Anti file-sharing laws considered (BBC News)
MS: "You will dismantle the fundamentals of the democratic state, which is to be free in your person, your mind and your conversation from scrutiny and surveillance. So this is a really misbegotten idea,"
Web Radio Seeks Resolution (Washington Post)
MS: "We are in a strange situation of offering services that compete directly with terrestrial and satellite radio but have a different rate structure," said Tim Westergren, chief strategy officer and founder of Pandora. "There needs to be parity if we are going to survive."
Was 'OK Computer' inspired by Thom Yorke's coursework nightmare? (NME)
MS: "I remember somebody wiped his final degree show by accident just before it was due in," Donwood told Radio 4's 'Today' programme. "He had to do it all again in two weeks which he wasn't pleased about."
Matt Pond PA: No Cavities (Harp)
MS: “There’s too much disconnection in indie rock today; there’s too many obtuse words,” Pond says. “[Cocker and Albarn] use imagery too, but there’s always a spirit and a soul within it. That’s what we’re trying to do. When I have something to say, I’ll say it. I don’t want to be guarded.”
American splendor: The Hold Steady’s Craig Finn rekindles the fires of youthful indiscretion (Detroit Metro Times)
MS: "Everybody thinks that a songwriter is baring his soul," he counters. "But no one says to Quentin Tarantino, 'You must do tons of karate and just shoot people all the time.' These songs are based on my life, but it's certainly not my life."
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