Video: Feist on the Colbert Report
Wine bar music. Heh.
Wine bar music. Heh.
*Erockster is Clear Channel’s crack at online radio. I don’t know how to pronounce the endeavor. And that worries me. [digital music news]
*There is a rumor going around that Viacom wants to buy Hype Machine for $10M. I wonder if they know that people like Hype Machine for the stealing. [spin city]
*Lindsay Lohan will perform with Snoop Dogg on an upcoming album. I say this without any trace of snark or irony: I am looking forward to it. [buzzfeed]
*Radiohead isn’t into the whole “name your own price” thing any more. Also, they have given a song, All I Need, to a charity that fights human trafficking.
*Pink Floyd lost their inflatable pig, offered a $10,000 reward for it, then found it. This is the circle of life, pork style. [daily swarm]
*Off topic: Friday is No Pants Day. [laughing squid]
*MOG takes money from Universal Music Group and Sony BMG. Labels, labels, everywhere.
*David Bowie doesn’t like his daughter listening to the rock music. Especially Hilary Duff.
*Sony BMG isn’t suing Project Playlist! News at 11.
*You probably heard about the Jimi Hendrix sex tape. Here is a link. Not to the video, the NYT article. Sorry.
*Vinyl sales up 46% last year. But how closely have they been tracking garage sale sales?
*NIN to offer personalized concert tickets to evade scalpers? [getty images]
*The Black Eyed Peas to play in China? Despite a boycott? Count me in. [daily swarm]
*Apparently, Diablo Cody is twittering. And by that, I mean using the Web 2.0 application Twitter. What?
*Death Cab for Cutie records a session with Daytrotter. Also, see Death Cab’s viral video project. [universal music group]
*No love for subscription music?
*Listening Post interviews Justin Ouellette, the dude behind everyone’s favorite mixtape site, Muxtape. He looks like an internet guy.
*iTunes is five years old. I use iTunes as a music player and to sign up for free podcasts, but I won’t be buying any music from their any time soon. [daring fireball]
*WATCH: Interviews with heavy metal Satanists Venom – from the tweets of The Sound of Young America.
*Shakira talks education policy on NPR. [prawfsblawg]
*Off-topic: Food that takes the shape of its container. [neatorama]
Downright bonny.
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I knew these guys were net-savvy, but who knew they were into Habbo Hotel?
This video really makes you feel like you’re at Coachella. Without your contact lenses.