Popdose (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
In 1982, the rock supergroup Asia kept my interest long enough to make me seek out previous work by the band members. This led me to the band Yes, and their final ’70s album, Drama. On it, Asia keyboardist Geoff Downes was given the unenviable task of replacing the enigmatic Rick Wakemen. At the same [...]
JacoBlog - Jacobs Media's Blog (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
With apologies to MTV and the Buggles, a new study shows the importance of video streaming in the Internet world - among Boomers. A new study by the NPD Group shows that a majority (61%) of Boomers web users have streamed video. Leo Laporte said the same thing during our...
INSIDE MUSIC MEDIA™ (Free subscription) | 09/17/2008
By Jerry Del Colliano Remember when the Buggles song "Video Killed the Radio Star" launched MTV -- Music Television back in the 80's? Who would have thought back then that the singing radio obituary would one day be a death notice for the record business -- and while we're at it -- MTV, itself. That's where I think we are. Did you see the MTV Music awards recently? When the main attraction is Britney...
Hecklerspray (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
It's sad to admit it – but we never really grew out of Lego. Any excuse to go to Legoland and we are there. Although as only a few of us have kids, we usually have to kidnap them to get in. Of course, we are joking. None of us have kids. Anyway, to satisfy our sad Lego urges thankfully there are people who have decided to create music videos purely from Lego. Of course, The White Stripes did it, but...
Digital Lard (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008
RE-LIVE THE EIGHTIES WITH THIS TIMELESS CULT CLASSIC BOX SET.
The Shotgun (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
I admire entrepreneurs like Newcap Radio chief executive Robert Steele. Entrepreneurs like Steele create wealth by cooperating with others to solve problems in the furtherance of human happiness. When they do this well...at least when they do this well in...
Radio (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008
Wilson does not believe that radio is dead yet, but he says that CEA research has shown that interest in free, local radio is waning.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Pacific! thoroughly live up to their name. Not in the oceanic sense but in the adjectival one: they pacify you. 'Reveries', the Swedish electro-pop duo's idyllic debut album, sounds as if you're being serenaded by an unusually benign robot.
Sound Bites (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
Here we go again... lucky number seven. Wasn't aiming for a theme this week, though there's certainly a epic sweep to a lot of them. Cover art this time provided by my good friend Erin, once again saving you from...
Down in the Den (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles was a cool and corny pop tune, released in 1979. I am a bit behind the times but I am getting set to put my own boot into the radio star over the next few weeks as I have finally got my hands on a camcorder. I am borrowing it from a friend at church. If I can adapt what I have learnt about still photography and visual media, and if I can easily get the results...
Pros and Cons (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
Friday was the date of two significant anniversaries. One is mine, and I am, to put it mildly, romance impaired, so I got lots of advice from the ladies I work with, especially since my wife woke up in a roaringly sarcastic mood and I had not only woken up without wishing her a happy [...]
Material Interest (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
Five things worth knowing today - Lollapalooza, that diminished but somehow still annual summer tradition, begins today in Chicago. For those inclined to softer fare, there's the Newport Folk Festival, which we expect will be heavily bearded. - Williamsburg's Monkeytown...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/27/2008
The Buggles were wrong; video didn't kill the radio star, and nor did television, at least as far as sport is concerned. After the first live sports broadcast, the Jack Dempsey-Georges Carpentier heavyweight fight in America in 1921, there was no putting the genie back in the bottle.
SEOCentro - SEO News (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
By Frank Reed. Here's a quick trivia question for you. What was the first video run n MTV back in the early 80's? It was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles (I didn't need to look that up and two of the Buggles, Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes, went on to play with Yes for all of you progressive rock fans out there). At any rate, the idea was that with the onset of video music, Marconi's invention...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
This is not just the finest song The Police ever wrote, it is also one of the greatest rock songs of all time. Sting was getting over a failed relationship at the time he wrote this, and the lyrics show a man torn apart. In contrast, the music ...
