent]
*The New Scientist reports on a wi-fi device that polls party-goers for their musical preferences. [techmeme]
*Brooklyn Vegan offers extensive coverage of a recent NYC gig by Tay Zonday. (For Minneapolites: Looks like Zonday will be playing at the Uptown a week from Saturday.)
*On-the-rise party-starting singing style of the moment: Sacred Harp. [ypulse]
*Leonard Cohen is going on tour for the first time since 1993. [dailyswarm]
*The week’s best guitar amp: The Fucking Fucker. [boingboing]
*Listenerd fave Benjamin Franklin (known for his cold-air baths) is profiled in the New Yorker.
I swore off BoingBoing– ya almost got me with the Fucking Fucker amp!
This originally came from BB Gadgets rather than BB proper. Joel Johnson is pretty good.
Leonard Cohen? Leonard Cohen. Leonard effing Cohen!