Times New Viking Will Make Simple Things Really Loud All Across America on Their Fall Tour; Also They Will Release a New Record This Month; Yes, It Will Be Loud, Too
By Mike McHugh on 09-15-2009
Gee whiz, pop music used to be so nice before Times New Viking had to go off and make it so damn loud and raunchy. I mean, I bet they’re really nice boys/girl, but golly folks, I have to use my ears all day at my job! My job at Crunkmatics Car Stereo Concepts! Where my cochlea gets so rattled from bass beats all day that it’s like there’s an Escalade bouncing on a trampoline in my skull! When I come home, all I want to do is kiss my parakeets, draw a nice cold bath, and pretend I had children who actually give a damn about their father, but every time I try it’s always Times New Viking on the radio, pounding my poor eardrums all over again. So please, on your upcoming tour and new album , titled Born Again Revisited and out on September 22 on Matador, just try to keep down the damn racket, you crazy kids!
10.14.09 - Columbus, OH - The Summit
10.15.09 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
10.16.09 - Urbana, IL - The Courtyard Cafe
10.17.09 - Grinnell, IA - Grinnell College
10.18.09 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th St Entry
10.19.09 - Fargo, ND - The Aquarium
10.22.09 - Seattle, WA - Vera Project
10.23.09 - Olympia, WA - The Northern
10.24.09 - Portland, OR - Berbati’s Pan
10.29.09 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
10.30.09 - Santa Cruz, CA - Crepe Place
11.01.09 - Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex (Part Time Punks)
11.03.09 - Phoenix, AZ - Modified Arts
11.06.09 - Dallas, TX - The Lounge on Elm St
11.07.09 - Austin, TX - Fun Fun Fun Fest
11.09.09 - Memphis, TN - Hi-Tone
11.11.09 - Birmingham, AL - Bottletree
11.12.09 - Atlanta, GA - Star Bar
11.13.09 - Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
11.14.09 - Baltimore, MD - Otto Bar
11.15.09 - Philadelphia, PA - Kung Fu Necktie
11.18.09 - New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
11.19.09 - Brooklyn, NY - Union Pool
11.20.09 - Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell’s
11.21.09 - Boston, MA - Great Scott
RIP: Pierre Cossette, producer and agent, best known for bringing Grammys to TV
By Shane Mack on 09-15-2009
From Rolling Stone:
Pierre Cossette, a talent agent and producer who in 1971 convinced reluctant television executives to broadcast the Grammy Awards as a glittery live event, died on Friday in Montreal. He was 85.Mr. Cossette had an extensive career behind the scenes of the entertainment business, booking stars like Ann-Margret and Frank Sinatra for hotel engagements in Las Vegas and elsewhere; serving as a personal manager to Andy Williams, Vic Damone and Anna Maria Alberghetti; helping start Dunhill Records, home of the Mamas and the Papas; and producing Tony Award-winning shows on Broadway.
Yet he was best known as the man who brought the Grammys to television.
- Pierre Cossette Wikipedia entry
UK Musicians Come Out Against Punishing File-Sharers
By Brom on 09-15-2009
The British government has recently attempted to punish “Soccer Moms” and six-year-old girls, so it’s about time they started going for the real criminals: dastardly file-sharers. Over the summer, the government has explored various possibilities for punishing file-sharers, such as throttling broadband speeds or blocking access to download sites. The music industry has been egging them on in this regard with UK Music, an umbrella body representing the British music industry, saying it was "pleased that government is proposing accelerated and proportionate action to meet their stated ambition of reducing illegal file-sharing.”
Unfortunately for label executives, however, the people who actually make them money have pleaded with the government to not punish file-sharers. Radiohead guitarist Ed O'Brien, a member of the Featured Artists' Coalition (FAC), said: "It's going to start a war which they'll never win." This was backed up by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors who’s Chief Executive, Patrick Rackow, argued "The industry has to look forwards, not backwards. There is a huge problem here and we've got to find a solution to it. I don't know what this solution is, I don't think anyone does. There are more positive ways of dealing with this without totally upsetting your consumers." Quite.
