In the heated debate over new digital technologies and their impact upon the traditional recording distribution system, we've grown used to intemperate dialog, but an organization now charges that "mechanical royalties currently are out of whack with historical and international rates."
Ahmet Ertegun, the Turkish immigrant who founded Atlantic Records in 1947 with Herb Abramson and turned it into one of the most influential labels in the world with his older brother Nesuhi, has died at the age of 83. An Atlantic Records spokesman said his death was the result of a brain injury sustained in a fall backstage at a Rolling Stones concert on October 29.
Talk about going from the ridiculous to the sublime. One day I'm reviewing the $139 <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/solidpoweramps/1006sonic">Sonic Impact Super T</A> power amplifier, and the next day Krell Industries delivers their $10,000 Evolution 505 SACD/CD player, $15,000 Evolution 202 preamplifier, and their $30,000/pair Evolution 600 monoblocks.
Huckleberry seems deeply introspective. It's probably just gas.
Bagheera wants to see what's chirping outside.
<I>Q:</I> What composer is also a shoe size?
I can't remember the last film review I read in <I>Archeology</I>. Traci Ardren, an AP at the University of Miami, who has studied classic Maya society for the 20 years, while living in Yucatan villages, has a different view of Mel Gibson's movie than the one you probably read in your local paper.
A list of "33 Names of Things You Never Knew Had Names."
Mark Cuban has a new business model for the music industry: Give it away.
From Mikey Fremer comes Beyond the Pale's first music video. They aren't the first group I know of to compare Jewish liturgy and Rastafarian song (there's "By the Rivers of Babylon" of course), but this one's a goodie.
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