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Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesCHIRP Radio Reading List (6/27/11 ed.)

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  Apple Computer is reportedly developing new technology that will automatically prevent iPhones from filming live concerts.
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  RnB funk-rock legend Prince, as part of his continuing complaints against digital music formats, is refusing to release new music until digital copyright laws are tightened up or everyone goes back to vinyl.
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  As for bands that can’t afford to not release new records, Kaiser Chiefs are trying a new way to market their album – they’re letting the fans pick the track list. But will it work, and is it worth doing?
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  The 20th anniversary of Nirvana’s classic album Nevermind is coming this September. The album is getting a 4-CD + a DVD re-issue, but after two decades of coverage, admiration, and criticism, how much is there really left to hear?
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  After decades of success overseas, at 68, singer/songwriter Garland Jeffreys is going indie.

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Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesCHIRP Radio Reading List (6/20/11 ed.)

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• R.I.P. Clarence Clemons.
• DIY musician R. Stevie Moore has been in the business for over 30 years. He’s planning his first world tour – The Handshake sat down with him for a chat.
• The A.V. Club’s series “We’re No. 1” takes a close look at the making and legacy of Pink Floyd’s The Wall.
• New York’s Clearwater music festival stretches the performance circle wider by providing sign language interpreters.
• Norway is training diplomats in Black Metal.
• Lauren Hill: Uncompormising diva, or just a jerk?
  David Schmader definitely has an opinion on this.

Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesCHIRP Radio Reading List (6/13/11 Ed.)

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• R.I.P. Gil Scott-Heron.
• Music is not immune from the effects political unrest in the world. Protesters in Morocco are not happy with a music festival they see as just another tool for The Man.
• A seemingly-irrelevant spat between Moby and Brittney Spears brings up a far more interesting question: what is music, anyway?
• It’s catchy, people respond to it, and it moves product. Ice cream truck music gets the job done.
• The Chicago Reader has been asking various music people what they’re currently listening to. Find out what CHIRP’s founder and President Shawn Campbell recommends.

Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesCHIRP Radio Reading List: Clouds, Mexico, and Bob Seger (5/23/11 Ed.)

• Time for Chicago to make up for its annual eight months of winter. With this summer’s upcoming music, art, and food festivals, there’s officially no excuse to be home on the weekends until October. CHIRP Radio will be at many of these events, so make sure to say hello!
  
  

   

   

• The next step in music distribution is supposedly going to stick everything in “The Cloud.” Apple is close to joining Amazon.com in the race to become Cloud-Bearer of Choice. What could possibly go wrong? That is, other than the constant threat of getting hacked?
  
  

   

   

• Speaking of hackers, Lollapalooza is beating them to the punch by giving access to their concert data to anyone who wants it, and awarding prizes to those who can do cool things with it.
  
  

   

   

• Want to know where the next hot music scene is? Look south. Alternative music is booming in Mexico.
  
  

   

   

• In the music business, sometimes you have to go mainstream to survive. eMusic did just that. So how’s it working out?
  
  

   

   

• Music manager, publicist, journalist and photographer Wyndham Wallace writes a passionate and detailed account of how the music industry is killing music and blaming the fans.
  
  

   

   

• Bob Seger’s polished, radio-friendly pop songs are on permanent rotation all over the dial everywhere in America. There was a time, though, when he walked more on the wild side.
   

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Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesCHIRP Radio Reading List (week of May 16th)

After 22 years, Chicago has a new mayor. What does this mean for the local music scene?
 

Vinyl record sales are going up (very slightly), which is good news, even in Utah.
 

Meanwhile, live music is faltering…or is it just peaking?
 

The RIAA wins a few bucks from LimeWire. Artists don’t hold their breath waiting for a cut of the loot. And ultimately, it may not matter that much, anyway.
 

Every year dozens of outdoor festivals around the country succeed in bringing music to the masses. SuperTwang is not one of them.
 

It survived hair bands, pop imitators, and even Rap-Rock. How Heavy Metal is keeping us sane.
 

(The Reading List is a weekly collection of interesting, important, and thought-provoking articles about music from around the Web. Click here to suggest an article.)