the washington post: 5 ways to unleash the music.
Millions of people still get their music online from a file-sharing service or site — and in the process, put up with an often dubious selection, spyware-ridden software and the unpleasant reality that the artists who made that music won’t make a cent off each such download. After two years of progress, what’s still missing with the legit online stores?
beaterator from rockstar games is a flash-based sampler/sequencer app. pretty awesome.
joan morgan, elizabeth mendez berry, and jeff chang have written a petition calling for the end of sexual discrimination at the source. more than 1200 people have signed it so far.
i was in an old navy yesterday (cut me some slack — they have cheap, good quality socks) and i heard a le tigre song on the in-store pay-for-play tape loop. “wow,” i thought to myself. “i didn’t realize le tigre was marketing to the total stupid-ass contingency.” but apparently they absofuckinglutely are. looks like they’re producing a track for paris hilton’s upcoming album. yowza mclamely!
(via the fader.)
p. diddy is partnering with pitbull to launch bad boy latino. seems like an ingenious move.
Pitbull, who will sign artists, handle the marketing and help run the label, said that Combs’ involvement can only help Latino artists. … “I see it as someone with vision who sees where music is going,” Pitbull told the Miami Herald.
(via coolfer.)
read my short article about teen lit sensation emma maree urquhart in the new issue of wired.
kabbalah energy drink: pimping jewish mysticism since march, 2005. the company’s press release offers a bit more about this li’l taste of liquid enlightenment.
“It’s got a light citrus taste and no after-taste like so many other energy drinks,” says Darin Ezra, the director of the company. “You get the power of Kabbalah water, incredible energy and a great taste,” adds Ezra.
(thanks, betrue.)
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débruit's new cd featuring awesome glitchy hip-hop beats and collaborations with eriksolo (sneakmove, meanest man contest), zentinela, and soklak.
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