I’ve been looking for this picture and Brian found it and sent it to me yesterday…Beck’s gear is out of control. AND, Beck just got a tumblr, though he hasn’t posted yet…Here it is: JamesBeck.Tumblr.com
Spotify - Click HERE to check it out.
Right now I can’t help but believe that this is the future. What is Spotify? On-demand streaming of just about every song the world has every known (it will be ultimately anyways). “STREAMING?” you may ask…YES, STREAMING…NOT DOWNLOADING.
Here’s why: Internet is about to be unimaginably fast, and blanket the whole country/planet. It’s going to be fast on handheld devices, it’s going to be with us everywhere. Don’t believe me? Read THIS article. Verizon has bought the 700mhz band which (in extrememly dumbed down terms) can transmit internet at a stupid-high speed. The 700mhz band is what analog TV used to broadcast on. Remember seeing the “Switch to digital TV” commercials over the last year? Yea, that’s what it was talking about.
Point is, when internet is THAT fast, I won’t have a reason to download music…I can stream it seamlessly from my laptop, desktop, cell phone, iPod (assuming Apple makes this play which I have to think they will), anytime - anywhere.
This is what Spotify is gunning for. They’ve already got the licenses to do this in a number of countries but not yet in the US. I really hope the major labels in the US get out ahead of this and start working on the licenses, profit-share, royalty rate, and all that good stuff before this really takes off.
It’s always better the be out in front of the new technology rather than playing catch up! (napster).
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson’s albums sold over 800k this past week…
I wonder how much more that would be if people didn’t illegally download it? Probably, just insane numbers would have been sold.
Here’s a picture of James backstage at CA’s most recent hometown show at the Dothan Arena. We just posted part 2 of this year’s tour photo blog that you can check out HERE.
If you like that one, definitely check out part 1 HERE.
Here’s a video of James giving a tour of the band’s tour van. You can find more videos like this on CA’s YouTube by clicking HERE.
This movie is going to be AWESOME. Go to www.itmightgetloudmovie.com to see more.
There is in this world no such force as the force of a man determined to rise
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| — | W. E. B. Du Bois (via cliffsims) |
Inn-N-Out Burger
I love Southern California and Inn-N-Out Burger is one of the main reasons why. I can’t explain to you why it’s so good. All the workers there work hard and it’s always packed. ColourAcademy was in California a couple years back and we eat there 5 days in a row. It was friggn awesome!
…I’m not even a crazy fan of burgers. haha
