Free market fright for music moguls “I believe that information should be free and that people’s creative output is for the benefit of everyone. There are other business models that can be used to generate revenue and reward people for th[…]

nick doro blog: is this a music blog? not really, though it seems to be mostly about music, and good music too if the pictures of Jarvis and Serge are anything to go by. Pop over and say hello.
I’ve just bought If You’re Feeling Siniste[…]

American MTV Reporter: Hey everyone, we have Travis here in, with their big new hit. Now I’ve got to say, I’ve heard your new big hit “Stumblebum” and I think you’re really cool.
Fran: Don’t you think everyone&#821[…]

I have this cat that, for whatever reason, often shits on the floor. So that means that every morning, when I wake up, I have to pick up that cat’s little turds. Let’s imagine, for a moment, that instead of taking those feces and depositi[…]

Double Nickels On The Dime gets the Western Homes treatment. I’ve often tried and failed to like the Minutemen, and I’ve tried and failed to work out why I’ve failed, too. File under: blind spot. The fecundity of Double Nickels migh[…]

What the FUCK is going on here? You’ve got the unsuccessful one out of the Comic Strip – you know, the one who was so ‘cool’ and ‘out there’ that not even hitting people in the face with household objects and shout[…]

DUEL! – ROUND 2: you know how I said that certain Duels! might be set up under the influence of alcohol? Well…um….uh….oh, nevermind. REM vs Embrace. Apologies for any perceived bias in the commentary. But not many apologies.[…]

MOULD IS IN THE HART
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Tough on grunge, tough on the causes of grunge part two – the Husker Du Story.
Now having a go a Bob Mould because his surname is Mould would be the height of infantile purility, but hey, his surname is Mould right. The[…]

Right. Time for something actually useful on NYLPM: how to do Steps’ Deeper Shade Of Blue Dance. And while you’re practising, go and read Sebastian’s thoughts on music reviewing at Signal Drench. They’re great.[…]

The rise and rise of little voice: article on women in rock with lots of interesting assertions, but which ultimately suffers from a lack of actual song examples with which to demonstrate rock’s developing female vocabulary. But I didn’t […]