"Thirty-five years old lost in an Xbox / PlayStation and videos / So that's how it goes / The world begins and ends at the tip of their nose / It ain't Eminem / It's M and M and M / McDonalds, MTV and Microsoft."

publicenemy.com

Wired: Public Enemy Takes It to the Net

"Still Devoted to the Preservation and Dissemination of Articles and Items Relating to Nineteenth and early Twentieth Century Popular Music." The Rag-Time Ephemeralist is a periodical written and published by Chris Ware, one of the greatest artists alive.

Diese erschreckende SZ-Story über die singenden Nazi-Zwillinge Gaede bedarf einer Ergänzung. Es gibt auch eine englische Blues-Band namens Prussian Blue, die inzwischen ein Weblog angelegt hat. Man möchte halt nicht mit diesen kalifornischen Zahnspangen-Nazis in einen Topf geworfen werden. Amüsanterweise gibt es auch noch einen Manga bei Carlsen, der von einer Band namens "Prussian Blue" handelt.

Familie Gaede und andere Nazis geben sich in einem Forum zu erkennen: "Fired Up! Why publish racist letters?: In a recent Internet exchange between editorial page editors across the nation, Paul Greenberg of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette made another good point in defense of publishing 'racist' letters: 'We print them because we believe hate needs to be exposed, not ignored. It grows in the dark.'”

Duh, I heard it comes out today!

No idea who wrote this fascinating entry about Propagandhi on Wikipedia, but the Portage Terriers did already exist back when there was no internet.

Can't wait to get the new album after endless years and years of waiting! Okay, too bad Hannah left the band, but Glen Lambert sounds like a good replacement.

"The roots of Digital Reggae itself! All the early tunes of the time that brought synthezisers into Reggae - and changed the sound of it forever! King Tubby's FIREHOUSE CREW, JAMMY's, Gregory Isaacs, Johnny Osbourne, ..."

Ja, Mann, Amen!

Another fine link stolen from the personal folder of a certain carpenter building some expensive movie-set right now!

Music, music, music! File under "cool internet radio stations that have a problem with the Macintosh"!

"The Sex Pistols had a sound man named Dave Goodman (who recently died by the way). After the band had called it quits a legal fury around the rights to the recordings aroused, tying up the band with their manager in court for years on end. As the legal difficulties went on Dave stepped into the vacuum. Releasing and repackaging what seemed like a never ending run of shoddy bootlegs with lousy sound, there’s at least fifty of these around. As if this wasn’t enough he sometimes sneaked in a track that claimed to be a never before released original by the Sex Pistols. Read more about the Fake Pistols and download the entire free album "Fakes & Propaganda" at PCL Linkdump.

I saw the first epsisode the other night. This is really worthwhile ignoring. Beatles-fans, be brave!

Vinyl Sharity rocks! Keep it going!

Ok, ok, we finally got it. The confusion is over and I was right of course! It's, it's, it's..... The Mamas And Papas - Make Your Own Kind Of Music. Play it really loud until the others can hear you!

A list of all songs from Season 1

HURLEY SINGS JAMES BROWN MP3 & WAV - Check the audio-downloads!

And, like this wasn't totally predictable:

"Movie finale for Lost? Producers of hit TV show Lost are planning to end the final series with a movie blockbuster to curb the cast's demands for a pay rise.

Matthew Fox, Evangeline Lilly and Dominic Monaghan were furious last week (28 August 05) after discovering they are paid only a fifth of what the stars of rival show Desperate Housewives earn.

The big-budget movie will come either at the end of the second series, which is currently being filmed in Hawaii, or at the end of the third if the show continues to attract huge audiences worldwide.

Three rival Hollywood studios are currently fighting to secure the rights to the movie, in a deal which would make the show's biggest stars at least $3.6 million (GBP2 million) richer.

A series insider says, 'The last thing producers want is a mutiny. Now they've hit a sure-fire way of hitting the big bucks. Three studios have said they are keen to make a Lost blockbuster. The show is seen in more than 70 countries, so it's guaranteed box-office success. Whoever puts in the best bid will get the prize.'"

from monstersandcritics.com

Why you should give 4-track recorders to little girls. Not just the next international sensation from Berlin! Listen to snippets of the album "EAT MY HEART OUT".

Listen to the new Björk. Here is the official site

"Germany's Rap Music Veers Toward the Violent

BERLIN, Aug. 8 - Germany's most controversial rapper has five tattoos, stomach-churning lyrics, impressive record sales and, somewhat improbably, admirers among both immigrants and the neo-Nazi skinheads who rail against them.

He is also exceedingly polite and quick to refill a guest's glass of water, and he occasionally goes grocery shopping for his mom, with whom he shared an apartment until three months ago.

'In reality I'm a relaxed guy who likes to chill, who's funny and who's seen some stuff,' said Bushido, 26, the son a German woman and a Tunisian man, whose real name is Anis Ferchichi. 'But these people make me out to be the Devil.'

In the past half year, Bushido and other gangsta rappers, largely from Germany's immigrant communities, have landed on a media watch list normally populated by right-wing neo-Nazi bands. They have attracted the wrath of politicians along with a following of hundreds of thousands of German youths mesmerized by their rhymes about dangerous neighborhoods, stab wounds and groupie sex.

Full story by ANDREAS TZORTZIS

"The West Coast's answer to the Last Poets, Watts Prophets didn't get quite the same recognition for their contributions to raising black consciousness and laying the foundations for rap. The group was formed at the Watts Writer's Workshop, an organization started by screenwriter Budd Schulberg designed to provide a creative outlet in the wake of the 1965 Watts riots." -Biography at MP3.com

"Without fine arts there are no fine minds."

• Amde Hamilton of the Watts Prophets

"When the 90’s came, I saw that justice and morality was no longer a reality in most men’s lives. Racism was alive and well. Malcolm had been reduced to a commercial X, the Panthers to a movie. The world psyched into an ethnic fight, while gunrunners grow in economic might. I learned to have hope in the face of no hope." -The Watts Prophets

Listen to the album "When the 90’s came"

"When the Poets perform titles such as "What Color Is Black?" and "Searchin`", the club is absolutely still, with even bartenders and pool players riveted to every word." -Los Angeles Times

Two great free MP3s (right-click for direct download): -"Unwed Mother, Unborn Child" from "Afterthoughts" -"Texas Boy" from "Afterthoughts"

Biography and more at dlartists

Story in Horizon Mag

CDs at amazon.com

"Kosmic Horrör - die erste klingonische Rockmusik auf Erden!

Klingon Rock - Kosmic Horrör- the first klingon rock on planet earth!

Read the story, see the pictures, hear the songs and be part of the story at: Kosmic Horrör"

Another message from Canada:

Three visibly aging trainables, clearly in the wrong line of work and quite seriously on the verge of suicide, make a recording of their private thoughts set to music for distribution to the general public. New laments, meditations and extrapolations from people who just cannot believe they have to be here.

The band was almost dealt a death-blow in 2003 with the sudden departure of founding member and guitarist/ vocalist Chris Hannah, who left the band to pursue other interests. Remaining members Jordy Samolesky and Todd Kowalski quickly found a worthy replacement in one Glen Lambert, formerly of the Portage Terriers. Not only is Glen a much more rounded musician than the departed Hannah, but his commitment to "make politics sexy" has brought a newfound optimism to the once flagging band.

PROPAGANDHI’s “long-awaited” and “eagerly-anticipated” “follow-up” to “2001’s” “critically-hailed” and “impossible to categorize” “Today’s Empires, Tomorrow’s Ashes” is due out on G7 on October 18th, 2005. It is called Potemkin City Limits, is 41 minutes long, and contains 12 songs

You’ll be able to order this “record” October 1st. In the meantime, we offer you an MP3 of Die Jugend Marschiert, the sixth track on said record, which according to Kowalski is statistically the equivalent of a good game of sniff-ball. I say he is statistically the best representation of a sniff-ball. But that’s just me.

Download the MP3 of “Die Jugend Marschiert” now EXCLUSIVELY from the America’s Army website!

"The internets have had their way with Kanye West's new single 'Gold Digger.' An ass-kicking protest remix is now online at FWMJ -- it features Kanye's infamous "George Bush doesn't care are about black people" quote, and skewers the Bush administration's response to Hurricane Katrina."

Links, free MP3 and full story at boingboing.net

Those funky avangardists Zam and Paul have a website now! Book them !

"LOS ANGELES -- At a suburban hotel here, in a windowless conference room called the 'Hollywood' suite, a rapt circle of geeks sings songs about spaceships.

Accompanied by acoustic guitars, clarinets and the quacking of kazoos, the group sounds much like a traditional folk ensemble. But the lyrics and rituals set the music far apart. With its heavy sci-fi themes, this isn't folk -- it's 'filk,' a distinctive genre that took root on folk's fringes about two decades ago and is now gaining broader attention thanks to internet radio and web downloads. 'You want minors on the moon who need a labor union? We got songs about that. You want asteroid truckers with broken-down ships? We got songs about that. If you want cats in space we got that too,' explains Mary Creasey, an organizer, producer, vendor and performer of filk music with her son Richard and her husband, John.

'We write about all the great fantasy topics ... dragons, unicorns, vampires, castles, wizards, witches, what have you,' she continues in a soft voice with a hint of Appalachian drawl."

Xeni Jardin reports for Wired

"Man muss auch mal hören, was der Onkel sagt" Hier kommt die ph-ph-phatteste Band seit man hart mit smooth kombinieren darf! Und fett politisch und so:

"....this is for the poor

... 'this is for anyone who's left their hometown this is for all the kids who stand out in the crowd this is for every disappointment... .'

....you may not have noticed, but there's a generation out there right now who feel disenfranchised and isolated. They have no interest in the things that drive everyone else, celebrity is an empty vessel, money's a means of getting through next week, society is something that happens to other people, the future doesn't belong to them any more than the present does."

Official site: let's kill the others!" It's got a nice little game called "Guerilla Gigging"! FIND OUT ABOUT THE MONTHLY FREE MP3s at Play louder! They got a track for free! Their "singles club" is a great way to hear some fresh music and impress your friends with your hipster knowledge! You might also be interested in Poptones.

Great, great little blog tracking down and reviewing rare records and putting out sample songs as free MP3s! "Sound files are available for 10 days from posting". So, I already missed a lot of good stuff... Rolling Stone online: "The Music Blog Boom - The best place to get free music, from hot rap remixes to garage-rock obscurities" They have a good list at the end of the article, but they forgot to link the sites,...duh!

I'm just remixing THE BEASTIE BOYS!

Every friday you can get an A Cappella-version for your personal track. The boys also have their videos online

Paul Dinis Batman has been praised a lot for it's awesome design, but let's not forget the music which sets the mood. Toonzone has a big collection of MP3s from this show

Also go and see that nice gallery of those classy title-cards and related pictures.

"People who illegally share music files online are also big spenders on legal music downloads, research suggests." Hey, I buy cds and dvds all the time even though I don't have the money! The BBC has it all!

What a fucking great band! Yes, yes, yes! Listen to their stuff online for free and buy the album! They were just nominated for the mercury prize, you know the one that Franz Ferdinand won!

Well done! Here is a multimedia-mag worth looking at!

"Get this, a new Propagandhi record entitled Potemkin City Limits. You heard it here first! We're told that the album is being mixed in Chris Hannah's very own bedroom, and past experience tells us that anything going on in that bedroom usually takes about 3 or 4 minutes, so we'll be WAY ahead of schedule. That is great news!" Yeah, Mr. Hannah is that fast. That's why Propahandhi could put out records almost every month, but that wouldn't be as much fun as working two years on a single drum-roll, right, guys?

After some singles and brutlegs they're now doing well in England, but they are a sensation in Germany with 18000 pre-orders for their album "Bang Bang Rock & Roll". Art Brut are the kind of kick in the ass music desperately needs right now, especially in Germany where all we seem to get is lame warmed over electro clash for fashion victims.. Art Brut will play live at the launch-party for Vice magazine in Berlin on the 23rd of July. I'm really looking forward to this show. Feels like years ago, waiting for your favourite band and all that.