You may have read my post/rant earlier in the week about the coming war betwixt the major labels and the blogosphere, but now it seems that things are coming to a head.
The Daily Growl (an exceedingly excellent music blog, and a source of discovery for many of my favourite bands; from Esser to Rob St.John) has reported similar post-deleting atrocities occurring on his site. But all is not lost: Ed, from the 17 Seconds blog, (and who’s Glasvegas post’s deletion caused such an uproar at Song, by Toad) seems to be rallying his supporters and preparing for a Big Push Over The Top… So, I shall hereby nail my colours to the mast:
I shan’t post about any music from a major label.
This won’t do my Hype Machine rating any good at all, but hopefully do wonders to my credibility and self-respect.
And to celebrate, here’s some ever-so-slightly-relevant songs for you guys to check out:
Show of Hands – Sally Free and Easy
REM – Radio Free Europe
N.B: the irony of claiming to reject the majors and then posting an REM song is not lost on me; I’m just “sticking it to tha’ man”…
31 October 2008
Once more unto the breach, my friends…
Posted by Tom under comment, MetaBlog, politics | Tags: majors vs. blogs, this means war |Leave a Comment
You may have read my post/rant earlier in the week about the coming war betwixt the major labels and the blogosphere, but now it seems that things are coming to a head.
The Daily Growl (an exceedingly excellent music blog, and a source of discovery for many of my favourite bands; from Esser to Rob St.John) has reported similar post-deleting atrocities occurring on his site. But all is not lost: Ed, from the 17 Seconds blog, (and who’s Glasvegas post’s deletion caused such an uproar at Song, by Toad) seems to be rallying his supporters and preparing for a Big Push Over The Top… So, I shall hereby nail my colours to the mast:
I shan’t post about any music from a major label.
This won’t do my Hype Machine rating any good at all, but hopefully do wonders to my credibility and self-respect.
And to celebrate, here’s some ever-so-slightly-relevant songs for you guys to check out:
Show of Hands – Sally Free and Easy
REM – Radio Free Europe
N.B: the irony of claiming to reject the majors and then posting an REM song is not lost on me; I’m just “sticking it to tha’ man”…