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Why Music Sucks In 2007

maggieloveshopey — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 02:31:54 -0500

(I'm reprinting this from my actual blog, seeing as KPunk (I think) had something nice to say about it, and it may be of interest to some of you. It originally came at the end of a series of entries about my favourite records of the year)

...It’s interesting to me that this selection features a lot of instrumental music.I’m thinking this reflects a malaise in the contemporary scene, because it sure looks to me like no one has anything to say anymore.
The US is saddled with one of the worst administrations in their history, a horrendous gaggle of corporate whores with their noses in the trough, their eyes blinded with corrupt ideology and their hands giving you the finger. A similar situation under Reagan threw up Husker Du, Big Black, The Minutemen, Black Flag, a thriving underground full of fire and passion who railed against these charlatans. It was similiar in the UK as well. Okay, so Crass were unlistenable and Red Wedge was an embarrassment, but at least people were trying to do something positive.

Good Copy Bad Copy

anne elizabeth moore — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:53:09 -0400

A BRILLIANT new UK-made film about the ongoing debates over intellectual property rights has been posted in entirety online: http://blip.tv/file/359180

As usual, if you like it please give them some money. Also, if you like it give me some money. Why not? I love money!

Outside the Loop: interview tonight

anne elizabeth moore — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:15:31 -0400

Hey people,

Andy and Mike from Outside the Loop Radio interviewed me the other night about the US Postal Service's new rate hikes and the future of independent publishing. Which I believe I present as rather bleak. Democracy gets a similarly murky outlook. But you know what? I never promised you a rose garden. Just the truth as I come across it.

It'll air tonight at 6 in Chicago on WLUW 88.7 and also be posted to their site sometime shortly thereafter: http://www.outsidetheloopradio.com/otl/.

aem

my first attempt at a music video

Alan Lastufka — Mon, 14 May 2007 12:56:47 -0400

I just finished creating this for the band imadethismistake. They're from Florida and are releasing their next album "tomorrow, we start new" on Valiant Death Records and Bonfire Club Records.

You can preorder the album now, or wait for it to "drop" on CD and vinyl next month.

Remind the FCC that payola's gotta stop

anne elizabeth moore — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 13:30:49 -0500

Pay-for-play is alive and well, even the FCC acknowledges, but that doesn't mean it's going to do much about it. On the table right now is a lame "consent decree" that both the FCC and the conglomerates (Clear Channel, Citadel, Entercom, CBS Radio) responsible for the demise of local, independent and diverse programming are set to sign: simply put, it's not enough. The agreement would apparently let broadcasters avoid admission of wrongdoing and doesn't include punishment for future payola abuses.

The Free Press has put out an action alert. Go here — http://action.freepress.net/campaign/payola2 — to sign a letter with the following statement: "I applaud the FCC for recognizing the importance of independent music and for working with the independent labels to increase its airtime. But the FCC must hold broadcasters accountable for past wrongdoing and send a strong message to stations tempted by pay-to-play arrangements in the future."