Governor Otter is proposing a flat fee for all vehicle registration and increasing it to $150.00 per vehicle, per year. This is nearly tripling what I am currently paying. Does this seem insane?
“Otter has said Idaho must address a roads-funding shortfall that is nearing $250 million and that tax or fee increases are [...]
Entries from February 2008
February 27, 2008
$150.00 yearly car registration?
February 24, 2008
Radiohead’s Web venture spooks Wall Street
Here’s a blog from November. What’s interesting aside from the article are all the responses to it!
Radiohead’s Web venture spooks Wall Street
“what’s more disturbing is that Radiohead and a growing number of top acts perceive the Internet as an attractive alternative to record labels. Nine Inch Nails front man Trent Reznor has indicated that he [...]
February 22, 2008
More Artists Ditching Major Labels
With the successful release of Radiohead’s 7th album, ‘In Rainbows,’ today, an experiment in treating fans like fans and not just empty-headed money dispensers has begun. We thought we’d take a look at the other artists going the label-free route.
British pop rock stars and Beatles worshipers Oasis recently parted ways with their record label. The [...]
February 22, 2008
Sony BMG is facing possible lawsuits
It all started with Mark Russinovich testing RootKitRevealer, a program used to find rootkits installed by hackers to hide viruses, spyware, and trojans they install on computers they have broken into. These programs allow them to gain control over a computer to do their nefarious deeds.
Mark was amazed to see that a rootkit had been [...]
February 22, 2008
Record Labels: They Might Be In Some Sort Of Trouble
Originally posted by Brian Raftery. (Reposted as I’m maintaining a little history of all the fallout of CD Sales).
11:21 AM ON FRI JAN 12 2007
BY BRIAN RAFTERY
EMI–the corporate overlord of such labels as Capitol, Blue Note and Astralwerks–canned two music executives this morning, setting off the usual we’re-all-doomed panic attacks:
Raising a distress flag in the [...]
February 22, 2008
TVT Records files bankruptcy
Much to Trent Reznor’s joy, his former record company and legal thorn in his side are going under.
http://www.kingsofar.com/2008/02/18/tvt-records-filing-chapter-11/
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February 22, 2008
Hidden Gem: God Is An Astronaut
With a little digging I’ve been stumbling over some great new music. Refreshing to know that there is still good music being made in spite of the recording industry’s issues. So periodically I’ll post some of these “hidden gems”, feel free to check them out and make up your own mind.
The first on the list [...]
February 19, 2008
The Fall & Rise of Music
Read this article in a recent issue of WIRED magazine. Written by David Byrne (Talking Heads fame) it goes into 6 new business models for recording artists big and small. DIY is the most attractive.
”The CD? It’s Dead. Todays artists have surprising new ways to reach fans & make a living. A guided tour of [...]
February 17, 2008
Fixmer McCarthy – Between The Devil
I first stumbled upon Nitzer Ebb when they released their ”Belief” album in1988/89. “Nitzer Ebb” pronounced “NITE-zer Ebb” is a completely made up word that fit the nature of the music.
I was blown away. To this day the epitomy of everything I love about electronic music is encompassed in this album. It is definately in my [...]
February 16, 2008
just 1 question
What is the fascination of “Larry the cable guy”? Is hollywood running low on movie ideas? I swear to god… there are like 3 of his movies being advertised right now. AAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!
