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Web Scout exclusive! Rick Astley, king of the ‘Rickroll,’ talks about his song’s second coming | Los Angeles Times
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/webscout/2008/03/rick-astley-kin.html
This is old but in case you missed it elsewhere. Neil Young, Joni Mitchell top best 100 Canadian albums - CanWest News Service
And so begins cleaning out the back log of drafted posts: Created as part of the Atlantic Film Festival’s 10×10 program. With the support of Norwood Cheek, 10 filmmakers were paired up with 10 bands in a 4 day workshop to make 10 videos. And for all the bands with videos and footage of their own to share: Missing are videos from: Halifax indie-rock band, Caledonia, is interview for CBC News in Halifax during the making of the Atlantic Film Festival 10×10 music video. [Norwood Cheek is in there too].
Dog Day “Oh Dead Life” Sigh Which Doctor - Mark Bragg “Boy Who Lost An Eye” Steven Bowers (2007, Steve Yorke) Performed by Steven Bowers and the Acoustic Theft
More Talk, Less Rock: 15 Masters Of Onstage Banter | The Onion AV Club
I am personally a fan of of show [and other such] posters around town(s), I find them a measure of activity in a given locale if nothing else. Except often there are examples of outstanding design incorporated with such posters making them nice to look at themselves [though not always]. However, I have to give credit where credit is due and over in Glasgow they have come up with a pretty clever means of addressing the issue there:
From the Evening Times [this is via Boing Boing]:
A little evil perhaps, but still smart. The article notes that such posters are illegal there, for which I will have to take their word. Some venues, like Zaphod Beeblebrox in Ottawa even offer a page on postering etiquette and law. Here`s a summary (from 2004) written by Waye Mason of the Halifax Pop Explosion on the still-pretty-much-the-same-situation here in Halifax:
The recently released NIN’s album Year Zero had an impressive 18 month viral campaign leading up to its release. I had been following this with much interest and had planned to get around to writing something but this is better: 37 Signals has a complete rundown on what was done summarizing as they say The Way a Viral Campaign Should be Run [via IndieHQ] See also: He apparently also ruffled the RIAA’s feathers in the process. Talk about icing on the cake.
Winnipeg based G7 Welcoming Committee Records has gone totally digital. They launched a digital download store and decided to sell 50 limited edition 10th anniversary commemorative box sets (consisting of 54 CDs) for $100. They sold out of these monsterous sets (the entire 44 catalog titles + 10 “Take Penacilin Now” compilations) somewhere between the time I read the e-mail, filed it and then decided to post it here.
The Ukuleles Of Halifax - “Country Roads” | WFMU’s Beware of the Blog Yes, it’s 35 young Haligonians performing John Denver’s “Country Roads.” Link courtesy of What Not Productions
This list originally appeared back in February but rightfully so has been one of Hypebot’s most read posts since then. One of the key things that made Their Majesties really attractive for us to work with them was their willingness to allow us to try pretty much anything that comes to mind as far as promoting them goes. We’re currently wrapping up the writing of their business and marketing plan [with an eye towards applying to some grants next month, but a worth while exercise for any band that’s investing thousands in recording and pressing a release]. Once that’s finished I’ll be posting more about some of the ideas we have and what we’re trying to do - as well as some things I wish we could do if the opportunity arose. As point number 99 states: If you try something and it works, tell others…then they’ll be more likely to share their ideas with you
This has definitely been around before, but it provides a nice, simple introduction to the issues of Digital Rights Management. Check out some CRAP |
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