Evening Debate: Downloading

SO. Good evening to all of you. So it's the holiday season and there are some rumors/some news floating around the net that the RIAA is now no longer on a blood hunt for your souls... Just your ISPs. Exciting, isn't it? Now you don't have the constant threat of the big bad RIAA coming and taking all your money, car, house, and life away... Your ISP will just fine you instead or shut off your service jawn (Yes, I said jawn, I live in Philadelphia. If you don't know what it means, check Urbandictionary. Great source). Anyways, so, here's the deal.

Is downloading kosher? For those who aren't up to date on jewish expressions..... IS DOWNLOADING OKAY WITH YOU AND THE MUSIC INDUSTRY?

I think a lot of bands these days would beg to differ, seeing as how bands like Fall Out Boy had their demo distributed directly by them on MySpace and Limewire. And look at them now... A bunch of rich sell outs. But personal opinions aside.... Panic! At The Disco (Or whatever version they go by now) had the same effect. They were a band for 9 months when Pete Wentz found them on a random ass blog. And bands like You, Me, and Everyone We Know have given away TWO EP's now through Absolutepunk.net and done fairly well for themselves. So clearly bands are not all entirely against downloading and that a lot of artsits see a great following for that. This also stems from the great debate about labels and whether or not they're even needed anymore. For example, the Artic Monkeys got their start without a label and signed to one for whatever perks they were recieving. And now with LiveNation doing a lot of grunt work for acts like Madonna, they don't need to worry about being stuck with the wrong producer or dealing with making sales quotas for labels.

So, let me hear what you have to think.


Yes, it's evening debate but posted at 1:30 in the afternoon, i started it last night.

Playlist for 12-16-08

HOLY BANANA PEELS, BATMAN! IT'S THE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL! Yeah, I'm going to play christmas music. and other stuff once i decide that i really actually do hate christmas music. it's the last show of the term, but i'll be back janurary 6th, same time, same place.

sufjan stevens	Amazing Grace	Songs For Christmas (Singalong) Vol. 1 Noel	Asthmatic Kitty
sufjan stevens	Jingle Bells	Songs For Christmas (Singalong) Vol. 5 Peace!	Asthmatic Kitty
sufjan stevens	O Holy Night	Songs For Christmas (Singalong) Vol. 3 - Ding! Dong!	Asthmatic Kitty
Bright Eyes	Blue Christmas	A Christmas Album	Saddle Creek
The Tallest Man On Earth	The Sparrow And The Medicine	Shallow Graves		√
The Tallest Man On Earth	The Blizzard's Never Seen The Desert Sands	Shallow Graves		√
Lake	Blue Ocean Blue	Oh, The Places We'll Go	K Records	√
Bon Iver	Lump Sum	For Emma, Forever Ago	Jagjaguwar
Bon Iver	Skinny Love	For Emma, Forever Ago	Jagjaguwar
Dustin Kensrue	Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)	The Good Night Is Still Everywhere	Vagrant
Belle and Sebastian	The State That I Am In	The BBC Sessions	Matador	√
The Get Up Kids	Out Of Reach	Something To Write Home About	vagrant
Darwin Deez	Radar Detector	EP		√
The Weakerthans	Aside	Left And Leaving	Sub City
Mae	Anything	The Everglow	Tooth & Nail
Eagles Of Death Metal	Secret Plans	Heart On	Downtown	√
Punchline	Hopped Up On Jingle Bells	??????	??????
Kurt Vile	Freeway	Constant Hitmaker	?????
Kevin Devine	Just Stay	Put Your Ghost To Rest	Capitol
Bright Eyes	Reinvent The Wheel	Four Winds	Saddle Creek
City and Colour	Like Knives	Sometimes	Vagrant

Playlist for 12-8-08 (BEST OF 2008/YEAR IN REVIEW!)

YEAHHH. BESTOF 2008 SHOWS ARE AWESOME. In particular, this one because it's mine and yeah.

Conor Oberst	Danny Callahan	Conor Oberst	Merge
Fleet Foxes	Ragged Wood	Fleet Foxes	Sub Pop
Raphael Saadiq	Keep Marchin'	The Way I See It	Columbia	√
Darwin Deez	Radar Detector	EP		√
kids in glass houses	Easy Tiger	Smart Casual	Doghouse
The Wonder Years	Mike Kennedy Is A Bad Friend	Won't Be Pathetic Forever	No Sleep
Sigur Ros	Inní Mér Syngur Vitleysingur	Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust	XL
Gregory + The Hawk	Wild West	Moenie and Kitchi	Fatcat	√
Punchline	Somewhere In The Dark	Just Say Yes	Modern Short Stories
Atmosphere	Yesterday	When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Sh** Gold	Rhymesayers
David Bryne and Brian Eno	Strange Overtones	Everything That Will Happen Will Happen Today	TODO MUNDO	√
Copeland	Chin Up	You Are My Sunshine	Tooth And Nail	√
Matt Pryor	On How Our Paths Differ	Confidence Man	Vagrant
City and Colour	Constant Knot	Bring Me Your Love	Vagrant
Her Space Holiday	Sleepy Tigers	XOXO Panda and the New Kid Revival	Mush	√
The Morning LIght	Clouds	The Morning Light	Fearless	√
Islands	The Arm	Arm's Way	Anti
She & Him	I Should Have Known Better	Vol. 1	Merge
She & Him	You Really Got A Hold On me	Vol. 1	Merge
jennifer o'conner	next to mine	here with me	Matador
Jenny Lewis	Carpetbaggers	Acid Tongue	Warner Bros.	√
Bon Iver	Lump Sum	For Emma, Forever Ago	Jagjaguwar

Enjoy.
There are more best of's to play so i will play them next week during my christmas special. extra long show so stay tuned for more info.

And this picture:

Playlist for 12-2-08

I'm playing music. And probably talking about really pointless things. Rainer and I also talked about Sufjan Stevens and Yoko Kano. They're engaged, according to us, in a battle to record more music then each other.

Owen	Bag Of Bones	At Home With
Isobell Campbell and Mark Lannegan	Sally, Don't You Cry	Sunday at Devil Dirt	√
Islands	To a Bond	Arm's Way
Elliot Smith	Bled White	XO
Her Space Holiday	Four Tapping Shoes and a Kiss	XOXO Pand & The New Kid Revival	√
The Morning Light	Honest (Apologies Endless)	The Morning Light	√
Kevin Devine	Just Stay	Put Your Ghost To Rest
City and Colour	Comin Home	Sometimes
Mae	Embers and Envelopes	Some New Tracks They Recorded
Damien Jurado	Gillian Was A Horse	Caught In The Trees	√
The Gay Blades	O Shot	The Gay Blades	√
The Seatbelts	Tank!	Cowboy Bebop
The Get Up Kids	Send Us A Saint	Guilt Show B-Sides
Sufjan Stevens	Casamir Pulaski Day	Illinoise
The Smiths	There Is A Light That Never Goes Out	The Queen Is Dead
Eye Alaska	Roll Right Over	Yellow & Elephant
The Wonder Years	Mike Kennedy Is A Bad Friend	Won't Be Pathetic For Ever 7'	√

NEXT WEEK: BEST OF 2008
FOLLOWING WEEK: CHRISTMAS SPECIAL.