Kid Rock’s surprising take on illegal downloading

Post by: Steve Guttenberg on June 24th, 2008 | File Under Uncategorized

Kid Rock's ironic "just do it" YouTube rant on illegal downloading is funny and makes the point--illegal downloading is stealing. With a smile on his face Rock says, "I'm rich," so sure it's OK to steal my music. Oh, and while you're at it, "Steal everything." Steal an iPod, Steve Jobs is a billionaire, he'll never miss it. Get yourself a Toyota, "They're foreign" and the gas too, "You know how much money the oil companies make?" Rock shrugs it all off, "They're not going to miss $30 or $40 worth of gas." (Full video after the jump.) ... Comments (No responses yet)

Peter Gabriel’s new audiophile subscription site

Post by: Steve Guttenberg on May 22nd, 2008 | File Under Uncategorized

Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios has launched a download service with high-end British speaker manufacturer Bowers & Wilkins.

The downloads are all recorded here, live.

(Credit: Real World)

It's called the B&W Music Club, and it offers exclusive monthly albums to members, recorded at Gabriel's ...

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Is weak dollar fueling high-end audio export boom?

Post by: Steve Guttenberg on May 15th, 2008 | File Under Uncategorized

Back in the day, we built great cars and the best TVs. And our advanced engineering was the envy of the world.

That was a long time ago. Today "world-class" design and manufacturing is mostly sent off-shore to Europe and Asia. American companies market and distribute products made somewhere else. ...

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