Is YouTube Down the Tube?

 
In the on-going battle between media moguls Viacom and YouTube/Google, Viacom has had to take the defensive and quell fears of invasion of privacy of hordes of internet video purusers of the wildly popular YouTube.  It seems that as part of the $1 BILLION dollar copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Viacom against YouTube and its parent, Google, a judge ruled [...]

‘Tube Tuesday

Busy traveling today, but here’s a few Music Maven favorites to keep you company.
  Tiny Dancer, Elton John
  Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On, Jerry Lee Lewis
  Time After Time, Eva Cassidy
  Man Smart, Woman Smarter, The Grateful Dead
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Shine A Light…Let’s Try This Again

Ok, despite the YouTube promotion debacle, we’re going to try this again.

I’m starting to get a little excited about the Scorcese Rockumentary, Shine A Light, documenting the Rolling Stones’ Beacon Theatre Concert in ‘06. (Even Bill Clinton attended….)

Now, admittedly, I’m not a huge Stones fan as I have thought that [...]

Deja Vu All Over Again?

So, I get my YouTube-Fu on this morning looking of an obscure Van Morrison performance to usher in the weekend, and I find this:

I was immediately harkened back to Artist Voices from GoFish. As far as I can tell, Taylor Hicks was the first and the last artist “in a [...]

Death Knell for YouTube?

This CNN Money article by Paul LaMonica addresses the recent class-action lawsuit against YouTube by members of the National Music Publishers Association. This joins Viacom’s billion dollar copyright infringement lawsuit against Google and YouTube.
Now I understand artists and songwriters concern over copyright infringement, but I think they are stuck in the old model. While many [...]

YouTube-Fu Smorgashbord

Some favorites I’ve found recently while “diving”. Yes, I’ve become bored with the hinter lands of cable TV….on to the Internets.
Otis Redding, I’ve Been Loving You
From the Monterrey Blues Festival. One of my Top 10 Favorite songs.
Marc Broussard, jammin’ on the [...]