Tangled all up in blue.
This is an article by Joe Posnanski in today's KC Star. For those of you who did not grow up either in Kansas City or reading the sports page of the Kansas City Star, here's some background blogging on Joe Posnanski.
This article is a Posnanski classic. In the span of the five minutes it took us to read the column, we laughed, we got goose bumps, we felt nostlagic -- maybe even a little homesick -- but mostly we just felt really happy. This article is a great way to start the weekend. It's getting us excited for tomorrow.
Friday, April 4, 2008
(04.04.08) Recommends:
Three Record Companies Team Up With MySpace for Music Web Site.
The last time we blogged about Myspace (at least in a context other than simply linking to a band's myspace page), was the last paragraphs of this post from last October. October '07 seemed to be the height of the VC/tech/enterpreuner blogosphere being dismissive of "low brow/white trash/ghetto" Myspace compared to the Ivy walls of Facebook. At the time, we said while it was easy to make fun of Myspace, dismissing it seemed stupid because there was clearly something interesting going on there with respect to the distribution and discovery of music.
Yesterday's announcement in the NYTimes confirms that our guts were right. Three of the Big 4 record labels have struck a partnership with myspace to allow their entire catalogs to be streamed at a new music site. The site will be free, with a subscription based model being considered.
We think this really has the potential to challenge iTunes. Myspace continues to try to change the game. It'll be interesting to see what happens, and it'll be interesting to gauge the reaction from the VC/tech/enterpreuner blogosphere.
The last time we blogged about Myspace (at least in a context other than simply linking to a band's myspace page), was the last paragraphs of this post from last October. October '07 seemed to be the height of the VC/tech/enterpreuner blogosphere being dismissive of "low brow/white trash/ghetto" Myspace compared to the Ivy walls of Facebook. At the time, we said while it was easy to make fun of Myspace, dismissing it seemed stupid because there was clearly something interesting going on there with respect to the distribution and discovery of music.
Yesterday's announcement in the NYTimes confirms that our guts were right. Three of the Big 4 record labels have struck a partnership with myspace to allow their entire catalogs to be streamed at a new music site. The site will be free, with a subscription based model being considered.
We think this really has the potential to challenge iTunes. Myspace continues to try to change the game. It'll be interesting to see what happens, and it'll be interesting to gauge the reaction from the VC/tech/enterpreuner blogosphere.
Thursday, April 3, 2008
(04.03.08) Recommends:
The LA64.
#54: Spaceland.
1717 Silverlake Blvd.
(explanation of series here.)
Spaceland (background reading here and here) is one of the most important and influential indie rock clubs in the country. We remember growing up -- the end of high school and through college -- when a band we liked would release their touring schedule, we'd breathlessly check the list to see how close to home they'd be coming. More often than not we'd see the name Spaceland on the itinerary. So seeing a show here was one of our first priorities once we moved down.
We've seen probably a half-dozen rock shows here since. But we've gotta say. The most memorable shows that we've seen have been the random Sunday night Neil Hamburger comedy shows. Neil Hamburger is a modern day Tony Clifton. And we keep coming back to Neil Hamburger becuase, in the back of our minds, we have this feeling that one random Sunday it will be revealed, on that tiny Spaceland stage, that Neil Hamburger is, in fact, the long rumored re-surfacing of Andy Kaufman.
#54: Spaceland.
1717 Silverlake Blvd.
(explanation of series here.)
Spaceland (background reading here and here) is one of the most important and influential indie rock clubs in the country. We remember growing up -- the end of high school and through college -- when a band we liked would release their touring schedule, we'd breathlessly check the list to see how close to home they'd be coming. More often than not we'd see the name Spaceland on the itinerary. So seeing a show here was one of our first priorities once we moved down.
We've seen probably a half-dozen rock shows here since. But we've gotta say. The most memorable shows that we've seen have been the random Sunday night Neil Hamburger comedy shows. Neil Hamburger is a modern day Tony Clifton. And we keep coming back to Neil Hamburger becuase, in the back of our minds, we have this feeling that one random Sunday it will be revealed, on that tiny Spaceland stage, that Neil Hamburger is, in fact, the long rumored re-surfacing of Andy Kaufman.
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