The AV Club interviews P.J. Soles, mostly about R&RHS: [link]

Mick Jagger talks downloading and piracy on 40th anniversary of "Exile on Main Street"

BBC: What's your feeling on technology and music?

Jagger: Technology and music have been together since the beginning of recording. [The internet is] just one facet of the technology of music. Music has been aligned with technology for a long time. The model of records and record selling is a very complex subject and quite boring, to be honest.

BBC: But your view is valid because you have a huge catalogue, which is worth a lot of money, and you've been in the business a long time, so you have perspective.

Jagger: Well, it's all changed in the last couple of years. We've gone through a period where everyone downloaded everything for nothing and we've gone into a grey period it's much easier to pay for things - assuming you've got any money.

BBC: Are you quite relaxed about it?

Jagger: I am quite relaxed about it. But, you know, it is a massive change and it does alter the fact that people don't make as much money out of records. But I have a take on that - people only made money out of records for a very, very small time. When The Rolling Stones started out, we didn't make any money out of records because record companies wouldn't pay you! They didn't pay anyone!

Then, there was a small period from 1970 to 1997, where people did get paid, and they got paid very handsomely and everyone made money. But now that period has gone. So if you look at the history of recorded music from 1900 to now, there was a 25 year period where artists did very well, but the rest of the time they didn't.

So what's a "pingback"? Is it some Twitter thing?

My Eno piece a Hilobrow has two in the comments and I don't really know what that means. Is somebody just tweeting about it? (And the fact that one of the Pingers is named "Andrew Eldritch" doesn't mean it's him, right? Just a random pseud?)

Pingback: [link]

Thanks, Shir. I can see the Eldritch bit is related to another Hilo piece on that site. (You'll like it, Jilli.)

David, every time I read your music posts, I end up wandering down breathtaking google streams.

Today, your mention of Paul Williams let me to the Muppets doing Jim Croce's greatest hits. No kidding. You haven't lived until you see Gonzo singing about getting out of the local prison, 'doing 90 days for non-support.'

Heh.

Since I linked my Margaret Rey piece in Literary, I'll go ahead and belatedly link my valentine to Tammy Wynette here.

Hey Buffistas! You know what you haven't done yet today which will improve the quality of your day? Watch PJ Harvey's video for "Down by the Water."

See? You feel better already.

Ronnie James Dio is dead.

70s mix needs some ELO (Sweet Talking Woman maybe) and Elton John's Someone Saved My Life Tonight.