New Music 5/31/09
New music this week from Emilie Mover, The Thermals, The Silk Pigs and a great indie label from my old hang, Montreal’s Indica Records.
Month: May 2009
Not quite right Sasha
Sasha Frere Jones is a smart guy, but he really took a wrong turn in his column this week (“Heavy Sifting: Broke Hop”) particularly with this line: “But beats built from fragments of vinyl sound great, and before changes in law made sampling too expensive for anyone who isn’t named Kanye West, a lot of […]
Germany to file amicus in Google Books Case
Looks like Google has a new opponent in their charm offensive: Germany. More specifically, Germany’s attorney general Brigitte Zypries. Zypries said that Germany is considering filing a friend of the court brief in the Google Books case in order to “[make] the court aware of certain legal aspects“. Now what might those legal aspects be? […]
Dedicated Followers of Lessig: Oh, yes he is
They seek him here They seek him there… Michael Geist is up in arms again, this time about a report that was issued by the Conference Board of Canada. Apparently the Conference Board had ordered a report from an acolyte of Geist that he would say they “ignored”. (Michael Geist, aka “he who shall not […]
Google to Germany: Drop Dead!
Not only have Google been run out of town by German authors, they’ve also been run out of town by German villagers. And a few other people according to CBS5.com (“Germany to Google: Erase Raw Street Level Images“ “Greece’s Data Protection Authority recently rejected Google’s bid to roam Greek streets with cameras mounted on vehicles, […]
Great Human Interest Story on the End of Journalism
And the award goes to Greg Sandoval for getting through an entire interview about newspaper layoffs without mentioning…Google!
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From Soho down to Brighton…
Thoughtful post by Helienne Lindvall in the Guardian about a mock trial on the relevancy of record companies that was put on as a moot court at the Great Escape Festival in Brighton. Well worth reading her analysis which emphasizes several important points that the “Abbey Road in a Box” crowd would do well to […]
Siva Vaidhyanathan’s "The Googlization of Universities"
Very well-thought out post by Siva Vaidhyanathan “The Googlization of Universities” on Siva’s blog http://www.googlizationofeverything.com/. (Now that’s a domain I wish I owned.) The post is particularly illuminating on the issue of the affect of Google on students research skills (mostly undergrads), which I would say has trivialized one of the important skills that college […]
Your Tax Dollars At Work: What do Purdue University and the Pirate Bay Have in Common?
Purdue University is doing its part to make sure those Federal education dollars are put to use. According to what is apparently a pseudonymous post on a college website, Purdue students were encouraged to “…loot, pillage and plunder the record and movie industry in a way they’ll have to listen. Hit them in their wallets.” […]
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