Friday Links
- There seems to be a bit of a brouhaha surrounding Canada’s new proposed copyright legislation. C-61 doesn’t get its second reading until after the Parliament returns from its summer break. Perhaps that will be enough time for MPs to see the bill as the Very Bad Idea it really is. Miss Mussel continues to live in hope at any rate. [full text here]
- Ramiro Burr, music critic for the San Antonio Express News, has resigned after it was discovered that he employed a ghostwriter for at least 80 columns between 2001 and 2003.
- The Toronto Symphony Orchestra has received a $3.5 million endowment for the Concertmaster chair. With the current concertmaster retiring, it is hoped that the orchestra will now be able to pay the salary required to attract top violinists.
- Also, just in from the TSO, if you join their email club, you get free access to the Naxos Music Library. (h/t Chris Foley)
Miss Mussel has a subscription for her notes writing gig and it’s been an invaluable resource. There are lots of labels aside from Naxos covering pretty much every piece of music you could thing of, so it’s well worth having access. If you don’t fancy periodic memos from teh TSO, head on over to Naxos and get a 7 day trial subscription. At $225/yr you can’t go wrong.
- Radiohead held a contest to see who could make the best remix of ‘Nude’ from their latest album In Rainbows. James Houston from Glasgow won. “I grouped together a collection of old redundant hardware, and placed them in a situation where they’re trying their best to do something that they’re not exactly designed to do, and not quite getting there.” [h/t S21]
For those are really dying to know, here’s what James used:
Sinclair ZX Spectrum – Guitars (rhythm & lead)
Epson LX-81 Dot Matrix Printer – Drums
HP Scanjet 3c – Bass Guitar
Hard Drive array – Act as a collection of bad speakers – Vocals & FX
