Rewind, Pause, Play, Fast-Forward
Jeff Wong's unintentional guest-blogging continues with this lurvely little paean to the cassette.
RIAA Bans Telling Friends About Songs
From The Onion, of course.
RIAA Gets Naked
Over at EFF's Deep Links Fred von Lohmann has posted news that nearly caused me to stroke out at my keyboard. Basically, the RIAA has submitted a document to the triennial review of the DMCA, stating that "the fact that permission to make a copy in particular circumstances is often or even routinely granted [does not] necessarily establish that the copying is a fair use when the copyright owner withholds that authorization." In other words, they've changed their mind since last year, when RIAA mouthpiece Don Verilli told the Supreme Court, "The record companies . . . have said, for some time now . . . that it's perfectly lawful to take a CD that you've purchased, upload it onto your computer, put it onto your iPod."
RIAA Lawsuit Decision Matrix
BBspot claims to have obtained the super-duper-secretest-ever legal decision flowchart used by the RIAA. Everything now makes so much sense!
Richard Thompson's Song-O-Matic
Searchable lyric base of RT's recordings. Hours of mindless fun.
Rick Rubin
John Atkinson sent me a link to Time's Rick Rubin interview. I can see why JA liked it—Rubin's production philosophy reminds me a lot of the way JA edits and records.
Riding OTR
David Gates is grumpy about the hoopla over On the Road's 50th anniversary. Grumpy, but not to the point of ignoring the occasion.
Riley Rock Index
I've been spending the last few days exploring Riley Rock Index, billed as music's megaportal—justifiably, I believe.
Rings Around Uranus
Not a Beavis and Butthead joke.
Rings Like a Bell
As I transfer from the R line to the west side IRT, I'm frequently frustrated or surprised by the size of the crowds attending to subway musicians. What I almost never am is impressed by the performances. But that would be different, surely, if, say, an internationally known musician was playing on his Gibson ex Huberman Strad—wouldn't it? A performance like that would be guaranteed to have music lovers swooning with pleasure.