sean gramophone

Any Good Books
oh yay for The Master and Margarita!

Comment by sean gramophone February 2010 permalink
YAYBLOG! 2.0
That's terrific, Paul! Keep us updated as they become available. I'm really excited about crossover projects like this, not for the prestige but for the actual doing. Making something lovely in the real world. (Blogger-owned record labels a…

Comment by sean gramophone February 2010 permalink
I've Been Deleted
Blogger has posted another update, and also brought Masala back online. http://buzz.blogger.com/2010/02/quick-note-about-music-blog-removals.html Bill, have you tried this "Counterclaim" rigamarole?

Comment by sean gramophone February 2010 permalink
I've Been Deleted
Adam, I guess I should clarify. I think that "tangle" is the huger, heavier, more important issue - but not the relevant one in this little crisis.

Comment by sean gramophone February 2010 permalink
I've Been Deleted
Yeah, they maintain they still follow step 2 - it's only "repeat offences" that result in blog deletion.

Comment by sean gramophone February 2010 permalink
I've Been Deleted
Also, re that Guardian article - Chris C, if you're reading, no i don't have any idea why they used a screenshot of your blessed site.

Comment by sean gramophone February 2010 permalink
I've Been Deleted
i think the biggest priority is that bloggers get their archives back. but after that, the solutions are actually pretty simple. I wrote this in an email to someone at Google last night. 1) when a host receives a DMCA notice, alert the blogger to …

Comment by sean gramophone February 2010 permalink
I've Been Deleted
Plan to write a piece on this for the Guardian - anyone willing to cite recent posts they've made that might have drawn the DMCA notices?

Comment by sean gramophone February 2010 permalink
I've Been Deleted
And to Masalacism! this really sucks. :(

Comment by sean gramophone February 2010 permalink
Favorite Critics?
I dunno guys; I think if you don't see how the xx's music is more subsumed in their particular instrumental sound than, uh, the Cowboy Junkies (or Meursault for that matter) - or if you don't hear anything unique about their sound, the…

Comment by sean gramophone February 2010 permalink
Favorite Critics?
"The xx are, in the purest sense, a modern band: their music could not exist without the machines that make the noises and the machines that record them." Oh for fuck's sake. Without their instruments, they couldn't play music. …

Comment by sean gramophone February 2010 permalink
Favorite Critics?
Sasha Frere-Jones is inconsistent, but when he's right about something he has an extraordinary ability to get it down in a plain way. His recent piece on the xx was terrific.

Comment by sean gramophone February 2010 permalink
Favorite Critics?
Jeez guys! Carl WIlson and Nitsuh Abebe are the ones who come immediately to mind.

Comment by sean gramophone February 2010 permalink
NAYBLOG!
The host for our main site (not mp3s) is a mom'n'pop shop called Revolution Hosting. They have been great to us for years, small and direct service - but lately it's been embarrassingly abysmal. The current hack "fix" is just…

Comment by sean gramophone December 2009 permalink
NAYBLOG!
So many problems with our main web host lately, and now we have been "hacked". groan I have to rely on them to fix it. :( I'm looking to change hosts but it's a complicated procedure and will wait til January to really do so. St…

Comment by sean gramophone December 2009 permalink
Name 5 old music blogs that are still going
mp3.com carefully listened to every submission, and wouldn't post anything with copyright infringement their interns recognised. i remember submitting a "whistling band" as a joke (where i whistled hits like "Ice Ice Baby") a…

Comment by sean gramophone November 2009 permalink
Name 5 old music blogs that are still going
stereogum was not anything like what it is now in 2002. heck, until 2004 or so it drew most of its hits with paparazzi shots of britney.

Comment by sean gramophone November 2009 permalink
Name 5 old music blogs that are still going
back in the early 2000s, hosting mp3s on a server was still expensive and almost no labels/artists were supportive of free mp3 giveaways. even though it was technically possible, almost no one seemed to actually be DOING it. the earliest examples i c…

Comment by sean gramophone November 2009 permalink
Name 5 old music blogs that are still going
can't think of any mp3blogs from before 2002, certainly.

Comment by sean gramophone November 2009 permalink
Edwyn Collins accused of infringing his own copyright
yes?

Comment by sean gramophone October 2009 permalink
Edwyn Collins accused of infringing his own copyright
thanks! yeah, i write unspecial plainly-written news stuff for them. pays the bills.

Comment by sean gramophone October 2009 permalink
Edwyn Collins accused of infringing his own copyright
I wrote that article!

Comment by sean gramophone October 2009 permalink
Pop Montreal
really! i think the Slew album is a horror!

Comment by sean gramophone October 2009 permalink
Pop Montreal
you mean "Kid Koala presents The Slew"? [puke]

Comment by sean gramophone October 2009 permalink
Pop Montreal
Fever Ray, Sister Suvi's final show, Daredevil Christopher Wright, Thee Oh Sees on the floor, Tune-Yards with ten-piece art installation costumes & band, Francois Virot, Young Galaxy destroying a guitar, oh man fuck has this been good.

Comment by sean gramophone October 2009 permalink
Pop Montreal
Safe travels! My guide is up here: http://www.saidthegramophone.com/archives/guide_to_pop_montreal_200.php It's all been great so far. Don't neglect the panels/art up at Espace Reunion - SUPER fun and amazing! Updating mostly just on Twi…

Comment by sean gramophone October 2009 permalink
Pop Montreal
hey eric yes i think prob floor-doin' is cool wit me - i'd just have to check with my roommate. the "nerds" section of Pop is called SYMPOSIUM. it is happening again this year but smaller than last year. grants, etc. Outdated in…

Comment by sean gramophone August 2009 permalink
Pop Montreal
oh and frank's "all the bands playing pop are playing toronto" = nonsense! just the big-time bands for whom Pop is part of tour routing, and the smaller ones lucky enough to book gigs. but having seen the list of (still unannounced) sm…

Comment by sean gramophone August 2009 permalink
Pop Montreal
yo dudes pop montreal is amazing. what frank says is mostly true, except for the stuff about "goodly walk" - in that the city has a [mostly free] bike service now that will make it an easy-peasy-pie to get from one spot to another. at leas…

Comment by sean gramophone August 2009 permalink
On the demise of books, newspapers, music and movies
Remarkably, the Kindle is selling better than the original iPod did. http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/03/is-the-kindle-outpacing-early-ipod-sales/

Comment by sean gramophone July 2009 permalink

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