Submitted by David on Tue, 2008-04-08 16:28.
If you want Sly and the Family Stone to stay, well, it ain't gonna happen today. Come April 25, though, the funk-soul icons will embark on a brief and all-too-rare U.S. tour that will find them singing their not-so-simple songs in California twice and Minneapolis and Chicago once apiece.
In the case of the reluctant traveler Mr. Stone, the briefness of said plans ain't a complaint, just an observation: Given all the piss-poor "reunions" going down at every state fair in the country this and every summer, it's always nice to see a crew of un-boring living legends like Sly and company getting a little more time in the limelight. [MORE...]
Submitted by David on Mon, 2008-03-31 13:20.
Category: Editorial
Mathew Ingram is bringing up important considerations with regard to Jim Griffin's plan to Tax ISPs for music data on their networks. I have talked with Jim about this at SxSW, and he hates the term tax, he calls it (I'll paraphrase) "an agreed upon and negotiated fee (without government intervention) with an ISP, which will eliminate the threat of being sued by the RIAA et al." In this sense Mike Arrington is correct in calling it "Protection Money". However, as the courts have determined ISPs are NOT liable for the data transmitting through their lines. So unless the government legislates away this protection, what exactly is the incentive for an ISP?
Submitted by David on Sun, 2008-03-23 15:04.
It seems even the old folk are doing the new thing. If your grandmother is doing what the hip kids are doing. You know the label game is over.
AP - Dolly Parton knows a good investment when she sees one, and these days she sees one in the mirror.
