Sterling, the amps, the pedals, Jackalope and Skippy.

Tickle the photo and it gets BiG.

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NOW! WITH VOCALS! (Just like a REAL song!)

Silicon Cowboy Sunset

A slinky groove with nods towards Ennio Morricone, New Order, Morcheeba and Radiohead. And I think Jimmy Sommerville of Bronski Beat shows up, too. (OK, not really, but it kinda sounds like him in the middle breakdown.)

Remember- if the QT stream on the song page doesn't work you can always download the MP3.

Alternate download link

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Business 2.0 feature on Creative Commons. Andy Raskin has turned in a very good, long feature on Creative Commons -- including some quotes from me -- that does a terrrific job of explaining the project and why it's important.

The "sharing economy" is built on a supply-and-demand equation wholly alien to traditional media companies -- the record labels, Hollywood studios, and publishing houses that support strict copyright enforcement. It's powered instead by the Allan Vilhans of the world, digital artists who promote sharing as a means to obtain everything from 15 minutes of Internet fame to licensing deals, job offers, and mainstream publishing contracts. For these artists, rampant Internet file swapping isn't a threat, but a blessing: the cheapest way to move from unknown to known.

The sharing economy is already worth billions of dollars, but its direct beneficiaries aren't mainstream entertainment companies. Instead, they're the likes of Apple (AAPL), Adobe (ADBE), and EarthLink (ELNK) -- firms that sell the hardware, software, and bandwidth required to produce and distribute, say, a Howard Dean howl remix. But for the sharing economy to expand its scope and realize its full potential, it needs a signpost: a branded icon participants can use to tell each other, "Download my work. Modify it. Send it to a friend. Please." Creative Commons aims to play that role.

Link

(Thanks, Todd!) [Boing Boing]

Pretty cool.

A far sight better than the travesty of corporate welfare that is U.S IP law today.

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The Residents have the Notification Blues today.

Get it while you still can.

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Here's what we put down this afternoon:

Silicon Cowboy Sunset

It needs vocals and I need to re-do my Peter Hook ripoff, but I think it's promising.

If the QT page doesn't work- download the MP3

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Scooter inspects the new furniture.

Click photo to make bigger.

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Our house is overrun with these big-ass spiders.

Even the cats are afraid of them.

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