Here We Go Again: The Best Songs to Have Sex To
A list like this comes up at least once a year or so at the behest of some kind of contest, promotion, survey or project. In this case, the producers of a TV
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Marvin Gaye
Random Music News for Saturday, May 2, 2015
Public GPS was born 15 years ago today when Bill Clinton said the data would no longer be restricted to just military use. That’s how we can zero in on the hospital where
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Is This a Reasonable Solution for “Blurred Lines”-Type Situation?
This comes from Pitchfork: It seems to me that the real problem with “Blurred Lines” was not its plagiarism, but the lack of a legal structure for acknowledging that musical debt and repaying
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Just When You Thought The “Blurred Lines” Trial Was Over…
Oh, no. Not by a long shot. Pamela Chelin writes in The Wrap: The Gaye estate claims that each day that the song continues to be sold causes irreparable damage to their family,
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Geeks&Beats Podcast Episode 98: Space Cadets
After a spring break, er, break we’re back! (Actually, I was here the whole time. It was Michael and Co. who left the country, making it impossible for us to have a podcast
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Random Music News for Thursday, March 12, 2015
I have two dogs. The snow is melting. My back yard is being revealed as a toxic waste dump. Do not go there. Slipknot guitarist Mick Thompson got into a knife fight with
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Getting Deep into the “Blurred Lines” Trial in Los Angeles. This is Fascinating.
This case against Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams filed by the family of Marvin Gaye is an interesting one. Did they or did they not consciously rip off the song “Got to Give
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Geeks&Beats Podcast, Episode 43: My Floppy Valentine
Once again Michael scheduled our weekly podcast recording during a major sporting event, which meant that instead of watching the Winter Olympics, I was in the studio. Then again, by recording in the
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