Tag: 21st century
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RC 383: Cha Cha Charles / House Proud
Royal Blood is in the air – from that band to musically eviscerating King Charles III and his Coronation with some Royalty Free Music, after we Cha Cha Cha our way around Eurovision, kick off Pride month and pay tribute to Tina Turner who sadly recently died. She was a legend. Disco, punk, hiphop, indie…
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Ed Sheeran vs Marvin Gaye & Why AI & Copyright Might Kill Art
Love this video from Adam Neely about the Ed Sheeran case vs Marvin Gaye (well actually vs SAS investment banker trying it on, Ed Townsend died years ago). I do think it’s a stretch, as a mashup artist I’ve heard so many things like that, it’s not a direct lift. You cannot own a genre!…
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RC 307: Upside Down Under
In which we are the Grand Mage of Oz (Music Level 20) and go to the Great Original Upside Down, Down Under with Australian music and songs, far too many Men At Work covers, Ed Sheeran rapping, funky 80’s soul, antipodean Pulp covers, an original accordion recording that became a Negativland track, a bit of…
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All Hail The New Improved HoloMJ
Here’s the Michael Jackson Hologram Billboard performance that everyone’s talking about, if like me you found the initial YouTube posts pulled by the time I got to them. Same happened to the Tupac Coachella perfomance, almost completely scrubbed off the Net, I had fun trying to find that one to replace a broken link from…
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Love and it’s polar opposite
And I filled my head with so much shit And I dreamed and I dreamed of it Of love and it’s opposite Long white dress There’s been a lot written and talked about gay marriage over this week (HRC? Seriously? Read this) but I’ve always had a difficult relationship with marriage, be it gay or…
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OK, Don’t Go (Embed our videos) say EMI
The embedding wars continue…and it seems to me that the industry as it scrabbles for money is just shooting itself in the horse when the foot has bolted (did I get that right? ;-)) – it is as Damien from OK GO writes: we’ve got this ridiculous situation where the machinery of the old system…