Friday, March 18, 2005

Check out Podcasting Fiona Apple Is Cookin' on the Net. She's one of the hottest singers in America, but her latest album was apparently shelved by her label. Now file-sharing fans can find it online. By Katie Dean. [Wired News] This is the exact reason Record Companies have had to deal with file-sharing. They make bad decisions and this article goes farther than most to PROVE that point. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot almost never saw light of day. And now poor Fiona Apple has to put up with the same B.S. Just say no to current music publishing and distribution systems, say yes to Podcasting. It's a good alternative and it will eventually be a valuable commercial avenue for artists. It's still a little early for people like Fiona Apple to pursue this avenue, but I know artists like Aimee Mann have been able to jettison the whole music industry and determine their own courses as artists. Here's to a happy resolution to Fiona Apple's current difficulties. 9:03:26 PM    comment []

Forums: quad G5s, Mac mini software, iPod models.... Topics on the MacNN forums today include: Speculation about the possibility of quad-processor Power ... [MacNN | The Macintosh News Network] All evidence points to a possible two CPU double core machine coming in the future. My guess is they would love to be able to put one of these out at 2.5Ghz at a minimum and stick with single cores for anything faster the 2.5Ghz. Could we see a 2.6 single core, definitely yes. Maybe 2.75 Max. But don't hold your breath for a 3Ghz two CPU double core machine. They would need to use the same toxic Fluorinert liquid coolant Seymour Cray tapped for his original Cray1 supercomputer. It's good news to hear Apple's watching dual core developments in the AMD/Intel arena. Hopefully they will be able to keep pace. 8:51:55 PM    comment []

Check out Pop Vultures In the spirit of promoting things that are creative and good, I cannot help but say Kate Sullivan took a big risk in putting together Pop Vultures. I give credit too to Garrison Keillor. Prairie Home Productions shouldn't be ashamed of having spent the time and resources on pitching and putting together 22 episodes. I know it's got to be damned difficult to put together 22 half hour shows. How many of us could do that without too much repetition? How many of us would have that much material kicking around in our heads that could be developed into that many shows? That's what makes us different from broadcast people, they have to deliver new stuff on a continuing basis, or they don't get paid or picked up by radio stations. Maybe one day, this world will be big enough and special enough to accept Pop Vultures on public radio. 5:55:25 PM    comment []

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