ARTICLES

Music Marketing - MLK Jr. and the music business from Music Marketing [dot] com.

Arjan writes on the “gifted songwriter” that is, Alanis Morissette. Are you kidding me?

Idolater - ‘Business Wrier Shocked To Discover Horndog Rapper Also Possesses College Degree, Business Acumen.’ Man, I can’t believe people in the business world would consider NOT taking Ludacris seriously. Totally uncalled for. (please note sarcasm)

Idolater - Garth Brooks thinks illegal downloads should be treated like speeding violations.

Idolater – Idolater hates the Coachella lineup. It might not have Radiohead, but from all accounts, Roger Waters puts on a phenomenal live show.

Idolater - Idolater presents a link to the Village Voice’s last of 2007 year-end lists, but then it’s not there. Singles of the year? Rehab, Umbrella, All My Friends.

Idolater - Results from Idolater’s Pop Critics Poll. If there’s you decide to read from today’s links, this is it. Fantastically done on many levels.

Idolater - ‘What does Barack Obama have in common with the Insane Clown Posse?’

Idolater - Idolater on the Billboard Hot 100. I just found this blog, can you tell it’s already one of my favorites?

Idolater - ‘Someone with a sorta optimistic view of the music industry’ This someone is Simon Fox, head of HMV. I went to an HMV store in Cambridge when I was there, and for a corporate chain store, it’s well above average. Maybe we’re not screwed after all.

Send me dead flowers has boatloads of Radiohead from the ‘93 Feet East gig.’ That must be what they’re calling Radiohead’s performance Audio, video, setlists…etc. Long live the kings.

Idolater - Idolater on the Billboard Top 200 – Who Charted. I feel like they’re somehow stealing ideas from me, even though that’s not conceivably possible.

Idolater - One of the idolater writers has his family listen to music and gets their reaction. The best part? (while listening to “Stronger”) “Sister: You know what's a big factor of why I don't like this song? Those awful fucking sunglasses with the blinds. They look retarded.
Sister’s friend: You look like you have Down's Syndrome when you have them.
Sister: Camp Courage sunglasses. [to Author] Don't put that in there.”

Idolater - Prozac might sponsor Coldplay’s next album. I don’t even have a joke here.

Idolater - ‘Panic at the disco: Glad to be gay, (if they were gay)’

The Late Greats take a look at some covers of “Fake Plastic Trees.”

I Guess I’m Floating’s MP3 grab bag.

Stereogum – ‘Patterson Hood on demanding rock records’

Stereogum – Another idea of mine that Stereogum improbably stole from my brain. Analyzing iTunes Celebrity Playlists, in this case, the automaton that is, Katie Holmes. Her playlist isn’t terrible, actually, even though she’s (I think) saying that it’s her character’s playlist, whatever the fuck that means.

Stereogum – Who needs illegal downloading when you have Stereogum streaming the new Drive-By Truckers album?

Stereogum – 93 Feet East webcast. Long live the kings.

Stereogum – ‘Randy Newman’s totally appropriate, political MacWorld performance’ I just liked the headline.

Stereogum – Live Truckers.