That other list is out…
2008 Pazz ‘n Jop is out. If you think you’re pompous, try these guys on for size….
2008 Pazz ‘n Jop is out. If you think you’re pompous, try these guys on for size….
The Rise And Fall Of The Music Industry (MP3) Rolling Stone contributing editor Steve Knopper chronicles the rise of the record industry — and its subsequent digital-age collapse — in his new book, Appetite For Self-Destruction. Also: Jeb Loy Nichols Mixes It Up In ‘Parish Bar’
Dispossessed How I Lost Most of My Music Collection—and Nearly My Mind (Dave Segal – The Stranger) Uggh.
AP report (hosted at Google)
The “fiad” link you see in the navigation above is a piece of house-keeping used to make the pooplist naming conventions work. If you click it you will not go anywhere. Really. New lists are posted as they arrive. If you see an ’08 next to a name to the right, that PoOPster has a list up!
Welcome to the new online home of the PoOPlist! I’ll be transferring all the individual lists here over the next few weeks, the Main PoOP Analyses are up. Posts earlier than this one are imported from http://pooplist.blogspot.com , our earlier blog. The importing process was a little janky, so archives, permalinks and some other bits and pieces are a little broken. From now on, all should be well… I think Mark Zip, Chief Web Pompoid ==================================
According to a study by the UK royalties agency most music didn't sell a single copy in 2008. But I’d say figures are more likely to be accurate for these items, the 13 million tracks offered for sale on the internet, rather than the notoriously prone to under-reporting LP/CD sales. So much for the long tail. (guardian.co.uk)
Factory Communications UK Discography – Part 4 A fascinating set of pages listing all the FAC releases in the UK. Yet another work of lunatic scholarship for which the web is ideal.
O-Dub introduces the track, and then says EXACTLY what I said to myself when I first heard this song in 1990 “This song is epic and a definite face-melter. How have I never heard this before? I feel so unworthy of its greatness. ” Soul Sides: Lorraine Ellison: The Song That Rocked
See if you can figure what percentage of these: NPR Listeners Pick The Year’s Best Music : NPR Music CDs will be on our own PoOPlist 2008 (my bet is 75 to 80%). Depressing? Affirming? Discuss…
YouTube – Holy Ghost VS Andy C & MC GQ – Baptazia NYE 2007 – part 3 Turn it up loud if you can. BTW, YouTube user “airloaf”, who made this one, has a bunch of other cool ones.
Techdirt: Why A Music Tax Is A Bad Idea Just as innovative businesses and musicians are working out how to make this digital music thing work, Warner Brothers wants to reward the failed business model…
Mens 2XL for me please…
Full list of Grammy nominations. Go Diplo!!!!!!!!!!!! Also listed are too many Coldplay items. Here’s a little experiment; you’re a music fan, how many of these records do you own? GRAMMY.com
Energy Flash Simon Reynolds on “golden age” pirate radio tapes from London rave/’ardcore scene. Small list of places to download tapes.
A touching piece from Edwyn Collins, post-stroke. My feathered friends (Guardian UK) “A stroke left musician Edwyn Collins unable to walk, read or write. Three years on, he’s back with his band. And it’s all thanks to these birds.”
FactMagazine – 20 best: Jungle k-punk with a nice, dense, chewy look at 1992 – 1996
Costs only $800 but at least the shipping is free. (Bloomingdales) But what exactly do they mean by “includes two masters”?
Bummer
When Martin Luther King was assassinated 40 years ago, only one US city was spared the riots that followed. Ed Vulliamy tells the extraordinary story of a James Brown gig that changed history. (Observer UK)