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Reasons to Value Vinyl, Part III: Sleeveface

Posted in Culture, YouTube, blogging, vinyl, tagged , , , on February 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

AUSTIN, TX – About to board a plane back to DC after another stimulating uTunes residency at UT, and what do I behold in the paper but a little wire service item buried in the back of the paper about “Sleevefacing.” The Alpower blog tells you all you need to [...]

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The Ultimate “Music Video”

Posted in Recordings, U.K., YouTube, technology, vinyl, tagged , , , , , on January 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

This is why I love YouTube. It all started when Dr. Wizard came down the stairs humming the old British Music Hall song A Mother’s Lament, and looking for the words. And then I remembered that Cream actually recorded the song on their Disraeli Gears album. Which led [...]

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How to Succeed in the Music Biz, c. 2008: Ingrid Michaelson

Posted in Recording Industry, Recordings, Singer-Songwriters, YouTube, tagged , , , , , , , on January 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Driving back from New England over the holiday weekend gave me the chance to hear both an appearance by Yo-Yo Ma on the Diane Rehm show (though the Silk Road Project seems a bit of a stretch for MLK Day), and a fascinating discussion on the World Café between host David Dye and the [...]

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Holiday Leftovers: The Royal Tube and Missing the Parade

Posted in Holidays, Print Media, U.K., YouTube, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on January 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Sitting around the table on an overcast (what else?) North Norfolk afternoon, I got to witness a UK holiday tradition for the very first time: The Queen’s Annual Christmas Day Message. In a nice touch, the broadcast began and ended with excerpts from her 1957 broadcast, since the occasion marked the [...]

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Required Reading – The Well-Tempered Web

Posted in Authors, Books, Classical Music, Composers, Copyright, Critics, Digital Media, Music Media, Musicians, Recording Industry, Web 2.0, YouTube, music education, tagged , , , , , , on October 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

In the Oct. 22 issue of the New Yorker you’ll find
a Critic At Large piece called “The Well-Tempered Web” – in essence, a Postcard from the Brave New Media World, written by Alex Ross. There’s a reason Ross is at the top of the list on my blogroll….this is one of the best, [...]

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Pas De Dirt

Posted in Culture, Dance, Washington DC, YouTube, tagged , , , , , , on May 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Now THIS is a story that made me smile – and I wish I’d seen it! Forget street theatre – how about street ballet? From the mind of Genius grantee Liz Lerman and her Dance Exchange, collaborating with Bowen McCauley Dance comes Pas De Dirt, an “industrial dance” program combining ballerinas and bulldozers. [...]

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The Power of the Users

Posted in Copyright, YouTube, blogging, tagged , , , , on March 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

A friend turned me on to a new blogger today – Buzzmachine, from the mind/pen of Jeff Jarvis. He’s got a great commentary today about the silliness of Viacom (and the Oscars) demanding their video clips be pulled from YouTube. (uh, oh, is the RoeDeo in trouble? Just where did that photo of The Three [...]

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Oscar Night

Posted in Celebrities, Film Music, Movies, Singer-Songwriters, Vocalists, YouTube, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on February 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »

All right, everyone’s got an opinion about the movies, so today’s lead is a few observations from last night’s Oscar roundup:
*I work in radio, not TV, but I was profoundly impressed with the originality and creativity of the production. There were more new (and mostly good!) ideas on the show that I’ve seen [...]

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