Mal ,'Ariel'
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Insanely stupid move by EMI, from a friend who's in a band on Capitol:
The album is slated for Aug 30. At the moment we are in the middle of a big battle about copy protection, one we are likely to lose. The head of EMI, which owns Capitol, has decreed that everything from here on out will be copy protected, which will prevent our fans from transferring our songs to their iPods. Fucking kiss of fucking death, if you ask me.... we may have no legal recourse, however.
Oh, no! Is that who I think it is?
Somebody will break the DRM in a couple days. They always do. But you should ask if you can send that quote to Cory Doctorow for boingboing's ongoing fight against DRM ...
That's a very shortsighted move on Capitol/EMI's side. I hope it doesn't hurt Rio's friends band, or other bands, too badly.
Just back from a sold-out Spoon show at Stubb's. Apparently, there's this show on tv called "The O.C." that played a few Spoon songs and, equally apparently, today's youth watch it, because every 18-yr-old in Austin showed. Sally Crewe and the Sudden Moves (featuring my friend Matt on bass) and The Clientele, who sound like Felt, opened. 'Cause of my sweet journalistic connections, I had a VIP badge and spent most of the Spoon portion of the show on the balcony with the industry phonies and hangers-on, where I could see Britt Daniels' pedalboard and the organist, but, y'know, the pedalboard was a pretty big draw for me.
Is that who I think it is?
Yes.
Rio!! I need your new email, that is if you want email from me. OKTHNXBYE.
It is my first name at mac dot com.
email from me
I am all excitment!
Thank you, sweetness!
I cannot, cannot, cannot wait for that "is that who I think it is" album. In fact, I believe I am going to buy their EP off iTunes tomorra. Will report back, although if I say anything other than "it's fab!" you can all chime in and say the classic "who are you and what have you done with erinaceous?"
Oh, and I am looking for songs about dresses for my new blog. Which I think I mentioned here before but I can't find it so forgive me if you've heard this one before.
Oh, and I am looking for songs about dresses for my new blog.
I presume you have "My Favourite Dress" by The Wedding Present.