The Day The Music Died

R.I.P.
Oink

Bacon

Then Again....

These guys just might release the best album of '08. Can't wait for Mercy to come out!!!

Do Yourself A Favor

The best album of the year, maybe next year too, has come out and you can get it for whatever you think is a fair amount. Get it now.

I can't stop listening to this one. This album is so good. So much has been said about radiohead I can't add anything to it. They are really good and I am glad that they make music. Me happy.

Always Breaking The Rules

I know that I am way behind the curve. But I just found out about Radiohead's 7th album being sold for download for whatever you want to pay. I'm sure everyone has already discussed and digested this but it's news to me since I haven't had Internet access in a long time.

This band has constantly challenged itself, it's fans and the music industry to new heights. I remember the first time I heard "The Bends" and I thought it was so different and weird but so brilliant. I remember sharing it with my friends and telling them that this was a weird band but they were good and they should give them a chance. By comparison when you look at Kid A or some of their other more recent stuff, The Bends seems so mainstream now.

Now they are taking on not only the music industry, but the very idea of paying for music. The best band in the world says you can pay them whatever you think is fair for their new album. While so many artist continue to sit around pouting about the reality of the digital download, Radiohead embraces it and changes the music industry.

This is not only a GENIUS publicity stunt, but a revolution of some sort as well. How many people will check out the band now because they want to hear what all the fuss is about? And also, how can people go on with the same mindset about art and music as commerce?

This move is the dawn of a new music era. Because of the low cost of studio gear ($50,000 will get you the equipment you need to record million dollar sounding albums) and the power of the Internet, the era of music coming directly from the artist to the listener has begun. How this will all pan out in the long run I don't know. But the idea of not having music and art filtered through what some business man in a suit thinks is very exciting to me.

GO ROCKS!!!!

YEAH BABY!!

I was supposed to be in Brisbane all week this week for a conference but I ended up needing to do some graphic design (my little freelance, on the side income since I've been down here). I was a little bummed to have to come all the way down but I am so happy now.

Once I got to the office I remembered the rockies game and I went online to see how the game turned out. It was the top of the 11th and I quickly registered for an account on MLB.com so i could listen in on the game. So here I am on the other side of the world listening to the baseball game. What a world we live in.

When the Padres hit that homer in the 13th I thought it was over. I even told everyone around me (who I was explaining the rules of baseball to) that one of the greatest closers of all time would definitely close the door on the win.

I am glad that I was wrong.

When that sac fly happened, I felt so happy. Like a part of me was here and a part of me was home. I knew that my family and friends were listening too/watching the same thing and cheering at the same time. It was like we were together. The internet is a cool thing.

Go Rockies! Beat the Phillies!!!