Doctorow...is an activist in favour of liberalising copyright laws, and a proponent of Creative Commons, publishing many of his books under CC licensing. His writings and lectures focus on digital rights management, file sharing, and post-scarcity economics.
Music
Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future
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For thirty-seven years, Rick Smith and Karl Hyde have been creating their own unique flavor of music, ranging from New Wave to synth pop as Freur and Underworld Mk1, to progressive house experimentalism with their breakthrough self-reinvention on the album, Dubnobasswithmyheadman.
Community Reporting Workshop
Baruch Performing Arts Center Hosts ‘Songs of the Soul’
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A week of festivities by the Sri Chinmoy followers for their Guru and spiritual master’s birthday ended on a grand note at the Baruch Performing Arts Center with a free performance of ‘Songs of the Soul’ as a tribute.
Music
“Tom Waits: Under Review – An Independent Critical Analysis”
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Tom Waits has remained a mysterious character on the fringes of popular music for over 40 years.
Arts & Culture
Steve Albini’s Keynote Address at Face The Music – The State of the Music Industry
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Steve Albini may not be an expert at public speaking. But he is a 40-year veteran of the music industry – working as a singer, songwriter, guitarist, record producer, audio engineer and music journalist for most of his life.
Music
Super-Deluxe: Marketing Physical Music Media to MP3-Enthusiasts
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In the age of digital music, it takes a little something “extra” to entice consumers to spend their hard-earned cash on physical media.
Bowery Ballroom
All Systems are “GO” for Public Service Broadcasting at the Bowery!
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Public Service Broadcasting is a London-based duo who create retro-futuristic electronic music much in the spirit of classic krautrock.
Music
Pirates to the Rescue: Giving the Listening Public What Commercial Services Will Not
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The recording industry’s mismanagement of rights with regard to digital media has crippled what could potentially be the most fruitful age of media literacy in the history of our civilization.
Music
Meet 85th, Woodhaven’s Own Rap Collective
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At the recent Woodhaven street fair on Jamaica Avenue, amidst the bouncy castles, vendors selling arepas, candy apples, and other staples of NYC street fairs, one group stood out.