Popular Music & Society 28(4)
The latest issue of Popular Music & Society has some articles on issues relevant to Critical World. Comments?<—d350495c251a05d2642ff14d65444896—>
August 2005
Monthly Archive
Mon 29 Aug 2005
Academics on Recording Industry, Digital Music Distribution
Posted by Alexandre under Fresh , Ongoing , Digits , EthnographiesNo Comments
Mon 29 Aug 2005
Indy.TV
An approach to personal taste.
Mon 29 Aug 2005
Recording Industry v. Apple
Posted by Alexandre under Ongoing , Soapbox , Digits , Diversities , MoniesNo Comments
Apple, Digital Music’s Angel, Earns Record Industry’s Scorn – New York Times
Further evidence that the recording industry as a whole is short-sighted? Maybe not. The article paints a more complex picture of the situation than a simple face-off between Apple and the recording industry. And after all, many of the strong words uttered are simply part of strategic posturing.
What’s more interesting is the idea of value, creeping up. (more…)
Mon 22 Aug 2005
Is Bronfman a Schmuck?
Posted by Alexandre under Ongoing , Soapbox , Activists , Monies , Scenes[11] Comments
One Man’s Opinion » The Stupidest Person in the Media Industry?
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in the business world, they don’t call him a schmuck. They call him “the movie industry’s official idiot”, “little more than a patsy”, “the worst market timer in the history of business”, “the most desperate billionaire around these days” (note: he made his money the old fashioned way: he inherited it), and finally “possibly the stupidest person in the media business”.
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Mon 22 Aug 2005
Un siècle d’enregistrements québécois
Court article sur Québec Info Musique. Notions d’oubli, d’identité musicale, d’histoire culturelle.<—8ab2eb8abe27ff046afe1430047e3eef—>
Mon 22 Aug 2005
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Obituary: Dr Robert Moog
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Synthesiser pioneer Dr Moog dies<—cd4afff33712ca07352b68db20880a4b—>
Wed 10 Aug 2005
“All music is folk music, I ain’t never heard no horse sing a song.”
Posted by Alexandre under Ongoing , Diversities , EthnographiesNo Comments
antropologi.info – Social and cultural anthropology in the news blog
– On the Roots of Ethnic Music: Identity and Global Romanticism – Open Access Musicology JournalA blog entry about an article discussing some terms like “folk,” “ethnic,” and “world music.”
[As for the quote in the title of this entry, some discussion here]<—93dbfeb53ac1bebebb035e75eac51419—>
Sat 6 Aug 2005
Was listening to the Fake Science Lab Report. The Cast Into the Pod episode contained interesting comments about the democratization of music in the contexts of MP3 blogs and changes in studio/recording technologies. (more…)
Tue 2 Aug 2005
Montreal-Style Burning Man
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Brûleurs Montréal Burners: Ignition 2005
If Montreal is so cool, can it handle its own Burning Man?
This one was mentioned on Julien Smith’s in over your head radio podcast.