Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Mothers of Preservation Some days the Library of Congress makes more sense than others (e.g., its stance on copyright is indefensible, and what it did with Web radio royalties a few years ago virtually killed the format). But when the LOC decides that the Zappa/Mothers masterpiece "We're Only In It For The Money" is worthy of preservation, well, I'm glad some of my tax dollars go there: 50 Recordings Worth Preserving. Apparently, every year the Library of Congress picks 50 recordings that it deems worthy of preserving. Here's the story, and here's the list of songs. [The J-Walk Blog] Another notable inclusion: Firesign Theater's "Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me The Pliers." 8:07:17 AM    Questions? Comments? Flames? []

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