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The download revolution has begun. Last year, legal song downloads increased tenfold to more than 200 million worldwide. Illegal downloads fell by only ......(Continue Reading) A long shadow: Stephanie Merritt on a posthumous album to move the most hardened old rebel - music - Sound Recording Review
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LOS ANGELES -- Jay-Z and Rick James Receive Special Honors; EMI Music Publishing Named Publisher of the Year Over 600 music and entertainment luminaries ......(Continue Reading)Notes from the underground
ON THE LIVE FRONT, got to see Stiff Little Fingers a little while ago. Their old stuff is classic in the oxy-moronic sense that punk can be "classic," ......(Continue Reading)Riverboat gamblers
HIGH-ENERGY ROCK AND ROLL, like almost every genre of punk, has been stretched thinner than a 99-cent store condom. It should be eyed with the same suspicion. "Is it really gonna work? Is this...(Continue Reading)
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