Workbench (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008
While experimenting with the social music site Imeem , I found "Perfect Silence" by Scapegoat Wax , one of the bands on the defunct Beastie Boys label Grand Royal Records. I don't know how Imeem has permission to share this, but it's a great song by a band that disappeared after Grand Royal declared bankruptcy in 2001 -- just as the group was getting radio play for the song Aisle 10 (Hello Alison)...
CNN (Free subscription) | 04/18/2008
A trip to Buckingham Palace usually involves watching the "changing of the guard" and snapping a few shots of the grand royal residence. That's as close as most people will ever get to Her Majesty the Queen. Unless, of course, you're invited to join the Order of the British Empire.
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 04/16/2008
Avoiding winters like the plague, molding young minds and diligently refusing to grow up and 'get a real job'.
prefixmag.com (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
For those who don't already know, early-'80s NYC underground outfit Liquid Liquid are to the Rapture, Radio 4, et al ...
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 04/08/2008
7 weeks in Southeast Asia!
BetaNews (Free subscription) | 04/03/2008
Ian Rogers, who pushed the music industry to drop DRM, is resigning as general manager for Yahoo Music to take the helm at a new startup called Topspin Media, which calls itself "the future of digital artist services."
Last Blog On Earth (Free subscription) | 03/25/2008
Things are tight (both devoid of extra space and tiiiiight) in CityBeat this week with the Local Music Issue set to break its restraints and lumber out into the streets of San Diego to terrorize unsuspecting villagers when it hits the racks tomorrow. As such, there is no room for a conventional music section nor an “If I Were U” [...]
Team Geared Up Blog (Free subscription) | 03/13/2008
DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) I’ve mentioned before about how marathons just aren't cutting it for the serious folk any more. It's all about ultras and ironmen and multi-day events. Not only are these events filling up, they're filling in record times. The Ultra Trail Tour du Mont Blanc took months to fill in 2006, [...]
Electric Roulette (Free subscription) | 02/29/2008
The Beastie Boys, MCA, Mike D. and Ad-Rock are working on a new album, recording at the Beastie Boys‘ Oscilloscope Studios in lower Manhattan. “It's in the early stages of development, but it sounds cool to me,” says Adam Yauch....
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 02/27/2008
Adam Yauch, Mike D. and Adam Horovitz are working on a new album, recording at the Beastie Boys’ Oscilloscope Studios in lower Manhattan. “It's in the early stages of development, but it sounds cool to me,” says Yauch. He wouldn't offer much else in terms of details: “We make music and eat lunch,” he says. [...]
Adam's World (Free subscription) | 02/25/2008
As a veteran of the music industry Prozack Turner knows the highs and lows that come with being an artist. The highs for him have included negotiating to sign deals with the likes of Grand Royal and Dreamworks Records. The lows have included both of those labels going under before he could do anything with them. Fed up with the way things were going the Cali native started his own label,
Aversion Music (Free subscription) | 02/06/2008
Beastie Boy Adam Yauch is set to launch a film distribution company.
motel de moka (Free subscription) | 01/30/2008
It seems, therefore, that the cure for being a paranoid wingnut who sees decay all around him, usually in the form of eager fornication, would be to cultivate a little humility and believe that the world will go on even after you die. -pandagon . ” Been Causing Trouble Ever Since The World Begins ” 01. Faun Fables [...]
motel de moka (Free subscription) | 01/16/2008
There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child. There are seven million. ~Walt Streightiff . ” Daytime. The Squalb ” 01. Coltrane Motion - How To Be (Again) d/ (web) Songs About Music (Datawaslost, 2008) 02. Medeski Martin & Wood - The Squalb d/ (web) Let's Go Everywhere (Megaforce, 2008) 03. Kings Of Convenience - [...]
Glorious Noise (Free subscription) | 01/07/2008
Ian Rogers, who helped found Nullsoft, creators of Winamp, and moved on to Grand Royal, where he shepherded the Beastie Boys onto the internet, is now General Manager of Yahoo Music. He was invited to talk to the music industry...
