Blogged for future reference

Electronic Musical Instruments 1870 - 1990

] It is a movie with such clear purpose %u2014 a pop
] culture missile launch at the Bush presidency %u2014 that
] it's almost more of a political commercial or piece
] of propaganda.

Perhaps the best review of the film yet.

Ego threatens to overshadow important questions in '9/11'

] Detroit may want to consider a new moniker: Nashville
] North.

This is doubly ironic.

Country rocks the city

Very satisfying indeed.

SATISFACTION

This just in from the "Anything for a buck department...."

NEW YORK (AP)— William Hung, whose spirited version of Ricky Martin's She Bangs got him booted from open auditions for American Idol, will release his debut album next week.
Inspiration, in stores Tuesday, includes She Bangs, along with another Martin hit, Shake Your Bon-Bon, and a cover of Elton John's Rocket Man. There's also a bonus DVD.

Also on Tuesday, Fuse music network will air a half-hour special, Idol Worship: The William Hung Story, which includes footage of Hung in the studio as he records tracks for Inspiration.

He'll perform She Bangs on NBC's Tonight show Thursday and again on the Today show Friday, Fuse and Koch Records said.

Idol' reject William Hung set to release debut album

] It's official: Stewie Griffin's plans for world domination
] shall continue!
]

Sweet!

Eh, or rather...

Alllll Riiiight....

Yahoo! News - Family Guy coming back to the air

] It's Desi night, an after party for a dance
] competition held earlier that day. Desi means East
] Indian, and on this particular, sweat-soaked night, many
] of these first-generation twentysomethings are combining
] the fruits of their parents' worlds with their
] Americanized tastes.

oh no... everyone get all riled up that the Indians are stealing our MUSIC too! ;-)

Bhangra blasts into pop music

] I was 23-24 years old when I wrote these diaries. I
] certainly wasn't planning on publishing them when I wrote
] them; so reading them now either makes me laugh, cry or
] cringe. I will not make any claims to being a gifted
] writer or diarist, but the aim here is to give the reader
] some sense of what it was like to tour across the USA in
] a van with a punk rock band in the mid to late 1980's.
] Some say this was the heyday of independent rock music
] and the college radio scene. I would bet we worked harder
] and played many more shows than many of today's
] 'alternative' rock bands will play in their short-lived
] careers.

Dean Clean has put up a Moveable Type blog, and is posting commented entries from his journal covering the Milkmen's first tour. Other members of the band are also adding comments. You can follow the band on their tour, 18 years lagged.

Also, they have a number of music videos available for download from their main website.

The Dead Milkmen are required listening. Don't trust anyone who says they do not like The Dead Milkmen.

The Dead Milkmen: 18 years ago

] This show offers a visual journey that began officially
] on Jan. 18, 1904, when George Gough Booth, then publisher
] of The Detroit News, bought land in Bloomfield Hills for
] what would become the complex of schools and museums
] known internationally as the Cranbrook Educational
] Community.
]
] Over the years, Cranbrook became a legend, a state of
] mind, an environment so beautiful it can take one%u2019s
] breath away. Although it%u2019s a historic place,
] Cranbrook resonates with people of all ages today.

Cranbrook celebrates a century

I didn't even bother putting a quote in here, because there are too many.

Steve Job gets it. He understands the risks, and has a good grasp on the reality of how music and technology affect each other, and of the business issues at hand.

Steve Jobs: The Rolling Stone Interview