Creative License: The Law and Culture of Digital Sampling

Creative License

Just announced on Tuesday by The Future of Music Coalition is the release through Duke University Press of the long-in-the-works book “Creative License: The Law and Culture of Digital Sampling“. The book seems to be a bit the textbook companion to the 2009 film Copyright Criminals, which co-author Kembrew McLeod was the co-creator of. You [...] [...]

Tuesday Morning Link Dump

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Go get these on for yourselfness Aaron Smith – of Scientific Maps, nickname: Rebel, Stars of Rock and Evolution Revolution fame – has been mixing it up on the wheels of steel on the Bat Terrible show, Thursdays at 4pm, on WCDB 90.9FM in Albany, New York. He’s been spinning plenty of lovely localness from the [...] [...]

Rest in Peace Rammellzee

Rammelzee performing live at the kitchen, NYC circa 1987. photo by Marc Arsenault.

Word comes to us this evening via Davey D on his Twitter feed that Hip-Hop pioneer Rammellzee has died at age 49. As originally reported on Consequence of Sound. UPDATE Rammellzee’s death was confirmed by his wife, as reported in today’s New York Times. I was very lucky to see him perform at the Kitchen [...] [...]

And this is interesting… Part 1

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or, I swear, I shall close every last one of these tabs. Sorry it’s been slow blog lately. A casual look around reveals that most others are even lazier. Anyway. Been very busy getting a record out to press, a 2011 calendar started and getting a front yard garden put in. More on all that in [...] [...]

This Time (I’m Gonna Try it My Way) – Behind the scenes at DJShadow.com

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In 2006 DJ Shadow dropped his most recent solo album, The Outsider, and set in motion the process of creating one of the most fully-realized and successful artist sites on the web. The latest incarnation of DJShadow.com was built by Derick Daily and his team at the prestigious marketing firm Euro RSCG and DJ Shadow’s [...] [...]

This Saturday May 2nd Go See theGREAToutDOORS

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theGREAToutDOORS Originally uploaded by billikidbrand Opening this Saturday, May 2, 2009 at Artbreak Gallery, 195 Grand Street, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11211. Exhibit runs through May 29. Gallery open Thursday through Sunday, 1-7 pm. Featuring altered doors By: Billi Kid, Blanco, Broken Crow, Buildmore, Cake, C.Damage, Celso, Cern, Chris RWK, Deeker, Destroy & Rebuild, Feral, Goldenstash, Yassy Goldie, Imminent [...] [...]

Ian Lynam’s Parallel Strokes – The Graffiti book you always dreamed of

Ian Lynam's Parallel Strokes

Long time Wow Cool Compañero Ian Lynam’s awesome new book, Parallel Strokes, just came out and is available now via the book website: http://parallelstrokes.com/ Parallel Strokes is a collection of interviews with twenty-plus contemporary typeface designers, graffiti writers, and lettering artists around the world. The book is introduced with a comprehensive essay charting the history of [...] [...]

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