Author Archives: Barry's Imaginary Publisher

A Well Kept Secret: Richard Thompson

Well hello there! We’re back from a most refreshing vacation in the greater London area. While there, our host Magic Fingers introduced me to a fantastic musician: Richard Thompson. Prior, I had heard some minor radio hits of his — … Continue reading

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Acoustic Brick

Sweet: Via Our Man In Hungary who has been posting some great stuff as of late.

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Trent Reznor Has Some Advice

The point is this: music IS free whether you want to believe that or not. Every piece of music you can think of is available free right now a click away. This is a fact – it sucks as the … Continue reading

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Howard Stern Interviews Moon Unit & Frank

(Thx Cory)

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Elsewhere

How does your language shape the way you think? Fascinating photo gallery: American pictures Living with Jesus (dot com) The Coolness Index Mutiny! The Big Pirate Bay Sellout Your browser is the new OS – Kottke nailed it 5 years … Continue reading

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Rufus Wainwright’s Shakespeare Sonnets

Rufus Wainwright‘s newest project, following the critically acclaimed Want One, Want Two, Release The Stars and Rufus Does Judy, envolves putting Shakespeare sonnets to music. Apparently a work in progress still but what I’ve heard so far sounds beautiful: Both … Continue reading

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Hip Hop Meets The Violin

You know hip hop really isn’t my thing — never has been. Hook it up with a classically skilled violinist though, and things get interesting: More violinesque YouTubery, courtesy of Paul Dateh. More of his music can be downloaded here.

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The King Of Pop Is Dead

RIP Michael Jackson. Believe it or not, as a kid I was a big fan of his music. Billy Jean! Beat it! Thriller! Regardless of the wacky behavior he displayed in later years, this is a sad day for pop … Continue reading

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Demo Disasters

A little something to ease your Monday blues: We’re an indie label digging through years of demo backlogs day by day. These are some of the choicest gems we’ve received. We know that some people worked very hard on these, … Continue reading

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Eels Live On Morning Becomes Eclectic

Here’s one for KUR’s resident Eels Freak Extraordinaire, Sharleena: Enjoy all 43 minutes! Oh, and be sure to check out Eels’ latest album, Hombre Lobo.

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