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• Lars Ulrich changes his tune.

  Lars Ulrich (you know, the drummer for Metallica) recently told Rolling Stone magazine, "We're looking at how we can embrace everything. We want to be as free players as possible. We've been observing Radiohead and Trent Reznor (of Nine Inch... Posted Apr 25 2008, 06:36 PM by Erika J. Bock With | With 1 comment(s) Filed under: free music, file sharing, Radiohead, lawsuits, Trent Reznor, Rolling Stone, Napster, Lars Ulrich, hypocrites, Metallica

• Get the record AND the CD.

  During my recent vacation to the San Francisco Bay Area, I made the pilgrimage to mecca and picked up some new records. This is not surprising. What was surprising was discovering that the 180g limited edition LP of the latest B-52s record is packaged... Posted Apr 14 2008, 06:52 PM by Erika J. Bock With | With no comments Filed under: file sharing, music industry, Funplex, Amoeba Records, smart marketing, The B-52s, records

• RIAA to Everyone: File sharing BAD, Spending Money GOOD

  In the wake of Radiohead's groundbreaking album release and Madonna walking away from her label , the RIAA and their foreign equivalents has been working overtime. Invite-only bit torrent OiNK (which I was briefly a member of but never used) was shut... Posted Oct 23 2007, 05:29 PM by Erika J. Bock With | With no comments Filed under: free music, RIAA, file sharing, OiNK, Usenet, Radiohead, bittorrent, Madonna

• Yet Another Reason to Love Brits!

  Band see, band do: Joining the likes of Radiohead and The Charlatans , the British press is speculating that Oasis and Jamiroquai are contemplating distributing their forthcoming albums for free. After Radiohead announced last week that they'd be... Posted Oct 10 2007, 04:29 PM by Erika J. Bock With | With no comments Filed under: free music, file sharing, Radiohead, In Rainbows, Charlatans UK, UK, downloading, Britpop

• Free Music.

  Biting a bit from Radiohead , Britpop-ers The Charlatans UK announced that they will give away their new album via their website in addition to Xfm's . "You Cross My Path", the first single from the as-yet-untitled album, drops October 22... Posted Oct 04 2007, 01:35 PM by Erika J. Bock With | With no comments Filed under: free music, file sharing, Radiohead, Charlatans UK, XFM

• Radiohead: A Pot of Gold at the End of In Rainbows

  We all know the drill - record sales are plummeting and the future of music is downloading. Maybe. Radiohead has announced that is will release its new album In Rainbows (street date 10/10) themselves, via their Web site. Customers will also set their... Posted Oct 01 2007, 12:08 PM by Erika J. Bock With | With no comments Filed under: free music, file sharing, Radiohead, In Rainbows, Courtney Love

• I Will Survive (Barely)...

  ...which reminds me, I need to replace that song... I'd like to take a moment to post a public service announcement. Please remember to back up your electronically-stored music files. Do it now. No, seriously. Stop reading this and DO IT NOW. Go get... Posted Aug 23 2007, 12:10 PM by Erika J. Bock With | With no comments Filed under: file sharing, downloading, Milwaukee, Apple, IPod, Erika is an idiot, music software