Scion Rock Fest 2010 lineup
by Cosmo Lee It’s official. It’s hot. And it’s relatively hipster-free. Cannibal Corpse and Hate Eternal are not for the stovepipe jeans set. Neither are Voivod nor Thou. The flyer spells Deadsea wrong, but you can’t have everything. Speaking of having everything — if I had a budget of a million dollars, or whatever Scion...
MySpace clutter, begone!
by Cosmo Lee MySpace band pages have become practically unusable. Now bands are sticking huge images at the top and Twitter feeds, videos, widgets, flashing banners, instrument endorsement logos (seriously, who cares about those?), and other nonsense everywhere else. I’ll never like a band for its MySpace design, but I’ll dislike a band for it....
How to get to Amie Street
by Cosmo Lee Amie Street is a legal MP3 store with a unique business model. Albums start out free, and rise in price as more people buy them. The incentive is to find undervalued albums. It’s easy to set up an account, and each album has listening samples. I’ve found lots of great music here...