A Little Ludwig Goes A Long Way

Oh reardon, this is dead on for us — hitormiss.org : American Idle.

Great for a beatles junkie like myself — beatles-discography.com

Need Taken Episode 10! Our housesitter didn’t understand our TIVO and crushed the recording of Episode 10 — Episode Guide. Anyone have it on VHS?

RIAA Statistics. From George Ziemann, a nice analysis — MacWizards Music — RIAA Statistics Don’t Add Up to Piracy

Cringely on Music Industry. I, Cringely | The Pulpit

Children and the Internet. Ananova – Children ‘know more about internet than books’

MusicDish. Fascinating account of royalty accounting discussions in front of the Senate — MusicDish Industry e-Journal. I had little sympathy for the corporations in the recording industry before, this is eroding even that.

Hollywood v Silicon Valley. Good article in the National Journal about the inter-industry politics. Kind of long but a good read.

Smallville. Just saw the finale from last season. Clark/Chloe/Lana triangle, Lex vs his Dad. the threat of Clark’s exposure, mortal peril for everyone in Smallville, Lex after Clark’s secret, Smallville vs Lex, …  Wow this is fun. We can’t wait for the season premiere next week.

Real Beverly Hillbillies. Hey all you relatives in Ohio will want to check this out….

My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Hilarious. Best movie I’ve seen in months.

Music Gear. Looks like a good site — Harmony Central

Signs. A fun movie but come on (don’t read further if you haven’t seen yet). The aliens have the technology to travel interstellar space but have no weaponry, body armor, and can’t identify beforehand that an incredibly common earthly substance will put their invasion at risk? And humanity has a problem fighting off aliens who have no weaponry, body armor, or hand to hand combat ability? Ok I am overanalyzing. My kids liked it. I had fun too.

Lyrics. Useful lyrics site — A-Z Lyrics Universe. I was looking for the lyrics to Foreigner’s “That Was Yesterday” which has been stuck in my head:

But that was yesterday
I had the world in my hands
But it’s not the end of my world
Just a slight change of plans

A guilty pleasure. On a more fashionable note, the site also has the lyrics for all the White Stripes cds.

Smallville. The family is totally into Smallville. They were shocked to learn from me that Lex Luthor becomes Superman’s archenemy, as Lex is a friend in the show. Here’s the best site I can find that explains the genesis of Lex’s hatred…

Redd Stripes.  Fun with the White Stripes — Redd Stripes

Hoist on their own petard. I am only surprised that this hasn’t happened sooner — Record industry turns tables on pirates

Jack Valenti in 1982. Courtesy of the EFF.

Jamie Kellner, chairman and CEO of Turner Broadcasting (an AOL Time Warner company), was recently interviewed by [INSIDE] on the future of television (Content’s King). In the interview, Mr. Kellner said some very interesting things, including characterizing those who skip television commercials as thieves: [Ad skips are] theft. Your contract with the network when you get the show is you’re going to watch the spots. Otherwise you couldn’t get the show on an ad-supported basis. Any time you skip a commercial or watch the button you’re actually stealing the programming.