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Take your DRM and shove it

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Re: Take your DRM and shove it December 21, 2005 at 08:26 PM UTC #
I don't like emusic. I need to have a jewelcase with cover art to fetish & fondle.
kosmo
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Re: Take your DRM and shove it January 03, 2006 at 04:26 PM UTC #
Well Jerry agress with you

"For Casale, however, success is still defined by seeing his music on CDs in record store bins.

"That's the logical conclusion," he said. "People want objects. It's a fetish."

But…

n 1978, Devo frontman Gerald Casale spotted his band's debut LP in a record store bin for the first time. He was struck by an undeniable thought: the band had made it.

"It's what you've been busting your butt for and finally, it happens," Casale said.

Seeing the latest release by his new group hit a virtual bin as a digital file on Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes Music Store was less than exciting by comparison.

"This time it's like window shopping," said Casale. His new music is distributed by Cordless Recordings, a new breed of label that has dumped CDs and other traditional formats in favor of offering music only online.

the link

http://www.cordless.com/
kosmo
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Re: Take your DRM and shove it January 03, 2006 at 04:29 PM UTC #
I agree that the physical media is important, the CD booklet not so much… Unless it's an anthology or greatest hits with an essay or liner notes,it's not likely I'll flip through the booklet more than once, which could easily be downloaded from a website.
kosmo
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Re: Take your DRM and shove it January 04, 2006 at 12:58 PM UTC #
looks like eMusic has moved beyond Mountain Goats! today new additions include Cherry Red Records with a Felt Greatest Hits, Eyeless in Gaza, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry and a really great compliation of the labels history.

Add in the Butthole Surfers catalog, some Pere Ubu, Dio, and some Vital PIAS Digital labels. Vital PIAS represents some great UK labels like Domino, Drowned in sound, Setenta, Wall of sound, Skint, Warp, hopefully some of those some in the near future.
kosmo
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Re: Take your DRM and shove it January 11, 2006 at 02:56 PM UTC #
three letters - SST
kosmo
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Re: Take your DRM and shove it January 12, 2006 at 04:18 PM UTC #
<img src="http://www.8ball.co.uk/productimages/17254-1.jpg" alt=" - " />

The Untouchables
Wreckless Eric
Any Trouble
Desmond Dekker
Dirty Looks
Electric Guitars
The Equators
Jona Lewie
Kirsty Maccoll
Lew Lewis
Micky Jupp
Mint Juleps
Passion Puppets
Rachel Sweet
Ruefrex
The Rumour
Tenpole Tudor
Tommy Chase


I'm looking forward to cherry picking material not on the Stiff boxset, like Tenpole Tudor!
kosmo
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Re: Take your DRM and shove it January 12, 2006 at 05:13 PM UTC #
Interesting…

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004313.php

Digital Vinyl: The Opposite of Sony-BMG
January 11, 2006

There's a new trend underway among indie labels, dubbed "digital vinyl": offering free MP3 downloads for customers who buy albums on vinyl. First Merge Records offered free downloads to those who bought vinyl releases by Clientele and Robert Pollard. Now Saddle Creek Records has announced that they will be doing the same thing for their customers who prefer vinyl, starting with What the Toll Tells, the new record by Two Gallants due in February.

For a variety of reasons, vinyl has enjoyed a resurgence of popularity among music fans (I, for one, can attest that The Decemberists' Picaresque vinyl release sounds better the CD). Unfortunately, music fans who own turntables and iPods find themselves in a bit of a quandry.

Who cares, you say? How many people could that be, you say? Well, smart independent labels aren't asking those questions. Instead, they are trying to make their customers happy, even the vinyl-loving, iPod-equipped ones.

Quite a stark contrast to the likes of EMI and Sony-BMG, whose copy-protected CDs are stopping music fans from getting their CDs into their iPods.

Thank god for independent record labels like Merge and Saddle Creek.
vansmack
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Re: Take your DRM and shove it January 12, 2006 at 06:05 PM UTC #
Sony Music launching label geared to gay recording artists
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Wednesday, January 11, 2006


Sony Music has teamed with the founder of a gay cable network to form a record label geared toward developing gay, lesbian and transgender recording artists.

The label, dubbed Music With A Twist, plans to employ talent scouts nationwide to find emerging artists who have generated a buzz in the gay community and have the potential for mass appeal.

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

The recordings will be released in a marketing partnership with the Sony Music Label Group, which includes Columbia Records Group, Epic Records, Sony Nashville and Sony Urban Music.

It's a home that says to artists, 'We not only are OK with who you are, but we embrace that as part of your identity,'" said Matt Farber, president of Wilderness Media & Entertainment and founder of Logo, the MTV Networks channel targeting gay audiences.

Farber compared the concept of a record label focusing on gay artists with that of urban labels formed to nurture rap or hip-hop acts.

Twist plans to sign artists covering a variety of musical genres and also release compilations with songs by established artists.

Sony Music has also agreed to become a charter sponsor of a syndicated radio show produced by Wilderness Media and dubbed Twist that is launching this weekend in several markets and online.

URL: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2006/01/11/financial/f152225S13.DTL
nate98
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Re: Take your DRM and shove it March 14, 2006 at 05:26 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Relaxer:
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
i'm not that into downloading live shows but…

Among the popular live shows are:

My Morning Jacket Live at 9:30 Club
Little Feat Live at Lupo's
Robbie Fulks Live at Double Door
Umphrey's McGee Live at Fox Theatre
Scott Lucas (of Local H) Live at Metro
The High Dials Live at Schubas
Taj Mahal Live at Fox Theatre
Urge Overkill Live at Maxwell's
J Mascis and the Fog Live at Maxwell's
Rye Coalition Live at Maxwell's
The Wrens Live at The Casbah
Wow, I *am* into downloading shows. Did these come from eMusic?
I've found a couple good (free) live shows for download on db etree, but it's mostly jamband crap. I did get a great Morning Jacket show and a pretty cool Man or Astroman show.

Would love to hear a good Urge Overkill show. The show they played at the old 9:30 club was very memorable.
Check out dimeadozen.org
kosmo
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Re: Take your DRM and shove it March 21, 2006 at 02:08 PM UTC #
Advance downloads of

Josh Rouse - Subtitulo
Two advance tracks from Les Savy Fav
bags
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Re: Take your DRM and shove it March 21, 2006 at 06:12 PM UTC #
Since the e-music thread is on the first page again, I've been downloading bands I wanted to see at SXSW but couldn't catch – very cool, I heard a song or two on the SXSW Showcase Sampler, and now can grab the albums!

Black Lipstick
The Capes
Field Music
dEUS
The Divorce

other goodies –
Neko Case (new album)
Echo & the Bunnymen, "Siberia"
Stereolab
Ted Leo
The National
New Pornographers
Belle & Sebastian
The Essex Green
McClusky

PM Kosmo to join! ;)
brennser
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Re: Take your DRM and shove it March 21, 2006 at 06:48 PM UTC #
thanks for the shout-out Bags!

Originally posted by Bags:

PM Brennser to join! ;)
bags
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Re: Take your DRM and shove it March 21, 2006 at 06:53 PM UTC #
Originally posted by brennser:
thanks for the shout-out Bags!

Originally posted by Bags:

PM Brennser to join! ;)
Ok, PM one of 'em! [Sorry, Brennser – I get so much music and advice from Kosmo!]

FYI, you can stream the new Josh Rouse here – I kept hearing about him, but hadn't heard him. Sounds good, think I may make it an emusic choice. ;)
HoyaSaxa03
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Re: Take your DRM and shove it March 22, 2006 at 04:13 AM UTC #
ok, i have 2 tracks left to DL this month … any off the wall suggestions?
HoyaSaxa03
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Re: Take your DRM and shove it March 22, 2006 at 04:34 AM UTC #
this month's emusic haul:

Destroyer: Destroyer's Rubies
I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness: According to Plan [single]
Jens Lekman: Oh You're So Silent Jens
Matt Pond PA: The Nature of Maps
Mclusky: Mclusky Do Dallas / Mcluskyism
Mogwai: Mr. Beast
Ambulance LTD: New English EP
Centro-Matic: Fort Recovery

ready to sink my teeth in …….
kosmo
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Re: Take your DRM and shove it March 22, 2006 at 10:29 AM UTC #
Originally posted by Roy Hibbert is Tall:
ok, i have 2 tracks left to DL this month … any off the wall suggestions?
Mitch Benn - "Everything Sounds Like Coldplay Now" & "This Years Boy"
brennser
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Re: Take your DRM and shove it March 27, 2006 at 03:21 PM UTC #
Margot and The Nuclear So &amp; So's ….download it from emusic now and thank me when it ends up in your top ten of 2006
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