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The End of the iPod

Posted on April 16, 2004 by ken

I suspect that in a few years, people will identify Apple’s rebuff of Real Networks as the beginning of the end for its dominance in online music. It’s sad that Apple still has not learned that closed platforms always lose … Continue reading →

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I’m Sick All Right

Posted on April 15, 2004 by ken

The Victoria’s Secret commercial featuring Bob Dylan is just silly. Clearly the ad was much less important than the press coverage it generated. The model looks ridiculous in her pasted-on angel wings, Dylan looks like a demented lecher, and for … Continue reading →

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Borderline Disloyal

Posted on April 14, 2004 by ken

The New York Observer’s press column this week contrasts New York’s two tabloids in how they handled Condoleeza Rice’s testimony before the 9/11 commission. The News’ front page said HOW COULD SHE NOT KNOW? while the Post cried THE LADY … Continue reading →

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Segregation, Alive and Well

Posted on April 13, 2004 by ken

Clyde Haberman writes this morning that most big cities continue to be “about as blended as a bottle of single-malt Scotch,” and quoting one of the last lawyers still alive who argued the cases that became Brown v. Board Of … Continue reading →

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RIAA To Invade Iraq

Posted on April 13, 2004 by ken

According to today’s New York Times, soldiers in Iraq have “a communal computer where 12.8 gigabites of tunes had been downloaded for sharing on MP3’s. The rule was simple: Take some music, add some music.” This is clearly illegal file-sharing, … Continue reading →

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Your President is on vacation…

Posted on April 9, 2004 by ken

…and the terrorists are working overtime. Bob Herbert mentioned this in his column this morning, but how much vacation exactly does a President get? Bush derides European socialists at every turn, but he seems to be represented by a German … Continue reading →

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NYS Do Not Call Program

Posted on April 8, 2004 by ken

I registered my phone numbers with the New York State Do Not Call registry (which has since been merged into the federal list) when it was first set up, and a while later received a spurt of telemarketing calls. I … Continue reading →

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More Adventures With Con Ed

Posted on April 4, 2004 by ken

Sunday morning, about 2am, in a friend’s car coming home from a jam. We’re waiting at a red light on Broadway and Grand, and we start hearing what sounded like fireworks, only not quite. It didn’t sound loud enough or … Continue reading →

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Prince: Musicology Tour Kickoff

Posted on March 30, 2004 by ken

I dropped into Prince’s web site yesterday (thanks Bill) to see how to get his new album. It seemed to be only available for (paid) download, only available in Windows Media format, and not actually available at all since the … Continue reading →

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Saturday Night at Sunny’s

Posted on March 28, 2004 by ken

I’m doing a gig with Kate and Lou in Brooklyn on Friday, April 23, and Lou called an impromptu rehearsal tonight, at Sunny’s, the oldest bar in Brooklyn (no kidding: it was founded in 1890 by the current owner’s grandfather, … Continue reading →

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