well it is official. blogger just doesn't have everything i need, so i've moved to wordpress on my own domain. this page will no longer be updated and i am now at http://www.shewflowers.com. The show will be continuing there and not here. Please change your bookmarks ... haha that's so 1.0 isn't it?
via Digg.com:
http://www.digg.com/tech_news/Universal_Music_CEO_iPod_owners_are_thieves
concerning the $1 or more paid to UMG for every Zune sold ... and my comments:
I am now chuckling to myself. Microsoft said that this would blow the Ipod out of the water. remember the end of the movie "Pirates of Silicon Valley"? I know this never happened in reality but the scene went something like this:
Steve Jobs: But we've got better stuff!
Bill Gates(pointing to all the shiny new computers running Windows and not Mac OS): Don't you see, that doesn't matter!
They don't have to compete with the Ipod's commercial success, UI, or general coolness in the market place. They compete on the bargaining power that they just gave all of the record labels who get a dollar or more from every Zune sold (which seems a lot more attractive to them than an Ipod, now).
I hate to say it but well played ... now the plot thickens.
This time I discuss a question posed by Jason Evangelho at Insomnia Radio concerning independent music. Does mainstream music matter? Is there any relevance to the oft-times recycled mess that we hear on the radio? Take a listen and JOIN THE DISCUSSION by sending an email to
The Rinse - Coat Check Girl
Snowden - Anti-Anti
Panda & Angel - Dangerous
Cold War Kids - Robbers
National Eye - Ag1
Direct download to the show is here.
Straight talk, from the truck, on my way home. That's what it's all about this time around and I sprinkled some tunes in the mix as well. Thanks to everyone who checks the show out, it is very much appreciated. Take a listen and shoot me an email. I really want to give this experiment a shot. Let's have a conversation about anything ... anything you want. Here's a list of the tracks I played, in order:
City-State - You Wait & Wolves
Umbrella Tree - Wisemen
Cursive - Dorothy at Forty
Picture provided by Flickr user schaaflicht and is Creative Commons Licensed. I mentioned Evil Genius Chronicles in the show as well. Hope to hear from a lot of people and will be talk to you all soon. Direct download to the show is here.
