Tuesday, January 04, 2005

rhythm and blogs


John Valles / DMN
Music lovers have set up Web sites with facts, history and, yes, mp3s.

The audioblog has become a staple of the mp3 age, with new sites popping up every week to serve a wide variety of musical tastes. Unlike Napster, the original file-sharing service, which the recording industry successfully sued for copyright violation, audioblogs are part diary, part criticism and part jukebox. They're run by individual music aficionados eager to spread the word on music new and old.

Most sites include mp3 files, for listening and downloading.Audioblog postings are eclectic, a reflection of the a la carte culture that brought us Pay Per View and video on demand. Last week on Soul Sides, you could hear Bill Cosby's old band, Badfoot Brown and the Bunions, performing "Martin's Funeral" and "The Mouth of Fish." (more)

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