Chuck Burt's Blog » music http://www.chuckburt.com/blog Ramblings of a Product Guy Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:04:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 YouTube – Ratt-Round and Round Official Music Video http://www.chuckburt.com/blog/2009/09/23/youtube-ratt-round-and-round-official-music-video/ http://www.chuckburt.com/blog/2009/09/23/youtube-ratt-round-and-round-official-music-video/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:39:07 +0000 Chuck http://www.chuckburt.com/blog/?p=222 Remember when a rock band’s lead singer could wear a leopard print leotard and still be taken seriously?

YouTube – Ratt-Round and Round Official Music Video.

]]> http://www.chuckburt.com/blog/2009/09/23/youtube-ratt-round-and-round-official-music-video/feed/ 0 New Modest Mouse Video – “King Rat” Directed By Heath Ledger http://www.chuckburt.com/blog/2009/08/04/new-modest-mouse-video-king-rat-directed-by-heath-ledger-video-stereogum/ http://www.chuckburt.com/blog/2009/08/04/new-modest-mouse-video-king-rat-directed-by-heath-ledger-video-stereogum/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:33:40 +0000 Chuck http://www.chuckburt.com/blog/?p=198 In honor of Modest Mouse’s new EP check out Heath Ledger’s disturbing and awesome video for the track “King Rat.” Well worth a view.

(via Stereogum)

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NIN|JA 2009.

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Take the music, condense to 4 songs, add 4 new for the additional lyrics, hire someone that can actually sing, and it might be interesting.

]]> http://www.chuckburt.com/blog/2008/12/24/808s-heartbreak-by-kanye-west/feed/ 0 Sony BMG to offer DRM free digital music… with more hassle than CDs. http://www.chuckburt.com/blog/2008/01/07/sony-bmg-to-offer-drm-free-digital-music-with-more-hassle-than-cds/ http://www.chuckburt.com/blog/2008/01/07/sony-bmg-to-offer-drm-free-digital-music-with-more-hassle-than-cds/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2008 02:24:38 +0000 Chuck http://www.chuckburt.com/blog/2008/01/07/sony-bmg-to-offer-drm-free-digital-music-with-more-hassle-than-cds/ As anyone that follows my Google Reader Shared Items knows, I enjoy sharing a lot of news from TechCrunch.

This one is absolutely preposterous. Sony BMG has announced that they will now [finally] be selling DRM free music. This makes them the last of the “big four” to wake up and smell the coffee.

With one small catch. In order to purchase said music, you must go to a store, choose the album you want, buy a special card for $12.99, bring it home, log on to a special website, and voila!… you may now download your DRM free album.

At that point, why wouldn’t you just buy the album on CD where you get the uncompressed full version? If you have a computer with internet access, it’s not much of a stretch to presume you would have access to a CD drive that can rip your music. The major reason I haven’t hopped on the digital music bandwagon is the compression issue.

This begs the question, “Do record companies really wonder why people are compelled to steal music?” If they continue to make it this difficult to legally purchase digital music, nobody is going to start buying any time soon.

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