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My friend Laura performed wonderfully last Thursday with her band Ghost Town. Three other bands went on that night in a tiny bar & grill. Three weeks ago I saw her and 4 other bands perform across town at another venue. Driving home, I saw multiple music venues open. It seems there are thousands of bands playing for hundreds of clubs every night in L.A. Thousands of artists that will never get signed because they don't look like Brittney or InSync boy toys. I heard Jessica Simpson was just signed to a new record deal. Will the internet revolution ever change the music business? It seems inevitable, like hybrid SUVs, and I've heard stories of small bands getting signed to small labels from internet reviews that boost their sales. But, the impact seems small. Will devices like ipods and sat. radio birth a creative boom that can actually support an artist?
--ErinMaru
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2006.02.11
Video of the Moment
I think I mentioned I saw some of the Super Bowl, including many of the commercials. One of the coolest was that Degree Deoderant Stunt City spot...that link has the much funnier Director's Cut. The thing is, I'm a little wary of their tag line. I'm already a bit wary of the prospect of my deoderant's aluminum gradually seeping into my mind and making me forget my own zip code, so the prospect of "3X The Protection, For Men Who Take Risks" really isn't that enticing.

Video of the Other Moment
Speaking of men who weren't afraid to take risks... David Hasselhoff Is Hooked On a Feeling. Wow... now I think I understand why Germans LOVE David Hasselhoff. (I have first hand evidence of it, seeing the guy airbrushed on top of the bumper cars at a local carnival.)

Realization of the Moment
"We're Russian so we like the cold...and Jewish, so we like to suffer."
(Tomorrow being an unusual exception.)