Mainly Rock

 
This article on the "Comeback of vinyl" from the Chicago Tribune is quite to the point. Some comments however:
180 gram pressing are not "a new technology for vinyl". They actually existed before CD’s were invented
Vinyl is not cheap, but, at least here in France, the price difference is not really that significant, and nowhere near [...]

In October 2002, I was on a business trip in Washington, DC. I took the opportunity to see some old friends who were living there at the time.
By a very fortunate coincidence, it happened to be the week-end on which Bob Mould played the last show of his tour, promoting his latest album, Body of [...]

The Lock-up stage tends to be a total sauna at the Reading festival, whereas the Dance stage sometimes appears to be little bit out of context at a ROCK-festival like Reading.
This year I’m looking forward to see (again) the Bronx, who were brutal last year in the Carling tent, I’ll also give might Turbonegro a [...]

I found this via Idolator:
"So I paid full price for a crippled CD from Warner Bros.  And I pay for my music!  Why are they trying to restrict my ability to open the CD on my Mac and rip into iTunes   It’s conduct like this that will cause people to stop buying CDs and [...]

My sister is visiting us in Paris with her three children. They arrived yesterday evening. During dinner I put on some music, as I always do.
Imagine my surprise when my oldest nephew (6 years old) asked his dad: What’s that, daddy?
He had never seen an LP or a record player before… 

I don’t think this article ("Ye cannae change the laws of physics!") provides any new insights, but it uses some nice images:
Trying to make Digital Rights Management (DRM) work in the real world is like asking engineers to do "Star Trek" style magic, rather than real engineering. DRM simply cannot work. (…)

Engineers know that DRM [...]

There has been a lot of talk about Wilco selling a bunch of songs from Sky Blue Sky to Volkswagen for some  TV-commercials. (I saw it first on Stereogum, there was even an official statement from the band, which I first saw on Pitchfork)
The story gets a special twist, when you read the recent interview [...]

They don’t eat bananas…
found via Spreeblick 

So the Jesus and Mary Chain have not only reunited for some shows:
"The reunion is not necessarily about any nostalgia trip," frontman Jim Reid told Uncut. "There will be a new record, otherwise there wouldn’t be any point to reforming." (SPIN.com)

I wonder what that will be like… After all those years.
But I’m already sure [...]

It’s a black thong and a white sweatshirt, but there is no doubt that it must be the same person…  
You can see the original on Google maps.
Found via BoingBoing