Craig Crawford: Watch Me Listen
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If just listening could make policy, then George W. Bush might have found a way forward in Iraq nearly a year ago. After all, this past week is not the first time the White House has mounted a listening offensive to turn things around.
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Review Can it appeal to novice and pro alike?
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A simple, "pay what you like" offering breaks all the rules and helps set the stage for the splintered future of the music biz. Bands need to treat marketing and management decisions as a valid part of the creative process. Commentary by Eliot Van Buskirk.
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By Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press  Jun. 27--Rock on.
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NORTON -- Though he's so much at home at TPC Boston that he'd be entitled to play the members' tees, Len Mattiace is here this week as an invited guest.
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BBC radio deejay John Peelâs influence has travelled far and wide. RS MURTHI remembers those static-filled nights tuning in to the manâs offbeat programmes.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - TV is generally concerned with winning the eyes of an audience, but ears can be just as important these days. Network and cable shows continue to put a premium on the music behind the stories, with indie and even unsigned artists as likely to get heard as any giants of the back catalog.
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Pay attention and you might grab a reward.
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Remember. When criticizing others in a crowded room, someone will hear you.
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Blog: Taking a look at a new entrant into the online music scene.
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Get obsessed about a whole new lineup.
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Stop me if you've heard this one before.
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Play film critic and review the Rajnikanth starrer.
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Tycho:   One of the questions during a a panel at PAX had to do with the italicised line at the end of each day's post.  They're almost always song lyrics, and back before we were paying for bandwidth (and before RIAA rape gangs were prowling the web) these lines used to link directly to the MP3.  I maintained the practice afterward because it's sort of like a song of the day, and I like the idea that someone might be struck by a strange turn of phrase and seek out a piece of music.  It also serves as a gauge of my mental state at the moment.  Today's song, for example, is Stan Rodgers' incredible live version of the sea shanty "Rolling Down To Old Maui," which Pandora kicked out after about a week of tuning the station.  I've listened to it about thirty times today.    The person who asked the question at the con complimented my musical tastes, and I accepted the compliment, but I'm almost always late to the scene.  I just bought Interpol's "Turn On The Bright Lights," for chrissakes.  I'm mostly lucky to know people who do have unique library.  I told him I would mention a few of my favorite bands on the site, but then I forgot.  Essentially, it's music that cool people were listening to a decade ago (where applicable).  I am a musical carrion bird.    He wanted me to list off a few bands, and I said I would last week, but then I forgot.  These are the first ten albums I could think of.    "Starless" by Shiner
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Keep an eye on Shuffle Master, but don't ante up just yet.
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Read on to find out why this sound leader earns such devotion.
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Updated Two pints of lager and the latest White Stripes single, please