Another day, another e-mail from Universal Music Group Distribution CEO Jim Urie. Last time he urged people to write to Congress to support Music Rights Now, an organization that wants Congress to step in on music pirating. All well and good, except that their thinking is fairly backwards, and the o[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Lady Gaga’
May 10th, 2010 - 6:03 pm § in True/Slant
Ole' Andy Rooney talks new music
New York magazine picked up a YouTube clip of Andy Rooney discussing newfangled artists atop the Billboard charts on a recent “60 Minutes” episode: [youtubevid id="KGCg6EO-sr4"] Well, Rooney got something right about why he doesn’t recognize any musicians in the Billboard 200: Age.[...]
April 19th, 2010 - 2:46 am § in True/Slant
Music and the Media, Part 1: Everything killed the radio star
The past few years, one word has come up constantly in conversation about today’s pop music: Balkanization. Be it another teeny-indie scene given the tag “glo-fi,” or another subset of Brooklyn bands revisiting the aural atmosphere of ’60s garage pop, the message remains loud[...]
April 6th, 2010 - 2:27 pm § in True/Slant
Lollapalooza and the Pitchfork Effect
The folks behind Lollapalooza officially unveiled the lineup for this year’s fest (that’s right - no more letter guessing) Tuesday morning. And it looks like someone’s been reading Pitchfork. The lineup is jam packed with indie bands. Many of those acts have received the greatest[...]
March 31st, 2010 - 2:55 pm § in True/Slant
Lollapalooza releases lineup… in code
Lollapalooza, the gigantic three-day alternative pop music extravaganza, announced its 2010 lineup. Except you’ve probably got to be Vanna White to be able to discern who will be there from this quirky/gimmicky mess: It’s a cute concept, but you’ve got to wonder why they decided to[...]
December 4th, 2009 - 12:12 am § in True/Slant
Somebody give Mickey Rourke a Grammy
The Grammy Award nominees were officially announced last night. Most criticisms of its blatant populism and lack of any surprise nominations aside, let’s tackle the really big issue with this years nominees: No Mickey Rourke. This is bigger than his Oscar loss last year to the overrated perfor[...]