Every road takes us further from home

I am not alone in the Sony "is bad this year" feeling. What Sony knew and when.

Be proud of what you made...you worked hard at it. Beerbelly.

How cool would that be to hear your own air guitar song? Very. Virtual air guitar.

Vedder saved by a fisherman.

Gigwise reports: It has been confirmed that Karen Elson the wife of White Stripes main man Jack White is up the duff!!!
According to Star magazine the baby is expected next spring. Also The White Stripes will be Jon Stewarts first musical guest ever on the Daily Show.

David Byrne gets RIAA warning David Byrne

-- ex-Talking Head and odd music impressario -- has been targetted by the RIAA for streaming a radio station that played too much Missy Elliot (the RIAA's approved blanket license for Internet prohibits playing more than four tracks by an artist in a three-hour period). Byrne write eloquently about the hassle of not being able to share the music he loves with his listeners:
In my case the law forbids streaming "radio" that features more than 4 tracks by any one artist in a three-hour period. My guess is that they may have confused streaming with downloading -- in the same way that people often confuse downloading with file sharing. They are afraid that even if it's not downloadable somehow if a fan knows there will be 3 Missy songs at a given time they can prepare their gear and tape them. The assumption being that sale is lost. [I've been informed that the fear is less sensible than that -- it is that if you know you can hear a specific artist whenever you want, then the reasoning is you would never buy their records.]
Back in the day I used my boom box to tape things off the radio all the time -- that's how I found out about music I didn't know about, and eventually I not only bought those records, but ended up promoting them, too. Which made a fair amount of money for some record labels -- but not for me. Not complaining, though.

The Dead change their minds (kinda) about free downloads.

Sufjan Stevens MP3 of a Christmas tune. "Come on let's boogey to the Elf dance"

Great Flash about Monks and Vikings. German heavy metal soundtrack that has really just one sentence in the tune and includes the word Mother F*(k. Still worth watching.

the title is from Iron and Wine's "On Your Wings"