blessingx Posted June 26, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2019 (edited) Other references to the loss - Sheryl Crow: Universal Studios fire destroyed all my master tapes https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-48745638 Here Are Hundreds More Artists Whose Tapes Were Destroyed in the UMG Fire https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/25/magazine/universal-music-fire-bands-list-umg.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share Edited June 26, 2019 by blessingx 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torpedo Posted June 26, 2019 Report Share Posted June 26, 2019 Dear lord what a list. The only tapes I hadn't saved from there are Yoko Ono's, all the others are just worthy in the worst case, the vast majority are a terrible loss. I can't help wondering what would have been of current music if all those hadn't ever existed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jose Posted June 26, 2019 Report Share Posted June 26, 2019 Did not Sony also lose a large part of its masters (from Columbia) in a fire? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironbut Posted June 27, 2019 Report Share Posted June 27, 2019 There have been fires and worse, master tapes thrown in landfills because they were taking up space that could make more money another way. I hang out on some archivist forums/mailing lists and I remember when the Universal fire happened. There were lots of questions about what was stored there and just a few hints about stuff like the Chess tapes. UMG did a great job of covering up the whole thing by starting rumors that the claims of priceless masters were folks trying to spin a big story out of a minor one. It wasn't until this NYT story was released that the true depth of the tragedy was beginning to be reveal to the general public. Thankfully, other labels haven't been so careless and take their stewardship seriously. A lot of these disasters have been allowed to happen because of the endless shuffling of record labels and copyrights ownership. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironbut Posted June 27, 2019 Report Share Posted June 27, 2019 Here's a NYT article from 2011 about a donation that UMG/Sony made to the Library of Congress. Instead of "Library of Congress Gets A Mile of Music" the subject line should read something like " UMG Tricks Library of Congress to Preserve and Archive A Mile of Music for Free,.. Forever!" And of course when they say Library of Congress guess who's footing the bill? Also, it would seem that UMG got some help from the LOC regarding their cover up of what was lost in the fire. Note that 3/4 of the way in the article they mention the Chess tapes, all of which were lost in the fire. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/10/arts/music/10masters.html 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted July 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 (edited) Tom Petty’s Problematic Album Southern Accents https://longreads.com/2019/07/09/tom-pettys-problematic-album-southern-accents/ And related... Broken Record Wildflowers podcast https://brokenrecordpodcast.com/episodes#/episode-7-tom-petty-and-the-creation-of-wildflowers/ Edited July 9, 2019 by blessingx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted August 29, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2019 On Van Morrison’s Contractual Obligation album 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted September 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2019 Glen Campbell and Jimmy Webb created an entirely novel kind of mature pop: countrypolitan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted October 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2019 The end of silence 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Sawyers Posted October 10, 2019 Report Share Posted October 10, 2019 Because of the power intensity of data centres, and the cost of noisy air conditioners for cooling them, there are very serious studies to build them in the bottom of lakes and the sea - the water is cold and becomes the cooling. Which removes the air conditioning entirely. And makes them quiet. And inherently secure too. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted October 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2019 Jumalattaret: John Zorn, Barbara Hannigan, and Stephen Gosling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiWire Posted January 6, 2020 Report Share Posted January 6, 2020 (edited) Found a cool article on the Japanese "city pop" genre of the 80s (my interest is mainly derivative – video game music influenced by city pop, e.g., Sega Genesis soundtracks): https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/mbzabv/city-pop-guide-history-interview Edited January 6, 2020 by HiWire 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted January 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2020 (edited) Old Musicians Never Die. They Just Become Holograms. “But here’s the headline,” Shapiro went on. “Look at who’s gone, just in the last couple of years: Bowie, Prince, Petty. Now look who’s still going but who’s not going to be here in 10 years, probably, at least not touring: the Stones, the Who, the Eagles, Aerosmith, Billy Joel, Elton John, McCartney, Springsteen. That is the base not just of classic rock but of the live-music touring business. Yes, there’s Taylor Swift, there’s Ariana Grande. But the base is these guys.” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/magazine/hologram-musicians.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share Edited January 7, 2020 by blessingx 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymad Posted January 9, 2020 Report Share Posted January 9, 2020 Bill Frisell: New Ideas in Old Songs by Ken Micallef https://www.stereophile.com/content/bill-frisell-new-ideas-old-songs 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiWire Posted January 10, 2020 Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 On 1/7/2020 at 10:51 AM, blessingx said: Old Musicians Never Die. They Just Become Holograms. “But here’s the headline,” Shapiro went on. “Look at who’s gone, just in the last couple of years: Bowie, Prince, Petty. Now look who’s still going but who’s not going to be here in 10 years, probably, at least not touring: the Stones, the Who, the Eagles, Aerosmith, Billy Joel, Elton John, McCartney, Springsteen. That is the base not just of classic rock but of the live-music touring business. Yes, there’s Taylor Swift, there’s Ariana Grande. But the base is these guys.” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/magazine/hologram-musicians.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share I don't like the idea of holograms, or at least treating them like a performance. I get that they give event promoters something to sell, but, in my opinion, this is "dead music", not live music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted January 10, 2020 Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 Ok boomer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted February 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2020 (edited) James Taylor on Joni Mitchell, Carole King, and John Lennon “It’s a cynical thing,” he says. “But, you know, a mother really has to be there. But a father? Well, you can construct a father out of a few good episodes.” Edited February 18, 2020 by blessingx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted February 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2020 'It sounded like the future': behind Miles Davis's greatest album Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted April 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2020 John Prine’s 15 Essential Songs https://www.nytimes.com/article/john-prine-songs.html?referringSource=articleShare 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiWire Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 (edited) Not as serious... but long. The Top 20 Proggiest Prog Epics (see you next month): https://www.loudersound.com/features/top-twenty-proggiest-prog-epics Is it sacrilege to say that I've always enjoyed the album art of prog rock more than the music? Edited April 14, 2020 by HiWire 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted April 14, 2020 Report Share Posted April 14, 2020 It will surprise you not at all that I’ve heard most of those. It may surprise you a little that I’ve not heard all of them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiWire Posted April 14, 2020 Report Share Posted April 14, 2020 (edited) Who has the time? https://music.avclub.com/decorate-thine-facade-with-resplendent-self-seriousness-1798214487 AllMusic review of Fates Warning's 2000 album, Disconnected: "This is a significant effort by perhaps the most important progressive metal band of all time. Highly recommended." Whoa. Edited April 14, 2020 by HiWire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted July 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2020 Chris Frantz: 'If you knew David Byrne, you would not be jealous of him' The ex-Talking Heads drummer talks about his revealing new book Remain in Love and a contentious relationship with the band’s frontmanhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jul/21/chris-frantz-talking-heads-david-byrne?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted July 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2020 Happy 25th MP3 https://hackaday.com/2020/07/27/mp3-is-25-years-old/ 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiWire Posted July 28, 2020 Report Share Posted July 28, 2020 (edited) Somewhat related – Defining the '90s Music Canon: https://pudding.cool/2020/07/song-decay/ You may recognize the song, but that doesn't mean you have to like it 😈 There are some interesting spikes in the graph at the bottom that might demonstrate the associative soundtrack / meme value of some songs over their musical value. Edited July 28, 2020 by HiWire 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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