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Free Culture in a Thrift Store

chartzog — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:36:08 +0000

There are frequently stories about someone who found a great treasure in a thrift shop or pawn shop like maybe a rare pre-war Martin D-28 or some other cool thing. Finally, I can join the ranks of the thrift shop story tellers, only my find was not a guitar or piece of jewelry, but [...]

Musing Mana 14 – Vaccai Meets Trip Hop (Take 2)

chartzog — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:46:39 +0000

Here is a new edition of Vaccai meets Trip Hop. I am now up to the 14th release in my Musing Mana song project: Musing Mana 14 – Vaccai Meets Trip Hop (Take 2)

This version has more of a tribal feel and some minor key overtones. I even had to haul out my [...]

Jonathan Coulton @ The Moore – Seattle

chartzog — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 04:11:17 +0000

OK folks, we are getting ready to go into Seattle on Friday and see Jonathan Coulton in concert with Paul and Storm. Jonathan, aka JoCo, is my creative commons demigod and guru that I have been following and listening to for at least the past year, and probably even a bit longer than [...]

Walmart Takes It Back

chartzog — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:59:28 +0000

Even though DRM-free music is a good thing, suddenly not supporting the existing DRM music you have sold was a business decision that obviously did not sit too well with Walmart customers. See Walmart’s latest email on this issue provided below.

From: Walmart Digital Music <newsletters@walmart.com> Subject: UPDATE: Important Information About Your Digital Music [...]

What is Folk Music? Opening Up Creativity.

chartzog — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:01:34 +0000

There is a great discussion on New Hampshire public radio (NPR) on “What is folk music?”. My comment is that I think there as many answers to “What is folk music?” as there are people to answer the question. I prefer to not debate which instrumentation is or is not appropriate as [...]