What I Learned at the Record Shop
Imagine that, Michael Fremer send me a link that isn't political—and it's about records.
Wes Phillips
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The Truth About Artists
"Business, and art, went on like this for years, fleecing the rich.
Industry Update
<I>Meet the new boss:</I> Harman Specialty Group, the division of Harman Consumer Group responsible for the Mark Levinson, Revel, and Lexicon brands, has a new president. John Batliner is a 12-year veteran of the company, and, most recently, executive vice-president of HSG. Wayne Morris, current president of the company, will remain active until the end of April.
Conflicting Data?
Last week, www.stereophile.com posted an article concerning Pollara, Inc.'s Canadian Recording Industry Association–commissioned <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/news/032006cria/">144-page report</A> on the downloading habits of Canadian music consumers. We reported that the University of Ottawa's Dr. Michael Geist interpreted the Pollara data <A HREF="http://michaelgeist.ca/component/option,com_content/task,view/id,1168/I…; than the polling group did, in particular noting his conclusion that people who had downloaded music had legally purchased more music than their counterparts who had never done so.
Massive!
A new Massive Attack album and <I>The Belfast Telegraph</I> breaks the story. "We don't like each other very much. It's always been quite tempestuous for us in the studio—we always seem to lose a member after every album," says Grant Marshall.
This Is Your Mind on Type
New study: <I>High Times</I> is not a gateway publication to hard reading.
This Is Not An Action Photo
Bagheera simply dribbles off the bookshelf for hours at a time—after she rids it of those troublesome books, of course.
This Is The Tricky Part
Huckleberry mutters and plots while cleaning his weapons of mouse destruction.
Where's Neil When You Need Him?
Neil Gaiman gets a tribute disc. I hope it's as cool as he is.
RoHS Affects Cathedral Organs, Too
American high-end companies are freaking out about the new RoHS standards. Turns out it could silence church organs, too.