Blog Round-Up — RIAA (and Nine Inch Nails), Satellite Party, John Vanderslice, 50 Cent vs Cam’ron, Prince, U2

Consumerist has a great post about the RIAA’s cease and desist letters to shut down the viral marketing campaign for Nine Inch Nails’ new album. The best quote: “These f*cking idiots are going after a campaign that the label signed off on,” the source says.

arjanwriteshas a download of “Wishing Upon a Dog Star” and a link to the epk for Perry Farrell’s new project Satellite Party. The project sounds very intriguing.

Status Ain’t Hood has a list of the top 10 singles for 2007.

Gorilla vs Bear links to an episode of The Merlin Show I have been meaning to link to for a while and provides a transcript. Merlin Mann interviews John Vanderslice about the future of music.

Some Bootlegs has two French concerts: Prince from 1981 and U2 from 1987.

Radar has an amusing feature about “E-Beefs” . . . rappers using the net to wage wack beefs with each other. “Nas vs Jay-Z” they are not.

 

American Idol – Stephanie Edwards Sings Prince

I thought Stephanie Edwards started the show very, very well.

A recognized the song immediately as How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore, a Prince song, which we have covered by Alicia Keys.

On iTunes, you can hear and buy Prince’s version here and Alicia Keys’ here.

 

Prince – An Appreciation and Superbowl Songs

When I was a kid, I heard “Delirious” playing on the radio. I didn’t have a radio of my own, so I was in my parents’ room listening to their clock radio. The song so captivated me that I demanded (and received) my own stereo.

Instrumental Analysis has an excellent Prince post today with a ton of mp3s.

I Guess I’m Floating has the songs Prince performed at the Superbowl.

 

Prince at the Superbowl

Well, that was all kinds of awesome.

He sounded great, he looked great, and he did a good mélange of songs. Plus, he brought the FAMU band out, and that always is awesome.

I had low expectations for the performance because, seriously, these things always suck.

Prince delivered and it was visually interesting.

I am waiting for A to get home from work to watch the game, so I may be watching it again in an hour or so.

My mother has called me every 30 minutes or so to find out if I am caught up (I’m not!). She’s watching at the Loews in South Beach with some men who sold their tickets last night for $2500 each.

Sounds like a smart move.