Salon posted an except of All The Rave by Joseph Menn. I thought it was an interesting read. Perhaps I’ll expand later, but for now we’ll just leave it at that.
Charming
There’s something charming about someone who likes to pick on Dave Eggers and has “A page a day. Anything less is unacceptable you punk-ass-bitch-motherfucker. Anything less is unacceptable” on the front of his iMac. I just like that. I like all of it.
If Only I didn't Have A Job
Back when I wasn’t so employed, entering a rock critic contest would have been fun. I guess it would still be fun, but in case you hadn’t noticed, I have trouble keeping up with this site.
My Birthday
is coming up right around the time that Radiohead is taping a speical performance for MTV. Feel free to get me a pair of tickets. Airfare would be great too.
TV Star ≠ Rock Star
Take That!
Get Your War On 23
There really just isn’t a better comic out there.
More Than You Need To Know About DRM
There was a pretty good discussion, if I do say so myself, going on within a post I made several days ago. The subject of Digital Rights Management (DRM) came up and it’s certainly worth reading a bit more about.
Somewhat related: $97,800,000,000
Kings I Can't Wait For
I usually don’t like to repurpose news from other sites unless it’s something I think you should all know about. That said, NME is reporting that Kings Of Leon, one of the best bands to come along in the last year, have finished recording their full-length with Ethan Johns. The album is supposed to be out sometime in July.
Download Away
Just go download stuff. Peter Gabriel is a co-owner, so it can’t be that bad, right? I don’t know if I really get what’s going on, but it seemed cool. Feel free to let me know if it works well. I’m just saying…