Yearly Archives: 2003

Read the review of the new album. That “Robert” guy seems strangely familiar.

1/15: Detroit, St. Andrew’s Hall
1/17: Toronto, The Guvernment
1/18: Montreal, Cabaret Music Hall
1/20: Boston, Paradise Rock Club
1/22: New York, Irving Plaza
1/23: Philadelphia, Theater of Living Arts
1/24: Washington, DC, 9:30 Club
1/28: Chicago, Metro
1/29: Minneapolis, Fine Line Music Cafe
1/31: Boulder, CO, Fox Theater
2/3: Vancouver, Commodore Ballroom
2/4: Seattle, Crocodile Cafe
2/5: Portland, OR, Berbati’s Pan
2/7: San Francisco, Slim’s
2/11: Los Angeles, El Rey Theater
2/12: San Diego, Mira Mesa Epicenter

I’ve launched the first in a series of discussions regarding the music industry and how to build a better one. The first question I’m throwing out: in the digital age, how important is it for small bands to get distribution?

My hope is for bands and music industry types from around the world weigh in on the subject as we try to come up with Music Industry 2.0.

A man with a mission to fight the silliness of the 18 month battery that will die and can’t be easily replaced.

MJ opens a new website to talk directly to his fans during the trial. Here it is.

The 11/25 Twilight Singers show at Nita’s Hideaway in Tempe, AZ has been cancelled. You can contact your point of purchase for ticket refund information. (source)

[Dulli is feeling sick, needs to recover a bit…]

Another reason why the web was invented. Let Them Sing It For You is a web toy that you enter in a phrase or sentence and plays it back using sound samples from different songs. So the use of “I” is from Chris Isaak’s “Wicked Games” and so on and so forth. It’s fun, it’s addictive, it’ll waste your life away.

[via Waxy.org]

I like funny things, but I’m not sure if this interviewer was trying to be humorous, trying to piss off Ryan Adams, or what. But it’s a somewhat good read.

Q: Is it your birthday this month?

A: Yes, it is. We’re celebrating double birthdays because we have two Scorpios here.

Q: From what I’ve heard, you like to celebrate your birthday every day.

A: From what you’ve heard I like to celebrate my birthday every day?

Q: I can’t open a newspaper without reading about you falling down drunk in a bar.

A: You can’t open a newspaper without reading about me falling down drunk in a bar?

Q: You know, if you just repeat all the questions, then that’s not really an answer. (full interview)

[link from not so secret modern age temp site]

Har Mar Superstar and Karen O from Yeah Yeah Yeahs interview each other via conference call. Really funny stuff. Here’s a highlight.

Har Mar: So you’re coming out here soon to record with me. Are you fucking excited?

Karen: Actually, if you want to know the truth, I’m electronically mailing with Beck, and I told him that I was going to be out there recording with you, and he didn’t write me back after that.

Har Mar: I saw him three days ago at a festival and he asked me to record with him, so maybe I’m totally cock-blocking you. (full interview)

[link via fimoculous]

See, people in my generation can protest on issues they believe in:

Attention People of other Planets: SEND HELP! I AM STRANDED IN A WORLD OF DUMB.