Kim Bodnia

Although I could never appreciate the music of Pearl Jam I was reminded of how beautiful it is their song, Elderly woman behind the counter in a small town, this weekend when it popped up on a radio station. In my opinion it's the song where the musical styles of R.E.M. and Pearl Jam most closely intersect, the day's not far away when I purchase "Vs."

Billy Bragg on tour: http://www.brooklynv...y_bragg_on.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UzmtXKxJnA

From the song logs of the Minnesotta Public Radio, three Wilco songs today: "I'm the man who loves you" @ 2.24 P.M. "Jesus, etc" @ 9.01 A.M. "Standing O" @ 3.45 A.M.

Thanks for posting this, it's really interesting. Not sure if I agree with the description of that Wilco demographic, but marketers and publicists tend to use generalisations, even stereotypes when describing what they consider an ideal market segment. It's their job anyway.

New Wilderness of Manitoba due September 18, http://exclaim.ca/News/wilderness_of_manitoba_announce_island_of_echoes_lp

A few weeks ago I wanted to acquire their 1997 album, for nostalgia reasons. Now that they have split I wonder if prices of their CDs will hike, I may have to postpone the purchase again. Not that they're essential, but the hit song, plus other stuff from Len, Natalie Imbruglia, Rolling Stone's Bridges to Babylon, they all bring memories from that wonderful year when the dot com ruled.

hi, could i ask why are you based in Krakow? And where's the radio interview? thanks for elucidating

That's a nice album, Boss_Tweedy, not their best, but not their worst either. Enough good songs to require repeated listens!

The Baseball Project have announced various live dates accross the United States. Mike Mills will be playing bass. July 5 New York, NY – City Winery (with Craig Finn of the Hold Steady) July 6 New London, CT – Sailfest July 7 Boston, MA – House of Blues July 8 Wellfleet, MA – The Beachcomber July 24 Madison, WI – Warner Park July 24 Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon July 25 St. Louis, MO – Wood House Concert July 26 Rock Island, IL – Rock Island Brewing Co. July 27 Somerset, WI – Soundtown Festival July 28 Chicago, IL – Wicker Park Fest More info at jambands.com: http://www.jambands.com/news/

If his business is important to the establishment, they'll listen. But it's just a cartoon anyway.

While making a copy to a friend may seem trivial, copyright law only allows for copies that qualify as "fair use". "Section 107 contains a list of the various purposes for which the reproduction of a particular work may be considered fair, such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Section 107 also sets out four factors to be considered in determining whether or not a particular use is fair" (http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html). The Internet allows for an infinite number of copies, copyright doesn't. I may not like this law. I'm actually of the op

The author seems to put all the blame on users downloading music. What about the music industry? Sales have declined in the past, well before the Internet existed and the reason is the music industry has been slow to innovate. The following research is by Lawrence Lessig: While the numbers do suggest that sharing is harmful, how harmful is harder to reckon. It has long been the recording industry's practice to blame technology for any drop in sales. The history of cassette recording is a good example. As a study by Cap Gemini Ernst & Young put it, "Rather than exploiting this new, popu

The difference is music that's in the public domain and music that isn't. Think what you like to think. There's plenty of examples of copyright infringement that may seem absurd (or silly). Like this one or this one The fact is I didn't write copyright law. If someone wrote a song, and he or she wouldn't allow you to sing it in the shower, that's infringement because you don't own the lyrics.

Completely agree with Shakey. Unfortunately, the tentacles of copyright law extend far beyond the download of mp3 files. Even singing a song in the shower may constitute infringement. Seriously.

In trying to explain the concept of free software, someone wrote (may have been Stallman himself) that "free" should not be understood "as in free beer" but as in freedom. A GPL license gives you the right (the freedom) to copy and distribute, music sharing is just the opposite, you cannot distribute and especially you cannot copy. There's a current of thought that advocates intellectual property, with music being a part of this type of property.

DrNo, this really is an important reading for music fans, as you appropriately titled. I'm halfway through the article, but I wanted to make these initial comments. Contrary to Ms. White, I purchase all of the music that I listen to. I don't own ripped CDs nor I download mp3s. Even though I know how to program PHP and know to write SQL, to this day I don't know how to use the torrents nor I have any intention to learn. I remember the one time I got into Kazaa and Napster my computer just got infected with a bunch of malware, spyware or whatever and I had to reinstall Windows and reset th

I agree. Wynn said in a radio interview that Peter sings on most of the album tracks, so hopefully there's another song out there featuring his rough voice. Wynn referred to a couple of times in the past where he has sang, mentioning backing vocals (I don't remember if he said the Monster album or sometime during the Monster tour) and there's also the occassion when he literally spoke into a song of The Baseball Project's second studio album. Wynn described the backing band accompanying Peter as R.E.M. without Michael Stipe, for there's Mike Mills, Bill Rieflin and Lenny Kaye who's a membe

Listen to the new Peter Buck song, from his upcoming solo record, http://soundcloud.com/chartstonge/10-million-bc

Oceania is now streaming on iTunes U.K. should be available to stream on more sites in the U.S. starting June 12.