Record Industry

R.I.P. REM: What We Really Lose

Christopher R. Smit, Ph.D. | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Art, Record Industry, Paste Magazine, Consciousness, U2, Cultural-Consciousness, Rem, Greg Cott, Popular Culture, Indie, Jim Cullen, Bruce Springsteen, Culture News
Christopher R. Smit, Ph.D.

REM's art is significant because its politics, visions and worldview became part of the social imaginary, part of our collective imagination. They helped millions of us see the world differently.

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Kristin Hersh on Her New Book, Rat Girl

Holly Cara Price | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Creative Commons, Strange Angels, The Season Sessions, Throwing Muses, Kristin Hersh, Moore Brothers, Art Rock, Throwing Muses New Album, Artist-Fan Relationship, Penguin, Subscriber-Based Model, Vic Chesnutt, Bipolar Disorder, Record Industry, Rob Ahlers, Rat Girl, Acupuncture, Coalition of Artists and Stake Holders, Music Industry, Bernard Georges, Crooked, Mudrock, Cashmusic, 50footwave, With Love From the Men's Room, Books News
Holly Cara Price

Songwriter, musician, mother of four, and founder of the seminal art rock band Throwing Muses, Kristin Hersh has pretty much been to hell and back and...

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Is Shanice a Marketing Genius?

Mark Blankenship | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marketing, Youtube, Pop Music, Rihanna, Beyonce, Record Industry, Entertainment, Music, Entertainment News
Mark Blankenship

Do you guys remember Shanice? Oh, you know... she had a big hit in 1992 -- and she may have devised one of the most brilliant marketing campaigns of the internet age.

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The Top Five Boneheaded Music Industry Moves Of 2008

Tony Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Compact Discs, Lps, Wal-Mart, Led Zeppelin, Independent Music Stores, Radiohead, Bob Dylan, Music Retail, Best Buy, The Beatles, Record Industry, Music Business, Sony Music, Emi, Guns N' Roses, Bruce Springsteen, Music Industry, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

In a business where, for the last decade or so, every move made by a major record label or established artist is almost guaranteed to be a dumb one, it's hard to pick a mere five as the créme de la créme of stupidity.

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Madonna To Sever Warner Bros Ties For New $120 Million Deal

AFP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Madonna, Warner Brothers, Record Industry, Concerts, Entertainment News

Madonna intends to sign a $120 million recording and touring deal with live entertainment promoter Live Nation Inc. and leave her longtime record labe...

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