Music News Monday//2-02

Springsteen Rocks

STEP AWAY FROM THE GUACAMOLE DIP AND PUT THE CHICKEN FINGERS DOWWWWWWWWN.

"Now That's What I Call Music!" Heading To TV?

Fantastic. An entire show of the songs that have been overplayed to death that I never want to hear again. I'm so excited.

Fitty Says "You're so unimportant."

No, I don't really give a crap about another Fitty fight, but that diss was just too hilarious. Just say it in your head, and then say it to someone. They'll burst out laughing and not feel intimidated at all.

Jonas Brothers Have A Chance At Grammys!?

God, I hope not. Sorry boys. You don't get Grammys for being overplayed and loved by lots of naive little teenage girls.

Music News Monday.

Short and quick MNM, because I have essays to write and a marathon of The Powerpuff Girls to keep watching.

New U2 Single

Yep, they're still goin. The song, "Get On Your Boots", is actually pretty good. I don't know how much radio play it'll get, though. It's kind of a slow-song. There's a nice little techno background going on and the very U2 bells and chimes. It's alright, but it's no "Vertigo."

Kelly Osbourne Arrested For Slappin' a Bitch

Heh. Just read it.

Music Licenses Necessary To Play

This is almost as bad as DRM-free iTunes. In Britain, an agency is walking around demanding music licenses from small business who turn on radios at work. Are you freaking kidding me? The stupid agencies that run around these days, honestly.

Music News Monday.

This is the news I felt like finding today.

Inaugural Performers

Artist such as Bono, Shakira, Beyonce, and will.i.am are set to play at Barack Obama's opening celebrations on January 18th, in honor of his inauguration. The full list is there. (Me? Posting this just because I'm excited?)

Amy Winehouse's Husband Files For Divorce

Rehab don't fix everything.

Lonely Island Gets a Tracklist

If you haven't heard of Lonely Island, just go to Youtube and search "Dick In a Box" or "Jizz In My Pants". This also means you're over 35 or live under a rock, either or. Anyway, the tracklist for their LP Incredibad just came out, and I'm excited. It's almost as good as a dick in a box.

Also, on that link is a skit Adam Levine is in.

I need not start so quickly on this blog about the lengths at which I love Adam Levine, so you're all safe from fangirl ranting. FOR NOW.

Whatever Wednesday: DRM-free iTunes

(On Whatever Wednesdays I write--you guessed it!--whatever.)

One of the fundamental rules of life is that iTunes has songs for $.99.

Not anymore, they don't.

At Apple's last appearance at Macworld Expo, they announced that their entire song catalog on iTunes will be offered DRM free.

DRM, or Digital Rights Management, is when a song has preventive measures installed for copying. In my opinion, it's a bunch of crap. It means you can't recopy a song on someone else's computer because of the encoding. The measure was started to stop music pirating. It's been working great. [/sarcasm]

Anyway, all songs on iTunes are formatted with this.
Because everyone has obviously been bitching about it Apple decided to change.

Not for free, of course.

Songs that will be DRM-free will be $1.29. Say whaaat? (More about the more expensive iTunes Plus here.)
Protected songs will either be the usual $.99 or $.69, depending on the popularity of the song.

I think it's kind of ridiculous that we have to pay more to be able to copy our music wherever. Music pirates figure out ways to get past everything; why punish the rest of us with DRM?

If you can't tell, I'm all for internet freedom, and this makes me verrrry angry. And this picture made me laugh. Kudos to the makers.

I'd love to hear someone else's opinion. Is this a bunch of bullcrap or is it a good idea? What do you think of DRM?

Music News Monday?

I haven't quite decided what the hell I'm going to do on Mondays, besides write about how much Mondays suck.

However, like on Slacker Sundays, I'm normally lazy on Mondays, but not too lazy to scour the web looking for good news in musicland.

Guests On Royksopp's Upcoming Album
I know a lot of you are staring at the screen like "who?"
Have you ever seen the Geico commercial with the caveman in the airport on the walkway? The song playing in the background is Royksopp's "Remind Me." But they're so much more than that. Think techno mixed with hearbreakingly good lyrics and amazing, jazzy vocals. I really enjoyed the albums I have (2005's The Understanding and the earlier Melody A.M.) and I can't wait for this album.

Lance Bass wants 'N Sync Reunion
No comment necessary. I'm sure you all can hear the sound of my head banging on my desk.

Katy Perry and Travis McCoy Split!?
NOOOOOOOOOOO.
I adore Katy Perry and I have a total talent crush on Travis McCoy. So, obviously, I love them together. This just breaks my heart. And the fact that this break-up is probably going to get messy so doesn't help. Drama and good angry songs ensue.
Way to kill my Monday mojo, VH1 news.