Michael Jackson used to be one of the funkiest dudes on the planet. Then he became one of the weirdest. So weird, in fact, that he had to ditch his home, also known as the Neverland Ranch theme park, and hightail it to Bahrain after molestation charges dogged him wherever he went in the United States. …
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Neverland Ranch, The Casino?
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Hype Machine Calls Viacom Sale Rumor 'Not Very Accurate'
http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/05/hype-machine-ca.htmlA recent rumor that music blog tracker Hype Machine had been sold to Viacom for $10 million is "not very accurate," according to Hype Machine creator Anthony Volodkin. Valleywag had pointed to once source who said Volodkin had "a $10 million Viacom offer floating around,'" and claimed a third …
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Tricky Exposes His Roots, Crowdsources Remixes
http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/05/want-a-free-pou.htmlFrom his early days in Massive Attack to his storied solo career and onward into films like The Fifth Element, Adrian Thaws has come a long way, baby. That's because his alter ego Tricky has hopscotched across sonic convention while remaining weird enough to stand out, skewing expectation with each step. …
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My Chemical Toilet
http://www.mychemicaltoilet.comisn't music news as such. But, if true, it'll have an impact on a fair number of music fans. Rumours are floating about that music aggregator The Hype Machine is to be sold for in the region of $10m to - depending on who you believe - Viacom or, er, someone else. The Hype Machine aggregates MP3s posted by innumerable music blogs and collects them together so that you, the reader/listener, can enjoy them from one place. You can create and constantly update your own list of favourites (you can seen mine over
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blast!
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More Digital Dollars & Cents. Does it Makes Sense?
http://kiminthemusic.blogspot.com/2008/05/more-digital-dolla...Word
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"The Wired nation knows all about tumblelogs, text-lite microblogs that include art, audio, video and..."
http://bijansabet.com/post/34488307vehicles for publicizing their works-in-progress. Earnest singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur has joined the tumblelog ranks with Bag is Hot, his ongoing musical and photographic journal. It’s as interesting as a CD, without the material waste.” - Joseph Arthur’s Tumblelog Is Hot With Music, Photos | Listening Post from Wired.com
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Warner Music to Charge Variable Prices
http://mojo-ramblings.blogspot.com/2008/05/warner-music-to-c...I was reading one of Wired Magazine's Blog today. Warner is going to start a test that will alter the price of songs on some online music stores to reflect supply and demand. Sales data will be gathered real-time and set prices where consumer demand and market potential meet.
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Neverland Ranch, The Casino?
http://musicnews2u.com/2008/05/11/neverland-ranch-the-casino...a resort, and given Jackson's notoriety and artistry it wouldn't be a stretch to suggest that it would command no shortage of pop culture vultures. Now that's what I call living off the wall. See Also: Tricky Exposes His Roots, Crowdsources Remixes Funk Archivists Truth and Soul Unearth Forgotten Gems, Scold Pro Tools Slackers The Worlds In Our Heads: An Interview With Beach House My Bloody Valentine To Bruise North America At Last
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Coachella 2008
http://blog.orbswarm.com/2008/05/11/coachella-2008/SWARM rolled on in to the 2008 Coachella Music and Arts festival and had a great time! You can find media mentions on Hack-a-Day and Wired. Photo sets on JDV’s Flickr, Lee’s blog here and here, and Marc’s site! And especially our SWARM In the Media wiki page.
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Why DRM sucks, part 32987
http://yarbroughs.org/archives/2008/05/11/why-drm-sucks-part...t be able to go through the process anymore. Microsoft is pulling the plug on the service (in favor of Zune’s music store). So whatever you have on August 31, you are stuck with… hoping nothing happens to your device. Sony did this before with Sony Connect, and good riddance. So how do you get around it? The only solution is to burn a CD/several CDs with your downloads, and then (re-)rip them to MP3 format, or another format compatible with your player. It’s a suboptimal solution, as your downloads are already compressed
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Naps are awesome on a rainy day.
http://onemoretimewithfeeling.tumblr.com/post/34478321Musician Joseph Arthur has a tumblr
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Don't believe the Hype Machine hype... quite
http://xrrf.blogspot.com/2008/05/dont-believe-hype-machine-h...a $10million sale to Viacom
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