| music news: RIP: Kirsty MacColl |
posted by david
on Wed 20 Dec 2000 @ 09:04 PM
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British singer/songwriter Kirsty MacColl
has been killed
in a boating accident in Mexico. She was 41. I'm not all that familiar with her stuff but the song "They Don't Know" was one of those that we've all heard many times without knowing who wrote it. The best known version of that was by
Tracey Ullman, who used it as the theme song for her "Tracey Ullman Show".
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| live: Renee Geyer |
posted by david
on Mon 11 Dec 2000 @ 09:06 PM
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If Australia had a Emmylou Harris, she'd probably be Renee Geyer. Held in high
regard by musicians, critics and music lovers (but mostly ignored by the
general public), she inspires folks like Paul Kelly to write songs especially
for her. I've had limited exposure to her work so I figured it was time to
see her in action when she played a Sunday afternoon gig on the Arts Centre
lawn in Melbourne. 'Twas very classy stuff indeed. This was another of the
continuing series of free
"Summertime
Rocks"
gigs on the lawn, which have so far seen Mental As Anything, Blackeyed Susans
and Vika & Linda with future Sundays scheduled to see appearances by Icecream
Hands, Chris Wilson, Mark Seymour and Deborah Conway.
see the rest...
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| upcoming gigs: Richard Thompson in Australia |
posted by david
on Wed 6 Dec 2000 @ 09:07 PM
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According to Ticketek, English
guitarist/songwriter extraordinaire will be playing some shows in Australia
next year. Ticketek have only got Brisbane and Sydney shows listed so
hopefully there'll be a Melbourne show to keep little ole me happy.
update: Melbourne tix are being sold by Ticketmaster. I bought my
ticket today...
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| technology: mp3.com service returns, albeit fatally wounded |
posted by david
on Wed 6 Dec 2000 @ 09:06 PM
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The folks at Slashdot have pointed out an
article which explains what form the re-instated my.mp3.com service will take.
It seems that the service with a simple idea (upload songs from your own CDs
so that you - and you only - can access them from anywhere) is now burdened
with some downright stupid changes. First, the service is no longer free.
Second, the service will occasionally require you to re-insert your CD to
re-confirm that you do really own that CD. So, you have to pay to listen to
CDs that you've already bought plus you've got to carry them with you. And the
point of this service is? They may have reached a settlement with the RIAA
but it's pretty clear they didn't win.
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