Archive for the ‘Music’ Category

The Pirate Bay Foursome Found Guilty: 1 Year in Jail

The Pirate Bay Foursome Found Guilty: 1 Year in Jail
The Pirate Bay foursome, founders and administrators of one of the biggest Bittorrent trackers in the world, were handed today a guilty verdict with 1 year in jail included. "The Stockholm district court has today found guilty the four individuals that were charged with accessory to breaching copyright laws," the court said in a statement. "The court has ... Full story

Last.fm says «Pay Up!»

Last.fm says «Pay Up!»
Unlike the last post, this one comes directly from the official Last.fm blog, where Richard Jones announces that the online radio will soon have a monthly subscription fee of €3 if you want to continue to listening to music wherever you are (and have an internet connection). This will ... Full story

University launches Master of Arts degree on Beatles

University launches Master of Arts degree on Beatles
Liverpool Hope University launched a Master of Arts degree in The Beatles. The course "The Beatles, Popular Music and Society" consists of four 12-week taught modules, a dissertation and, according to the University, it is the first of it's kind in the United Kingdom, and possibly the world. "There have been over ... Full story

last.fm – Soundcard busy or not present: Just restart it!

last.fm - Soundcard busy or not present: Just restart it!
From what I'm gathering, there seems to be quite the amount of people getting the "Your soundcard is either busy or not present." error when trying to listen to last.fm's radio. I didn't pay much attention to it until it started happening on a more regular basis and, well, annoying me. At first it ... Full story

I feel love, blue love!

I've known about The Blue Man Group for quite some time, through the awesomeness of Arrested Development (which unfortunately didn't live to see it's fourth season), but I never actually took the time to find out what they were all about. Oh boy was I missing out! This video was performed with Venus Hum and the song is I Feel Love. I've also watched ... Full story

Stephen Lynch: my new idol!

I'm a total fan of "Weird Al" Yankovic's songs... just as much as I love the beautiful songs & standup acts of Sarah Silverman, but I definitly never heard of Stephen Lynch, until last.fm showed me the light! I really can't describe it... you're either gonna love it and ... Full story