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VALENTIME'S DAY 2015
It was 35 years ago today! Blotto released its first EP Hello My Name Is Blotto What's Yours? I took my boom box to work at the Empire State Plaza and had Q104 playing low ... Ellen McKinnon didn't...
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2.19.15 IN WHICH THE COPYRIGHT OFFICE FIXES EVERYTHING
This article originally appeared in the 2.19.15 issue of Metroland In my last column we talked about the Flo & Eddie lawsuit seeking performance right payments for pre-1972 recordings....
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3.5.15 NOT HAPPY
This article originally appeared in the 3.5.15 issue of MetrolandThe “Blurred Lines” case, in which Marvin Gaye’s kids are trying to shake down Robin Thicke, Pharrell and TI, is in the midst of trial...
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3.19.15 WHAT'S GOING ON
This article originally appeared in the 3.19.15 issue of Metroland. OK, so the Blurred Lines verdict came down and Robin Thicke, Pharrell, and TI were found guilty of infringing a Marvin...
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4.2.15 Jesus, Etc.
This article originally appeared in the 4.2.15 issue of Metroland. So, the demented clown car that is the Republican, Christianista, fascist, hate-mongering right wing has had its...
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4.16.15 LUSTRE KINGS GO GREEN
This article originally appeared in the 4.16.15 issue of Metroland.GO GREENThe Lustre KingsWild Boar Records This is the Lustre Kings’ fifth album and it’s a whopper. The first thing that...
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4.30.15 Spinal TPP
This article originally appeared in the 4.30.15 issue of Metroland.You may have caught wind about a bizarre firefight going on between Obama and some prominent Democrats, most notably Elizabeth Warren,...
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5.14.15 THE WILD WIRED WEST
This article originally appeared in the 5.14.15 issue of Metroland.Wonders never cease. It looks like my mountain house in this tiny Berkshire mountain town is gonna get some serious broadband...
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6.10.15 THE ARTIST FACETIOUSLY KNOWN AS PRINCE
This article originally appeared in the 6.11.15 issue of Metroland.The internet got highly agitatolast week with news of Richard Prince’s latest artworld gambit – making comments on other people’s...
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6.18.15 THE GINGER BAKER
This article originally appeared in the 6.18.15 issue of Metroland.GINGER BAKER’S JAZZ CONFUSIONThe Egg Swyer TheaterJune 16, 2015 What I owe to Ginger Baker is immeasurable. Suffice it to...
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6.25.15 TAYLOR SWIFTBOAT
This article originally appeared in the 6.25.15 issue of Metroland.Apple finally announced that it was going to launch a music streaming service, years too late. Here’s the company that...
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7.9.15 Hodgery Podgery
This article originally appeared in the 7.9.15 issue of Metroland.A while back I wrote about these hideous lawsuits brought by porn producers against people whose internet accounts where identified as...
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7.23.15 MORE ORPHAN THAN NOT
This article originally ran in the 7.23.15 issue of Metroland.It’s starting again. I’m getting messages from frantic clients whose professional trade organizations are telling them that Congress is...
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7.6.15 IN PRAISE OF DAVID BYRNE
This article originally appeared in the 7.6.15 issue of Metroland.I’ve criticized the always-fascinating David Byrne in the past for some of his public proclamations about the music business. In...
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12.24.14 QUALITY STREET
Photo by Terri SeeNICK LOWE AND LOS STRAITJACKETSSwyer Theater, The EggDecember 19, 2014This review originally appeared in the 12.24.14 issue of Metroland.When this show was announced it took my breath...
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12.24.14 WAKE IT SHAKE IT SONY SONY
This article originally appeared in the 12.24.14 issue of Metroland.This Sony hack thing is one profoundly smelly and continuously exploding canister of weird. And it will just keep getting weirder....
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1.8.15 ROCK PAPER SCISSORS
AND CHARLIE EVERYWHEREThis article has nothing to do with the slayings in Paris, but like Wikileaks says, you ain't Charlieunless you're ready to post the most offensive cartoons the dead cartoonists...
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1.22.15 BROAD BAND
This article originally appeared in the 1.22.15 issue of Metroland.All kinds of fun on the broadband front. Finally, we’re seeing some leadership that understands the need for real and affordable...
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2.5.15 I CAN'T SEE ME SUING NOBODY BUT YOU
This article originally appeared in the 2.5.15 issue of MetrolandMaybe you’ve heard about how The Turtles’ Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan (a/k/a Flo and Eddie) just won a big lawsuit against Sirius...
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8.20.15 STFU: THE NEW (AND SCARY) POLITICAL CORRECTNESS
This article originally appeared in the 8.20.15 issue of Metroland. It seems like all of a sudden free speech is under serious attack. Two epic Atlanticarticles lay it out. In “The...
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9.3.15 TITS AND POPE
This article was originally published in the 9.3.15 issue of Metroland. You’ve no doubt caught wind of the painted topless ladies cavorting around Times Square in New York City. It’s a...
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9.17.15 SONGS IN THE KEY OF BULLSHIT
This article originally appeared in the 9.17.15 issue of Metroland.As the clown car of evil, stupid, absurd, and pandering Republican candidates struggles to be taken seriously, the all-to-familiar...
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10.1.15 THEY SAY IT'S YER BERFDAY
This article originally appeared in the 10.1.15 issue of Metroland.Well, it’s silly season on Facebook again, where the more gullible amongst us get their knickers in a twist over some fake nonsense...
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This article originally appeared in the 10.15.15 issue of MetrolandBuried under all the hoo-hah about the debates and Lamar Odom was a significant court ruling regarding basic freedom that came out of...
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10.29.15 GOOGLE UBER ALLES
This article originally appeared in the 10.29.15 issue of Metroland.You may have heard that the New York federal appeals court granted Google a big win in the long-running lawsuit brought against it by...
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