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The Difficulties of Distribution in Boycotting the RIAA

Sunday, October 22, 2006

Starting in June 2005, I decided that I would no longer purchase music from bands who released albums on record labels that belonged to the RIAA. I have broken that promise, mostly because the RIAA is everywhere.
Take Downtown Records. On the "About" section of their official website, immediately after claiming that they are an "independent [...]

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Two Conversations Yesterday

Friday, February 10, 2006

…walking into Broadway Market…
Friend: You know, I really like Neutral Milk Hotel. I keep listening to "Two-Headed Boy."
Me: I like "Communist Daughter" myself.
…watching The O.C., listening to Sufjan Stevens' "For the Widows in Paradise; For the Fatherless in Ypsilanti" play as background music.
Other friend: This emo music sucks.
Me: It's not emo, it's folk.
Other friend: But [...]

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The Decemberists Join Capitol Records

Friday, December 16, 2005

The Decemberists, a moderately well known indie rock band, have announced that they have signed a contract with the major recording company Capitol Records.

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A Review of John Vanderslice's Cellar Door

Saturday, July 30, 2005

I first came across John Vanderslice sometime during sophomore year looking for music about computers (you can stop that snickering now). The first song of his I heard was "Bill Gates Must Die." It is about computers (which is cool) but is also about child pornography (which is not cool). Despite the song's disturbing subject [...]

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