“What is called the music business today, however, is not the business of producing music. At some point it became the business of selling CDs in plastic cases, and that business will soon be over. But that’s not bad news for music, and it’s certainly not bad news for musicians. Indeed, with all the ways to reach an audience, there have never been more opportunities for artists. Where are things going?”
For Wired Magazine. READ HERE
Byrne: What about bands that are just getting started?
“Don’t sign a huge contract that strips you of all your digital rights …”
Yorke: Well, first and foremost, you don’t sign a huge record contract that strips you of all your digital rights, so that when you do sell something on iTunes you get absolutely zero. That would be the first priority. If you’re an emerging artist, it must be frightening at the moment. Then again, I don’t see a downside at all to big record companies not having access to new artists, because they have no idea what to do with them now anyway.
Byrne: It should be a load off their minds.
Yorke: Exactly.
Byrne: I’ve been asking myself: Why put together these things — CDs, albums? The answer I came up with is, well, sometimes it’s artistically viable. It’s not just a random collection of songs. Sometimes the songs have a common thread, even if it’s not obvious or even conscious on the artists’ part. Maybe it’s just because everybody’s thinking musically in the same way for those couple of months.
Yorke: Or years.
Byrne: However long it takes. And other times, there’s an obvious…
Yorke: … Purpose.
Byrne: Right. Probably the reason it’s a little hard to break away from the album format completely is, if you’re getting a band together in the studio, it makes financial sense to do more than one song at a time. And it makes more sense, if you’re going to all the effort of performing and doing whatever else, if there’s a kind of bundle.
Yorke: Yeah, but the other thing is what that bundle can make. The songs can amplify each other if you put them in the right order.
From their 2007 album New Wave out now.
It’s by the Apatow crew but I’m not too impressed.
At one of the last stops on her solo Australian tour, Amanda Palmer was joined onstage by Trash McSweeney of The Red Paintings for an amazing version of the Tears For Fears song “Mad World.” Most of you will probably remember this song as performed by Gary Jules in the Movie Donnie Darko but the version Palmer & McSweeney do blow that one out of the water. McSweeney previously joined the Dolls for a performance of this song on the DVD released in 2006 called Dresden Dolls: Live at the Roundhouse.
Palmer finishes up her solo tour tonight and then will embark on a two week tour with her main gig, Cabaret punks, The Dresden Dolls.
Dresden Dolls winter tour dates:
Dec 27th, 2007 - Washington, DC / Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
Dec 27th, 2007 - Baltimore MD / (*Late Show*) Rams Head Live
Dec 28th, 2007 - Philadelphia, PA / The Fillmore at the TLA
Dec 29th, 2007 - Boston, MA / The Orpheum Theatre
Dec 31st, 2007 - New York, NY / Grand Ballroom
Jan 3rd, 2008 - Montreal, QUE / Le National
Jan 4th, 2008 - Toronto, ON / The Phoenix Theatre
Jan 5th, 2008 - Chicago, IL / Vic Theatre
Jan 6th, 2008 - St. Louis, MO / The Pageant
Jan 8th, 2008 - Birmingham, AL / WorkPlay Theatre
Jan 10th, 2008 - Tampa, FL / Tampa Theatre
Jan 11th, 2008 - Atlanta, GA / Variety Playhouse
Jan 12th, 2008 - Durham, NC / Carolina Theatre
Jan 13th, 2008 - Norfolk, VA / The Norva
The Dresden Dolls with Trash McSweeney - “Mad World” (from the DVD “Live at the Roundhouse”)
From February 1st to the 3rd, actor/director Crispin Glover will be finishing off his Big Slide Show tour at the Oak Street Cinema. Showtime is 7:00 PM on each of the days.
“We welcome Crispin Glover to Oak St. Cinema for the first time with a full evening of entertainment. This event includes his live presentation of The Big Slide Show, where Mr. Glover presents live dramatic narration and projected images from several of his books. The evening will also feature the Minnesota premiere of his latest feature film It is Fine! EVERYTHING IS FINE!, a Q & A and a book signing with audience members will follow the screening.”
Tickets are now on sale for $20.
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Update (12.20.07):
Dear Mojo,
I just saw your blog for Crispin Glover.
I wanted to let your blog viewers know, that he’ll be screening What Is It? instead of - It is Fine! Everything IS FINE!
I just heard this morning from him. Since What is IT? hasn’t screened in MPLS, Mr. Glover wants to screen that film instead.
-jim, MN Film Arts
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Crispin Glover - What It Is & How It Is Done (from Atomic TV)
The crown king company of DVD releases just posted what they have in store for the month of March, which includes Antonio Gaudi, an avant-garde documentary about the famous architect directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara (Woman in the Dunes) with music by Japanese classical composer Toru Takemitsu.
Also in the new line-up is Alberto Lattuada’s dark Italian comedy Mafioso, and Ang Lee’s 1997 feature The Ice Storm.
New footage, including a collapsing bridge. How did a movie with so many extras and props get shot without anyone noticing?
Cloverfield hits theaters January 18.
(via Stereogum)
Pitchfork’s Top 100 tracks of 2007 are available to download for free (.zip) courtesy of Adam from Madison:
Hey hey Stereogum. Last year I compiled and sent you P4k’s top 100 tracks, and it seemed to please your readers. So I decided to do it again.
As many as I could find are high quality mp3s, though there are a few that aren’t quite 192+ / VBR.
Feel free to share them, and Happy Holidays.
- adam from Madison
The Dirtbombs, my second favorite Detroit band, just released tour dates in support of their upcoming full length, We Have You Surrender. The record will be released in February on In the Red Records. There is no Minneapolis date but they are playing in Beloit, WI and Iowa City. Guess that means it’s roadtrip time.
Dirtbombs tour dates:
(* w/ Kelley Stoltz)
02/16/08 - Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
02/21/08 - Chicago, IL - Double Door
02/22/08 - Iowa City, IA - Picador
02/23/08 - Beloit, WI - Pearson Hall, Beloit College
03/08/08 - Victoria, AU - Meredith Supernatural Amphitheater
03/21/08 - Bloomington, IN - Jake’s Nightclub*
03/22/08 - Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge*
03/24/08 - Memphis, TN - Hi-Tone Cafe*
03/25/08 - Little Rock, AR - Revolution Music Room*
03/26/08 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues Cambridge Room*
03/27/08 - Austin, TX - Emo’s Alternative Lounging (Indoors)*
03/28/08 - Houston, TX - Rudyard’s British Pub*
03/29/08 - New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks*
03/31/08 - Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel*
04/01/08 - Birmingham, AL - BottleTree*
04/02/08 - Atlanta, GA - EARL*
04/03/08 - Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506*
04/04/08 - Baltimore, MD - Sonar*
04/05/08 - Washington, DC - The Rock and Roll Hotel*
04/06/08 - Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell’s*
04/08/08 - New Haven, CT - Cafe Nine*
04/10/08 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda’s*
04/11/08 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom*
04/12/08 - Cambridge, MA - Middle East Restaurant & Nightclub*
04/13/08 - Montreal, QUE - Cabaret Music Hall*
04/15/08 - Ottawa, ONT - Babylon*
04/16/08 - Toronto, ONT - The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern*
04/19/08 - Ann Arbor, MI - Blind Pig*
The Dirtbombs - “Underdog” (Live in Cleveland)
Thanks to Will for the heads up.
Stream: Nick Cave - “Dig, Lazarus, Dig”
(off of his new album due out March 2008)
This Audience Award winner at the Sundance Film Festival is easily one of the best films of the year, featuring a phenomenal soundtrack.
“A modern day musical set on the streets of Dublin. Featuring Glen Hansard from the Irish band The Frames, [Once] tells the story of a street musician and a Czech immigrant during an eventful week as they write, rehearse and record songs that reveal their unique love story.”
Other notable releases: Blade Runner: Ultimate Collector’s Edition, Deep Water, Evil Dead: Ultimate Edition, Hatchet, Sunday Drive
