Off the Philmusic mailing list:
Clear Channel, radio network that owns many of New York's most popular stations, has banned 150 songs from the airwaves. Included are songs about war, New York, songs with the word "Tuesday", and even "Walk Like an Egyptian"
(The full list)
Echoing my sentiments, some people on this 41+ page thread wondered why a certain song by the Cure isn't on the list. Strangely enough, Arnold & I were just talking about that song a few days ago.
Yes Candy, the song you and Curfew used to open U.P. gigs with!(:
Related article:
NY Post
10:03 AM
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September 20, 2001
So Globe is really cutting their free SMS allocation down to 1/3 by the end of the year. Arnold and I prefer calling to 'texting', so it shouldn't make that much of a difference, but I can see why subscribers are complaining. These cellphone companies can obviously afford to pay for extensive (and expensive) multimedia advertising every single day! There's already too much clutter in the media, and too many subscribers as it is, so why not cut down on those doublespread ads instead to avoid shortchanging consumers, yes?
*** Off Pitchfork Media: (Uh-oh.) "The Coup, the lauded rap duo recording for Dan "The Automator" Nakamura's hip-hop imprint, 75Ark, made a statement last week announcing that they would change the cover image of their forthcoming LP, Party Music, to something that doesn't involve New York's Twin Towers exploding." *** Said Dan Gellar, one half of the duo: "...For the time being "I Am the World Trade Center" will be shortening our name to "I Am the..." out of respect to those who have lost so much in this tragedy. The name and symbol will live with us and in the future we hope that once again we can use our entire name which we are so proud of."
I'm currently prejudging for the Philippine Web Awards. Get those sites ready, people (:
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September 18, 2001
Here is where you will find ongoing updates regarding the September 11 tragedy. Meanwhile, in the pop music biz:
Kindercore electro - poppers I Am the World Trade Center will change their bandname in light of recent events.
Hear a sample of their music. My Arnold recently bought me books 1 & 2 of "The Courageous Princess". It's a sweet little fantasy story about Mabelrose, a friendly, curious princess who gets captured by a dragon, in hope of getting a good ransom from her kingdom. Knowing that she is from a poor land, Mabelrose decides that she's going to rescue herself, and thus begins her adventures throughout the Land of the Hundred Kingdoms. The Courageous Princess is written and beautifully illustrated by Rod Espinosa, a Filipino comic book writer based in San Antonio, Texas. Related links:
Download an mp3 of Metro.
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September 17, 2001
Home of Mabelrose
Mile High Comics
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happy news, for a change. Congratulations, Claire!
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