Creative Review has an interview with the artists behind the Stüssy Greensleeves covers book. Some great pics and some good stories.

Creative Review – New Stüssy book celebrates cover art of UK label Greensleeves.

Still think a music career is an easy path to a blinged-out life? Don’t believe the hype. A whole lot of folks have to get paid before the musician does. The Root traces the money trail.

Lots more at the estimable Techdirt site: RIAA Accounting: Why Even Major Label Musicians Rarely Make Money From Album Sales

Ninja Tune, the label founded by Coldcut, is turning 20 years old. The Ninja Tune XX boxset is a beast.   You’ve got wo days left to pre-order it at $130.00

Hit the link for the truly frightening details (6 CDs, 6 7″s, stickers, hardback, etc. etc.) and here’s the remarkable track lineup:

Tracklists: * = New + Exclusive

CD1

* Two Fingers ‘Fools’ *
* Roots Manuva ‘It’s On’ *
* Toddla T ‘Want U Now’ (feat. Ms Dynamite) *
* Dorian Concept ‘Her Tears Taste Like Pears’ *
* Zomby ‘The Forest’ *
* Offshore ‘Jen At The Station’ *
* Emika ‘Double Edge’
* DELS ‘Eating Clouds’ *
* Big Dada Sound ‘Signs’ *
* Eric B & Rakim ‘Paid In Full’ (Switch meets Coldcut Remix) *
* Andreya Triana ‘Lost Where I Belong’ (Flying Lotus Remix)
* The Bug ‘Catch A Fire’ *
* Eskmo ‘Cloudlight’ *
* Daedelus ‘LA Nocturn’

CD2

* Roots Manuva ‘Dub Styles’ (Micachu Remix) *
* Diplo ‘Summer’s Gonna Hurt You’ (Diplo 2010 Remix) *
* The Heavy ‘How You Like Me Now?’ (Joker Remix)
* Stateless ‘Ariel’ (Rustie Remix) *
* Diplo ‘Newsflash’ (Metronomy Remix) *
* PRDCTV ‘Metropolis’ (Dan Le Sac Remix) *
* Dark sky ‘Leave’ *
* The Long Lost ‘Woebegone’ (Flying Lotus’ Like Woe Remix)
* Spank Rock ‘Tell It What It Look Like’ (Todd Edwards Remix) *
* Shuttle ‘Lion’ *
* Poirier ‘Get Crazy’ (Mark Pritchard Remix) *
* Jammer ‘One Over Me’ *
* Fink ‘This Is The Thing’ (EL-B Remix) *
* Amon Tobin ‘Lost & Found’ *

CD3

* Lou Rhodes & The Cinematic Orchestra ‘One Good Thing’ (Version) *
* Bonobo & Speech Debelle ‘Sun Will Rise’ *
* Grasscut ‘Blink In The Night’ *
* Bonobo & Andreya Triana ‘Wonder When’
* Quincy & Xen Cuts Allstars ‘I Hear The Drummer’ (Tunng Edit) *
* Yppah ‘Never Mess With Sunday’ *
* DJ Food (Title TBC) *
* Jaga Jazzist ‘Endless Galaxy’ *
* Cougar ‘$64k Rainbow’ *
* Amon Tobin ‘Eight Sum’ *
* DJ Vadim ‘Terrorist’ (Gaslamp Computer Killer Remix) *
* Roots Manuva ‘Witness’ (Slugabed Remix) *
* Andreya Triana ‘A Town Called Obsolete’ (Mala Remix) *
* Coldcut ‘Man In A Garage’ (King Jammy Dub) *
* Jono McCleery ‘Tomorrow’ (Edit)
* Floating Points Ensemble ‘Post Suite’ *

CD4

* Eskamon ‘Fine Objects’
* The Bug ‘Skeng’ (Autechre Remix) *
* King Cannibal ‘The Grind & Crawl’ *
* Emika ‘Drop The Other’ (Daedelus Remix) *
* Amon Tobin ‘Foley Versions’ (Kronos Quartet Interpretation) *
* Antipop Consortium ‘Volcano’ (Four Tet Remix)
* Mr Scruff ‘Pickled Spider’
* Jaga Jazzist ‘Toccata’ (Grasscut Remix) *
* The Death Set ‘Impossible’ (Shuttle Remix)
* Daedelus ‘Trouble With A Capital D’ *
* Roots Manuva ‘Let The Spirit’ (Hot Chip Remix)
* Mr Scruff ‘Believe’ *
* Bonobo ‘Eyesdown’ feat. Andreya Triana (Floating Points Remix)
* Shuttle ‘Tunnel’

The following material will only be available (in any format) in the the box set, except where indicated:

CD5

* The Cinematic Orchestra (Title TBC) *
* Coldcut ‘Autumn Leaves’ (2010 Budapest Mix) *
* Floating Points Ensemble (No.2 title TBC) (to be released on 12″ single also) *
* Jaga Jazzist ‘Synchronise Your Watches’ *
* Coldcut ‘True Skool’ (Zomby Remix) *
* Bonobo ‘Eyesdown’ (feat. DELS) *
* Clifford Gilberto ‘Deliver The Weird’ (Dorian Concept Remix) *
* The Bug ‘Poison Dart’ (Prefuse 73 Broke Moog Version) *
* Fink ‘See It All’ (Scuba Remix) *
* Roots Manuva ‘Shake Your Money Maker’ *
* cLOUDEAD vs Fat Possum (Title TBC) *
* The Heavy (Title TBC) *
* Blockhead ‘Ugly Brown’ *

CD6

* Roots Manuva ‘Witness’ (Modeselektor Remix) *
* Toddla T ‘Sky Surfing’ (Benga Remix) (to be released on 12″ single also) *
* Roots Manuva ‘Join The Dots’ (Cut Chemist Remix) *
* Kid Koala ’3 Bit Blues’ *
* Pop Levi ‘Blue Honey’ (Amorphous Androgenous Remix Edit) *
* Blockhead ‘The Music Scene’ (EL-P Remix) *
* Coldcut & Hexstatic ‘Timber’ (The Orb Remix) *
* DJ Kentaro ‘Paid In Full’ *
* Coldcut ‘This Island Earth’ (Joe Goddard Remix) *
* Qemists ‘Don’t Lose It’ *
* DJ Food ‘African Rhythms’ (Tom Middleton Remix) *
* DJ Food ‘Dark Lady’ (808 State Remix) *
* Herbaliser ‘Something Wicked’ (Roots Manuva Dub) *

6 x 7″ single:

1. Bogus Order ‘Chillin With My Zen’
Bogus Order ‘Zen Bones’
2. Mr Scruff ‘Wriggle’ *
Coldcut ‘Boogieman’ (King Jammy Dub) *
3. King Geedorah ‘Snakecharmer’ (feat. Kurious as Biolante) *
Daedelus ‘Impending Doom’ (Rustie Remix) *
4. Two Fingers ‘Bad Girl’ (The Bug Dub) *
Spank Rock ‘Sweet Talk’ (Matthew Herbert Remix) *
5. DJ Vadim ‘Bang it Out’ *
Toddla T ‘Pum Pum’ *
6. Wagon Christ ‘Sloth Gets Paid’ *
Shuttle ‘Rotten Guts’ (Gold Panda Remix) *

OOOFF!

Michael Geist – ACTA Internet Chapter Leaks: Renegotiates WIPO, Sets 3 Strikes as Model.

Yes, his analysis is more reasoned than my headline.

It still appears  that this treaty seeks re-shape American law and also the laws of all other signatory nations.  Noticeable NON-signatories include Russia and China, where a huge percentage of the world’s piracy happens.

If you are a US citizen, please have a look at the EFF Alert for ACTA and see if you can help.

But Lux Interior is missing. Wonder if the Grammys one will include him. Wonder how the Grammys one will match up with this one. I suspect that there will substantially more MJ in the Grammy one, what with his kids showing up and all. You’ll have to tell me, as I almost certainly won’t be watching.

Thanks to Lazygal for the spot.

Now that the stamps are officially released, here’s a good page showing all ten of the stamps. Also includes details of  the custom franking you can get.

Classic Album Covers – British Design on stamps 7 January 2010- from Norvic Philatelics

Amazingly, I have a quarrel with only one of the choices. can you guess which one? Which ones would you argue with?

Brief discussions of the project and each of the covers here (www.independent.co.uk)

The Life and Death of Alan Carton, 23, the RIAA-Defying Creator of @diditleak – New York Music – Sound of the City (Village Voice)

A really good primer from one of the OK Go boys on the state of the music industry today. And why EMI / Capitol will not let YouTube enable the embedding code on their videos.

OK Go – This Too Shall Pass from OK Go on Vimeo.

A Big Music Year for Jackson, Boyle, Swift, Digital Downloads… and Vinyl? | Nielsen Wire

(hat tip: Lazygal, dangerouslyirrelevant, Mashable)

But we know from America’s noble effort to stop child pornography, not to mention China’s ignoble effort to suppress online dissent, that it’s perfectly possible to track content.

Op-Ed Guest Columnist – Ten for the Next Ten – NYTimes.com