Archive for February, 2012
Do You Sell Used Items? – Trans-Pacific Partnership Proposes the End of the Doctrine of First Sale
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012IANAL, but I was fascinated by this in-depth history of the Doctrine of First Sale (which allows me to sell used records to anyone willing to pay) and analysis of the most recent attempt to blow it up. It’s slightly heavy going, with quite a bit of law jargon, but the thrust of the piece [...]
Today’s Cover Tune: Oh Minnows cover JAMC
Monday, February 6th, 2012“Just Like Honey” by Oh Minnows Oh Minnows have contributed a fine cover of “Just Like Honey” to a charity album. Proceeds go to breast cancer research. Click the picture or the player box to “buy” the MP3s. Hat tip: TVD Share
Extra PoOP!
Friday, February 3rd, 2012While Bernadette Lange’s PoOP did not get to us in time for inclusion in the annual pooling of swill on paper, we’re happy to add her bloviations to the rest of the upchuck. Plus, she’s a girl…. So there’s that. Benadette Lange Poop ’11 Share
Alan Lomax’s Global Jukebox Goes Digital
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012The music Lomax collected has been available in 45-second snippets on the Cultural Equity web site for several years but is now being digitized in its entirety for streaming… Folklorist’s Global Jukebox Goes Digital- NYTimes.com. Share
Main Poop Analysis 2011
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012Dear Poopster Shoot off the fireworks. Pop a bottle of your best champagne. Bang a gong. Get it on. It’s the silver anniversary of POOP: our 25th annual rite of self-important pontification. Perhaps a deluxe edition is called for, with bonus lists. After a year marked by the tsunami in Japan, tornadoes in Joplin, an [...]
John Stewart Poop ’11
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012I really had a hard time finding a top ten in 2011. This past year it was all about the 99 Percent and Occupy Wall Street. What they did was change the conversation from the balanced budget to the lack of economic equality that exists in our country. The New York Mets of English Football? [...]
Jim Meyers Poop ’11
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012Buy New or Used via amazon 1. Gillian Welch – The Harrow & the Harlot Melodic melancholy that sounds sepia tinged and dusty but never depressing. Dave Rawlings is my favorite acoustic guitarist under the age of Richard Thompson. Worth the eight-year wait. Buy New or Used via amazon 2. Wilco – The Whole Love [...]
Andrew Stewart Poop ’11
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012Buy New or Used via amazon 1. Bon Iver / Bon Iver This transcendent, atmospheric folk album defies logic, a shimmering narcotic elegy to loves that never were, and places that don’t exist. High-wire brilliance. Buy New or Used via amazon 2. TV on the Radio / Nine Types of Light TVoTR finally hit their [...]


