FISTFULAYEN

In case you missed the MTV Video Music Awards this week, you can watch the commercials and print out posters right over here. Lindsay was checking out all the Can reissues on Y! Music Unlimited.  She’s a huge Kraut-rock fan. ian

Well, my vacation is sadly coming to a close.  Julie and I went to Santa Barbara wine country, Palm Springs, and just lazed around the house a few days.  I worked a little more than I should have considering it’s “vacation”; in addition to reading the latest Harry Potter book I read two books on [...]

When Bradley was talking about getting someone from Negativland to come speak at Yahoo! he inspired me to track down and re-read one of my favorite books, “FAIR USE: The Story of the Leter U and the Numeral 2″, originally issued by Negativland in 1995.  For those who missed this story fifteen years ago, Negativland [...]

 Wow. Today I read “Internet Killed The Video Star”, Andre Gray’s self-published pamphlet/book/diatribe on what’s wrong with the music business.  With advance praise from none other than DJ Kool Herc on the back, I was looking forward to this one.  I definitely should have known better.  There is a huge opportunity at the moment for [...]

I came to report this evening on a couple of books I finished this week, but first… I’d like to send an irritated howdy-do to the eavesdroppers who were sitting next to Julie and me at Yabu on Pico this evening, listening in our private conversation and not even being sneaky about it.  You suck [...]