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The Return of Patronage?

by Jonathan Baker-Bates on February 6, 2011

Over at Louder Than War, there’s a good old argument going on. It’s mainly between Alec Empire (who opposes the Pirate Party and free culture by the sounds of it) and some others who are representing the “progressive” view. As I read Alec’s views, I can’t help thinking that while Atari Teenage Riot is a […]

  • Tags: capitalism, pontificaiton, rant
  • Categories: Copyfighting, Music

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Mick Karn 1958-2011

by Jonathan Baker-Bates on January 8, 2011

Mick Karn, once bassist with Japan – pop history’s most underrated band (albeit with one of the worst names ever) – died this week. I remember reading an interview with him years ago in which he was asked about his unique style of bass playing. He said he didn’t know how to play it in […]

  • Tags: new romantic, obituary
  • Categories: Living, Music

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Mashing Up Lily Allen

by Jonathan Baker-Bates on September 25, 2009

I’ve just been reading Lily Allen’s blog. For those not following such groovy things as closely as I do, she has recently decided that Piracy (she gives it a capital pee), is bad. So bad in fact that it is destroying lots of jobs and stifling new talent because those poor music executives won’t be […]

  • Tags: copyfight, idiocy, pop
  • Categories: Copyfighting, Music

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