The Electronic Frontier Foundation last week issued a report decrying the RIAA’s strategy of suing illegal downloaders, opting to support a “voluntary collective licensing regime.” But even that report misses
“The British singer-songwriter Billy Bragg, and Jeff Tweedy and Jay Bennett of the American band Wilco added music to 30 of Mr. Guthrie’s lyrics and released them on the acclaimed
The summer hasn’t been kind to Van Halen’s original bass player. First Michael Anthony found out that he was being replaced in the legendary group by a 16-year-old, then he watched as the band tried to re-write history by airbrushing his face out of old album covers on their website. MTV News recently interviewed Anthony, and you would think this would be the perfect opportunity for him to exact some revenge on the Van Halen family.
Instead, Anthony took the less-traveled high road:
“It’s not like it was totally unexpected,” he told MTV News during a recent interview, “only because of the strain from the 2004 tour and how everything’s been since then.” Anthony is referring to the band’s 2004 reunion jaunt with Roth replacement Sammy Hagar, which grossed almost $55 million before ending on a sour note (at the conclusion of the run’s final gig, guitarist Eddie Van Halen smashed one of his guitars and quickly walked offstage).
“That’s the one thing that’s really kind of sad,” Anthony continued. “It would have been cool to get onstage with Dave again, but I’m not going to whine about it, because that’s the way it is. Why waste my time trying to make a stink about it?”
The news isn’t all glum for Anthony, as he will be heading out with Sammy Hagar for the Other Half on October 19th. Read on for more from Anthony…
Sunday is fast-approaching, and many of us are sporting Larry Craig Bathroom Boners in anticipation of what our favorite football teams will look like on the field this season. For
Atlanta cow-punks The Black Lips are a refreshing breath of new weird air.
Kings of Leon are set to start work on a new album as soon as they can. The band said they hope to get work on the follow up to
Josh Ritter’s first three albums showed a talented young balladeer growing exponentially as an artist. During that time, the Moscow, Idaho native was producing stunning turns of phrase – “you look pretty good in that jonquil dress, but your smile is a wooden nickel’s pride,” for one – and viewing the modern world through an increasingly layered historical context. Then came The Animal Years.
During his set opening for the Allmans last week, Bobby seemed to have adjusted to some of the limits imposed on him by age.
Billy Bragg, and Jeff Tweedy and Jay Bennett (formerly) of Wilco added music to 30 of Woody Guthrie’s lyrics and released them on the acclaimed “Mermaid Avenue” albums in 1998 and 2000.
Metallica, Jerry Lee Lewis, John Mayer and Regina Spektor have all signed on for Neil Young’s annual Bridge School Benefit.The concert, now in its 21st year, will be held October
