May 2017 – Rocknerd

Links: Frank Zappa 1967, audiobook recording, Jim Jarmusch’s Sqürl.

31 May, 201731 May, 2017 Links, Punk, Rock 0

Today is all about the listening, now that I can listen to things again.

Reviews: Dr. Woman, Ovter God, Fightmilk (2016, 2017).

30 May, 20173 August, 2021 Industrial, Pop, Punk, Record 2

Back in the MP3 mines, tunnelling through the tottering heaps of virtual promos.

Links: iTunes still sucks, Spotify not compressing as much, the Great Cultural Fragmentation.

27 May, 201727 May, 2017 Audio, Links, mp3 0

“It’s like giving somebody a glass of hell in ice water.”

Links: Disney piracy hoax, New Order and Sunkist, wear yer earplugs, more Rocknerd in Hypebot.

25 May, 201725 May, 2017 Audio, Film, Links, Post-Punk, Rocknerd 0

♪ How does it feel
When a new day has begun
When you’re drinking in the sunshine
Rocknerd is the one ♫

Links: Music industry sexism, vinyl video game music, why do we want sound recording anyway?

23 May, 201723 May, 2017 Audio, Games, Industry, Links 0

As usual, the comments on an article on why feminism is needed in the music industry demonstrate why feminism is needed in the music industry.

Links: Wikipedia supports fair use, film archiving, the joys of the B-side.

22 May, 201722 May, 2017 Film, Links, Record, Your rights 0

If I can’t hear music, you can’t either. But that 7″ is amazingly pretty.

Followups: Facebook dumps virtual reality, Spotify eats Niland, Denuvo still rubbish.

21 May, 201722 May, 2017 Film, Games, Links, mp3, Your rights 0

More ongoing thrills.

Your cyberpunk present: DRMed pets in Second Life starve after corporate battle.

20 May, 201721 May, 2017 Games, Your rights 2

“For the rabbits!” Lennie shouted.
“For the rabbits,” George repeated.

It’s the buzz buzz buzz in the drum of the ear.

19 May, 201713 January, 2020 Rocknerd 0

Obviously I’m just jealous of the audiophiles.

Streaming links: Spotify, Netflix versus Android, the return of the undead Live365.

18 May, 201719 May, 2017 Film, Links, mp3, Radio 0

Why buy when you can trust other people’s computers? I’m sure services will never suddenly disappear or block paying customers.

Master Quality Authenticated — “high-resolution” audio with … lossy compression.

17 May, 201721 May, 2017 Audio, Opinion 8

An audacious innovation in the “high-resolution audio” field: hi-res audio that does lossy compression. And the record companies love it.

Lester Bangs on Brian Eno.

16 May, 201717 May, 2017 Esoterica, Musician 0

“It’s not a hard instrument, actually. People think synthesizers are difficult and mysterious, but in about a day you can understand how to use it. In about five years you can understand how not to as well.”

Links: a critic turned artist, the soothing power of noise, Kim Dotcom outdone, Herman’s Hermits.

15 May, 201715 May, 2017 Links, Metal, mp3, Rock, Writing 0

A pretty chill selection on the joy of art. And some schadenfreude for Kim Dotcom.

Soundtracks replaced with extruded substitute music product. If you’re lucky.

14 May, 201715 May, 2017 Film, Games, Television 1

Licensing is hard. Why not use some bulk filler instead.

(sex, uh, sex uh, crime, cry cry cry cry crime, crime)

Video: Go-Betweens, techno in six steps, a pop hit in four minutes.

13 May, 201713 May, 2017 Indie, Musician, Television 0

Some telly to finish your day.

Copyright troll links: Norway, Rightscorp, Perfect 10, police investigating BPI anti-piracy chief.

12 May, 201712 May, 2017 Links, mp3, Your rights 0

There’s a lot of money in trying for a few hundred quid out of home Internet users. Well, sometimes.

eMusic returns! Or something of that name.

11 May, 20178 April, 2018 Industry, mp3, Record 10

Remember eMusic? I was a happy customer back in the day.

Industrial reviews: Lorelei Dreaming, Eli Van Pike (2017).

10 May, 201710 May, 2017 Industrial, Metal, Record 0

Most of what hits the Rocknerd inbox is industrial, prog, metal or industrial prog metal. I have no idea why.

Links: Blockchain BitTorrent, Kim Dotcom movie, my Blockchain book interview.

9 May, 20177 June, 2017 Film, Links, mp3, Rocknerd, Your rights 1

Bram Cohen, Kim Dotcom and David Gerard. Only blockchains bind them.

Warner does a deal with YouTube. The record industry is outraged!

8 May, 20179 May, 2017 Industry, mp3, Opinion, Your rights 0

Warner has signed a completely expected deal with YouTube, because they do great business with each other and fully wish to continue. The music industry is hilariously outraged that Warner did the obvious deal with a fantastic and essential publicity outlet.

Links: How to rig the charts, musicians’ vending machine, a malware music player, Internet Archive.

7 May, 201718 May, 2017 Audio, Industry, Links, Musician 0

I’m sure Harry Styles will categorically deny that anyone from any of his teams paid anyone to do anything whatsoever toward this chart rigging effort. Any moment now.