Topic: MUSIK - on August 29, 2007 at 11:46:00 AM CEST
Fans urged to boycott Winehouse
Amy Winehouse's father-in-law has urged the singer's fans to boycott her music until she seeks treatment for what he called a drug addiction.
Speaking to BBC Radio Five Live, Giles Fielder-Civil said he was concerned that Winehouse and her husband, Blake, would die without medical help.
He said: "Perhaps it is time to stop buying records. It's a possibility, to send that message."
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Topic: MUSIK - on August 25, 2007 at 11:28:00 AM CEST
Flower power
Flowers In The Rain started as an accidental hippy anthem and ended as an accidental charity fundraiser after a fraught libel case in the High Court.
As all pop fact fans know, The Move's Flowers In The Rain was the first track to be played on Radio One, chosen to symbolise the era of flower power and guaranteeing an ongoing stream of income for the band.
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Topic: MUSIK - on August 22, 2007 at 2:13:00 PM CEST
Compilation tape USB drive - for home taping
Remember back in the days before digital music players and MP3s? If you do, then you probably made compilations of all your favourite music, to share with your friends and loved ones, on good old fashioned blank cassette tapes. If you miss making mix tapes this product will inspire you again!
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Topic: MUSIK - on August 22, 2007 at 2:08:00 PM CEST
Pay because the Stones smoked
Bosses of the O2 arena face a fine of several thousand pounds today after the Rolling Stones smoked cigarettes on stage.
There were cheers from the 20,000-strong crowd at The O2 arena as Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood flouted the ban on smoking in public places.
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Topic: MUSIK - on August 21, 2007 at 5:17:00 PM CEST
Soundtrack of a generation plays out final farewell to Mr Manchester
The funeral was organised by the Manchester-based Co-op: what else would you expect for a Manchester man? And there was certain sense of style including a jet black coffin with silver handles and a hearse with, possibly serendipitously, the initials AW in its number plate.
And because this Anthony H Wilson had been one of the most influential music industry figures of our time, there was a suitably eclectic soundtrack: Atmosphere by Joy Division and New Order's first single, Ceremony; Bob's Yer Uncle by the Happy Mondays; He Who Would Valiant Be by John Bunyan; and Hail Queen of Heaven, a traditional hymn Wilson would have sung often in his Catholic boyhood.
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Topic: MUSIK - on August 21, 2007 at 3:05:00 PM CEST
DJ Muggs vs Sick Jacken: Legend Of The Mask & The Assassin Video Trailer!
DJ MUGGS - iconic producer, Angeles Records CEO, Mash up radio personality, pioneer and founder of Hip-Hop super group Cypress Hill, has decided to collaborate with SICK JACKEN of The Psycho Realm, the Los Angeles rap group started in 1989 by brothers Jacken (Jack Gonzalez) and Duke (Gustavo Gonzalez), who have enjoyed a religious fan base that follows Jacken and the group everywhere.
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Topic: MUSIK - on August 21, 2007 at 3:03:00 PM CEST
After Putting Mixtape Creators In Jail, Universal Realizes It Needs Mixtapes
Remember back in January, when a SWAT team, at the direction of RIAA officials, raided the studio of a well known DJ and mixtape artist in Atlanta? This seemed like quite the overreaction to a system that had been known for its successful promotion of many RIAA-backed artists. However, after the DJs were arrested, the entire market was on notice and many mixtapes stopped showing up in the marketplace.
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Topic: MUSIK - on August 20, 2007 at 3:13:00 PM CEST
Unlocking Pandora's box
I'm in love with Pandora. My wife is happy about this - she could love Pandora, too. But now, me and Pandora have got stuck in a bad patch. She can no longer sing in my little shell-pink ears. We have been torn apart by two powerful organisations - the US Copyright Royalty Board and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) - who have made it too expensive to maintain a worldwide internet radio service.
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Topic: MUSIK - on August 20, 2007 at 12:02:00 PM CEST
Hasch mich, Mädchen (MP3)
I have written about music from the former GDR before, but somehow I missed out on the most profoundly retarded punk anthem ever recorded in the German language. Released in 1983 by the band Keks (Cookie), it shows once again what socialist societies were capable of.
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Topic: MUSIK - on August 20, 2007 at 11:58:00 AM CEST
Tapedeck.org
is a project of neckcns.com, built to showcase the amazing beauty and (sometimes) weirdness found in the designs of the common audio tape cassette. There's an amazing range of designs, starting from the early 60's functional cassette designs, moving through the colourful playfulness of the 70's audio tapes to amazing shape variations during the 80's and 90's. We hope you enjoy these tapes as much as we do!
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Topic: MUSIK - on August 14, 2007 at 1:02:00 PM CEST
Henry Rollins interviews Marilyn Manson
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Topic: MUSIK - on August 14, 2007 at 12:59:00 PM CEST
Blue Note label to offer downloads'n'social on web
Jazz and blues record label Blue Note plans to revamp its website from later this month, transforming it from a regular corporate front window to a combined social network and music download shop.
The move could be seen as flying in the face of conventional marketing wisdom. Jazz fanciers are assumed to spend their music-buying time grubbing for vinyl in backstreet shops, getting dust all over their berets and corduroy jackets with elbow patches.
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