Shed some tears, little teenbopper chickies whio still listen to the Backstreet Boys. Kevin Richardson is leaving the group to “pursue other interests.” Gee, like what, have a real career? Finally shake off that Backstreet malaise and get down to business? The rest of the Boys don’t plan on replacing Richardson, and will be back in the studio to record their next disaster to be released later this year, as if anyone could even possibly care anymore.
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…this one, from Eonline, referring to Slim Shady’s efforts to obtain divorce numero dos from off-again-on-again-off-again wife Kim with a minimum of intrusion from the press.
Just curious as to how exactly the divorce is proceeding “in secret” when it is being publicized via headlines from many major news outlets such as the one reporting the story…?
The rumors of Slash reuniting with Axl Rose and Guns N Roses, is simply a rumor. Not that we’d have thought it wasn’t, and not that I’d have even cared in the least. However, work is chugging along on the next Velvet Revolter Revolver album, tentativle entitled Libertad, “which is Spanish for ‘liberty,’ ” Slash said. “It’s something that we feel strongly about: liberty, freedom, you know …”
Yeah, you know…all that other stuff. Scott Weiland claims it’s going to be a concept album. Oh boy. Oh well, if anything the singing will be more enjoyable unlike fellow freedom fighter Neil Young, who also recently released a concept album about “liberty, freedom, you know…”
…at least make it a classic one.
The Capitol/EMI 40th anniversary reissue of the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds will be preceded for no apparent reason by a CD single of “Good Vibrations,” a song which has no connection to the album aside from the fact that it came out later that year. Sure, it’s celebrating an anniversary as well…but why not reissue a single from the seminal pop album instead? Like, say, “Wouldn’t It Be Nice.” Or, hey, how about the song Paul McCartney described as “the greatest love song of all time,” a.k.a. “God Only Knows”…?
But I digress.
The reissue of Pet Sounds will include both mono and stereo versions of each track on the CD; the package will also include a DVD which features a 5.1 surround sound mix of the album, original promo films for “Pet Sounds,” “Sloop John B,” and “Good Vibrations” (AGAIN with the freakin’ “Good Vibrations”!!!), in addition to a photo gallery synched to audio of “God Only Knows” and three documentary films. The first documentary is called “The Making of Pet Sounds” and features interviews with all of the Beach Boys, including the now-deceased Dennis and Carl Wilson. The second documentary, “Pet Stories,” is more of a reflection piece and includes a couple of in-depth discussions of specific songs, as well as a chapter called “Competition With the Beatles”. Finally, there is an excerpt from BBC TV documentary “Rhythm of Life,” a previously unreleased Brian Wilson interview conducted by Sir George Martin.
For everyone whose guilt over many a furtive, illegal music downloading transgression is still quietly burning a painful, dark hole in your soul: redemption is nigh.
New, legal album-swapping site La-La offers nearly two million CDs available for purchase at just $1 each…and 20% of the proceeds from every sale will go into a foundation that benefits the artists whose music is being traded:
Nguyen predicts that by next year the Z Foundation — which is currently setting aside $10,000 to $50,000 a week — will be disbursing between $10 million to $20 million to musicians in used-album royalties.
And the news only gets better: Not only will La-La provide artists with royalties on secondhand album sales — something they have NEVER received in the past — the site is also working to provide struggling music artists with badly needed access to health care and dental benefits.
Interestingly, the RIAA has “declined to comment” on the La-La business model, which appears to be protected under the “first sale doctrine” of the U.S. Copyright Act, which protects consumers’ right to re-sell or trade legally purchased CDs in any manner they like.
That probably means the RIAA lawyers are frantically digging through precedents and looking for loopholes, so they can hurry up and squelch a brilliant idea that actually benefits consumers AND artists at the same time.
Someone should get those guys a hobby.
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