Oh great. Now I can't take my iPod with me? Copyright deal could toughen rules governing info on iPods, computers The agreement is being structured much like the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) except it will create rules and...
Good news for those who purchased an iPod a million years ago. Digital Home Canada - Apple settles suit with Canadian iPod owners The Montreal law firm which handled the case said that as many as 80,000 Canadians could be...
Oh my god, was this real? It looks awesome! I came across it looking for pictures of Torgo on Google images. OK, I was doing a blog project, and needed a picture of Torgo. Nothing weird or anything. Manos...
It seems like they did *everything* wrong when making this film. Yoko sues filmmakers over Imagine | Entertainment | Reuters John Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, and his sons are suing the filmmakers of "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed" for using the...
What? Fraud? Just because he reviewed an album without listening to a single note? Pfshaw. The Associated Press: Black Crowes Say Maxim Review a Fraud The Black Crowes are lashing out at Maxim magazine for reviewing the band's new album...
Aw come on, Neil ... sure you can. Just need more of that great political stuff you used to do, and run a star chamber. CBC.ca Arts - Naive to think music can change the world: Neil Young Canadian rocker...
He was like a Canadian to me. 'Camelot' star Robert Goulet dies at 73 Singer Robert Goulet has died at a Los Angeles hospital where he had been waiting for a lung transplant. His Broadway debut in "Camelot" launched his...
This is ludicrous. PC World - Jury Orders Woman to Pay $222,000 for Illegal Music Sharing A federal jury in Duluth, Minn., on Thursday ordered a Minneapolis woman to pay US$220,000 to six music companies for illegally downloading and sharing...
A good bunch of people trying to save Internet radio. Savenetradio.org Congress and SoundExchange have heard loud and clear the amazing outpouring of support for Internet radio from webcasters, listeners and the thousands of artists they support. A commitment has...
It's been years since I've been in a barber shop. It gets a little too real for me at 3:08 when he turns on the electric razor. YouTube - Virtual Barber Shop (Audio...use headphones)...
Ah, dammit ... CBC.ca Arts - Spice Girls reunite for 'once in a lifetime' world tour "Girl power" has returned with the reunion of 1990s power group Spice Girls at London's O2 Arena to announce a new world tour. The...
Much to our chagrin, on the heels of our being forced to block virtually our entire international listening audience, we now have to add Canada to the list (beginning May 16th). We had been hopeful that the licensing situation with...
Huh. I always thought "Different Kind of Tension" by The Buzzcocks sounded just like "Bruise Violet" by Babes in Toyland. Thomas Irvin.com | Similar-Sounding Songs Ever notice a song whose melody sounds remarkably similar to some other song? I’ve...
Given the concern about the future viability of Internet radio in the U.S., there has been mounting speculation that some webcasters may consider setting up shop in Canada, where the U.S. rates do not apply. For example, Mercora, a service...
These are all real. (Feel free to search Amazon or Google for them.) They have not been edited in any way except for size. If you click on them, they will bring you to the full sized version. I highly...
At a SXSW panel called "Reinventing Payment Models for Digital Music," Cambridge-educated economist-turned-music-manager (Pink Floyd, The Clash, Ian Dury And The Blockheads, Billy Bragg) Peter Jenner put a figure on how much each music fan who buys music would have...
Or "why are people stealing music instead of buying it." Lefsetz Letter - Blog Archive - Why CD Sales Are Tanking 4. People Don’t Know What To Buy Despite the rags and blogs, music is just not a general topic...
Cool place to get sound effects for yourmultimedia needs. (Sounds are free to sample. Purchase for clear, top quality sound.) About Sounddogs.com Sounddogs.com was started in August 1996, and, in May 1997, was the first online commercial sound effects and...
I'm reminded of a Stephen King short story... The Dead Rock Stars Club Welcome to the club rock stars are dying to get into. Rock and Roll may never die but rock stars do! This site is a list of...
Bands often have unusual names and here are the origins of some popular bands both past and present. One thing that you will discover if you look into this area is that RUMORS abound! If we cannot confirm an origin,...
Unless the idiots were insulting his piano skills, or his jazz music, it's probably safe to assume they were racist slurs. However, Mrs. Peterson apparently discounted the racism angle, so who knows...? Actual quotes from Oscar Peterson use the word...
Woohoo! Go Canada. Canadian Music Creators Coalition: A New Voice We are a growing coalition of Canadian music creators who share the common goal of having our voices heard about the laws and policies that affect our livelihoods. We are...
