Flickr Audio Only
By request, here’s a link to just the audio from the Flickr video. I don’t know if it really works on its own, but you should have it anyway: Flickr Audio
Coverville Countdown
For those of you not already hipped to its charms, Coverville is a podcast that plays lots of cover songs – probably lots of great ones you’ve never heard before. They’re currently doing a countdown of the best covers played in 2005, and Baby Got Back is #2. It was an honor just to be played on Coverville, let alone to be up near the top of the countdown, nestled between William Shatner/Ben Folds’s “Common People” and Johnny Cash’s “Hurt.” I am not worthy. But Coverville is – give it a listen.
Thing a Week 15 – Resolutions
Took a page from the Radiohead playbook here and had my laptop read some lyrics to you (thanks, American Academy of Pediatrics!). I also used my new dobro I got for Christmas, and my daughter’s toy piano. Happy new year everyone: Resolutions
Taking a Stand
Patricia Santangelo, the mother of five who’s being sued by the RIAA for downloading songs is going to be representing herself in court. She’s already shelled out $24,000 in legal expenses and her lawyers agree that it’s in her best interests to represent herself now. She claims that she has no knowledge of how the songs got on her computer, and while she could settle for a few grand, she doesn’t believe she did anything wrong. This is the first time anyone has stood up against these RIAA lawsuits, all the rest have been settled out of court.
She’s very brave, I’m not sure I’d have the backbone to spend this kind of money and time on principle. It will be very satisfying if the RIAA loses this one, and her lawyers think they don’t have a case, so fingers crossed. If anyone knows of a way to donate to her cause please let me know, I looked but couldn’t find anything.
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