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GUY HANDS<\/span><\/p>\n

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British Financier Faces Scrutiny From Tax Haven<\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

So, if this scumbag is avoiding British taxes, in what looks like an ultimately unsuccessful move according to the "Times", can we really trust him to do the right thing with some of the most storied assets in the music business?<\/p>\n

BEN STEIN<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ben Stein Loses New York Times Column<\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

At least the "Times" has a backbone, even if they are purveying "aged news".\u00c2\u00a0 Where’s the backbone in the entertainment industry?\u00c2\u00a0 You test the limits and then "apologize"?<\/p>\n

If only someone at the "Times" was willing to blow it up.\u00c2\u00a0 Realize that the physical paper is history and focus on the Web.\u00c2\u00a0 Just about everything I read in the Gray Lady today I already knew, from surfing yesterday.\u00c2\u00a0 The key is to be the go-to source for the news NOW!\u00c2\u00a0 Redesign the site so it looks more like cnn.com or http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/, never mind the afore-linked HuffPo.\u00c2\u00a0 It may be all the news that’s fit to print, but the way they fit it on their site makes it unusable.<\/p>\n

The major labels are riding the CD right to irrelevancy.<\/p>\n

Is the "Times" going to ride the physical paper in the same direction?<\/p>\n

Don’t rely on the past, unless you’re planning to shut up shop when it evaporates.\u00c2\u00a0 Don’t try to prevent the future, HARNESS IT!<\/p>\n

BILLY MAYS<\/span><\/p>\n

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Billy Mays’ family: Never saw signs of cocaine use<\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

We can laugh and say that even wannabe rock stars can die of drugs or we can see that we’ve got a true societal problem.<\/p>\n

Isn’t getting famous and doing drugs about as cliched as a "Tramp Stamp"?<\/p>\n

WILL KIRBY<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tattoo removal firm aims for IPO as black ink flows<\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Speaking of tattoos…<\/p>\n

The L.A. "Times" can write a whole article and not mention that the doctor involved is the evil Dr. Will who won "Big Brother"?<\/p>\n

The newspaper deserves to go out of business.\u00c2\u00a0 Can’t anybody even use Google?\u00c2\u00a0 They were pawns in this story.\u00c2\u00a0 A tireless self-promoter gets front page ink promoting his IPO that’s far from a go?\u00c2\u00a0 Laughable.<\/p>\n

THOM YORKE<\/span><\/p>\n

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Thom Yorke: CDs kept the music industry alive like a zombie<\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Who you gonna trust and believe, Doug Morris or Thom Yorke?<\/p>\n

Doug’s got the relationships, but Yorke has the truth on his side.\u00c2\u00a0 CDs are dead.<\/p>\n

LAUREN LUKE<\/span><\/p>\n

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An Everywoman as Beauty Queen<\/a><\/p>\n

Panacea81(Lauren Luke) feature on Inside Out – BBC One<\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The future of the music business.<\/p>\n

If a friend-less single mom can become a YouTube sensation with no help from the media, how long until a musician does the same thing?<\/p>\n

I’d never heard of her until yesterday.\u00c2\u00a0 But that’s just the point…\u00c2\u00a0 If you’re trying to appeal to everyone, you’re doing it wrong.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s solely about your niche.\u00c2\u00a0 But YouTube allows you to grow some mighty big niches.<\/p>\n

She’s honest, humble, trustworthy, everything musicians purveyed by the machine are not.\u00c2\u00a0 People warm up to Lauren Luke, she’s a twenty first century star.<\/p>\n

TRIUMPH AT BONNAROO<\/span><\/p>\n

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Triumph Visits Bonnaroo, Part 1<\/a><\/p>\n

Triumph Visits Bonnaroo, Part 2<\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Dave may be beating Conan, but Triumph’s performance here is better than anything I’ve see on Letterman in eons.<\/p>\n

You may have already seen this.\u00c2\u00a0 But as much as we live in an instant world, many people miss out the first time through.\u00c2\u00a0 But if something is good, it can stay alive online.<\/p>\n

You’ve got to see this.<\/p>\n


AT THE MOVIES<\/span><\/p>\n

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A.O. Scott, Michael Phillips to Take Over \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcAt the Movies\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Younger isn’t always better.<\/p>\n

I’d say experience and quality count, but the key is knowing your audience!\u00c2\u00a0 Do you really expect youngsters to sit in front of the TV and watch movie reviews? They don’t believe in reviews, other than the ones their friends tweet and IM to them from the theatre on opening day.<\/p>\n

SILLERMAN<\/span><\/p>\n

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Elvis developer all shook up
Graceland tycoon loses millions in property deals<\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Karma baby…<\/p>\n

REDBOX<\/span><\/p>\n

If you don’t know what this is, you’ve got too much money.<\/p>\n

It’s fascinating to watch the studios squirm over these $1 a night DVD vending machines.\u00c2\u00a0 Rather than try to fuck with the past, why don’t they make cheap, on demand movies available online and cable?<\/p>\n

Because they’re beholden to Wal-Mart!\u00c2\u00a0 Which is eliminating free-standing DVD cardboard dumps!<\/p>\n

If the entertainment business ran Apple we’d all still be running Apple II’s, having to insert an identity card every time we booted up, required to surf at dialup speed.<\/p>\n

Fuck the Internet, I’ve got to keep my business model!<\/p>\n

Yes, that’s what the entertainment companies truly desire, no Internet.\u00c2\u00a0 Just tell them to give up their private jets and drive to that island retreat, then maybe they’ll get it!<\/p>\n

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