IN THE NEWS: R.I.P. Ronnie James Dio

I know very little of his music (80's Black Sabbath, Dio), so I'll let Tenacious D do the honors with this sweet live vid:

IN THE NEWS: Apple shutting down Lala (Boo!)

Apple, which recently bought the Lala music service that I so consistently use to supplement my musical hype digestion, is closing down the site. I say Boo-urns. Lala was a great way to get a single, full sampling of a song or album, to see if you dig a band's vibe and are ready to make to the necessary emotional and financial investment.

So you'll be seeing a lot more YouTube links on the site.

30 second samples are for pansies.

IN THE NEWS...Apple v. Amazon & the MP3 Daily Deal

Although many of Amazon's MP3 Daily Deals are fairly bland (the "special" for today is Daughtry's Leave This Town for "only" $3.99), I still check the site on a regular basis with the hope of another Frightened Rabbit It's Frightening for only $1.99 just a couple months after its release.

That said, Apple and the iTunes Digital Music Domination Machine are none too happy about it, especially as its grown in popularity and included more pre-release specials. All in all, an interesting behind-the-scenes look into the digital music industry. See the full story: here.

IN THE NEWS...Hot Chip Fears Popularity

 

Hot Chip, in the limelight again after dropping their latest quality effort, don't look like the kind of guys who should've expected fame (the above picture could be out of a Wes Anderson parody). Well, according to a recent piece in The Guardian UK, fame doesn't appear to be their cup of tea either. Music purists in 2010, who knew! 

So who wants to bet fifty bucks their next album goes off the deep end a little bit. Because you're on!