Netflix, Rdio, Spotify, Facebook, Hulu, YouTube - all these things are built well and lots of people spend time on them. Hell, people pay money to some of them. Indie venue websites are usually atrocious, lacking even basic info, rarely updated. But, please, indie venues; keep thinking a Facebook Page and a website updated once a month is enough.The only thing dependable about information on music venues’ websites is that the information is not dependable.
— Josh Mock (@JoshMock) February 7, 2013
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2013-02-07
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The legacy of the late hip-hop producer J Dilla extended far beyond the beats he painstakingly created. Since his death, it’s also found artistic kinship in a generation of young jazz artists looking to square their instrumental training with their love of all modern music.
Photo: Roger Erickson
Source: NPR
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2013-02-04
Last week, we posted The 10 Most Ridiculous Talk Show Segments About Punk. Here are our 10 favorite screengrabs from them even though we could’ve made 10,000 more of these.
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2013-02-01
GRAND DESIGN: Jay DiNitto curates album artwork.
Theophany, ‘Time’s End: Majora’s Mask Remixed’A Zelda themed remix album, with matching album art to boot? This is great but I hope they don’t get sued.
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2013-01-31
Lights & Motion, Reanimation
Massive, uplifting tunes fitting for driving into the sunset chasing your dreams.
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The truth is that feminism is something I didn’t think much about until about 18 years ago when I had a daughter and now she’s in college,” admitted Graffin. “Luckily, we can talk about those things. A lot of the guys in the band, Jay, Brett, now have little daughters as well… Bad Religion, a long time ago, played Rock For Choice at the Palladium. Great moment in our career.
— Greg Graffin of Bad Religion
Source: live105.cbslocal.com
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It’s a good time to be small,” Grimey’s co-owner Doyle Davis says as he stands in the large remodeled room that will more than double the retail space of the beloved local record store. “At least in terms of being a local business that directly services the needs of your customers.
— Doyle Davis
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Interview with Ryan Patterson of Coliseum
People are sometimes slow to embrace something that’s new and there can be an attitude of “I liked you better before.” I don’t think that’s the overall thought or opinion, I just think that’s occasionally the loudest voice or the attitude that’s easiest to cling on to, especially for some folks who might like to temper things with a negative slant.
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