Although not officially released until May 3rd, the Beastie Boys are allowing you to listen to their entire forthcoming album completely free. You can stream all 16 tracks from Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2 online right now. I think this is a great way to leverage the internet to increase interest for their music. They’ve already done an [...]
Jimmy Buffett Changes His Tune After the Fall
by Ron Chronic on January 27, 2011 in Entertainment, Fun Stuff
“At the Hospital” Sung to the tune “Margaritaville” Nibbling on Jell-O In a room with a fellow All of those nurses tend to my need Strumming my six string, fell off of the stage thing Ow my head, I hope I don’t bleed Wasting away again at the hospital Searching for my long lost button [...]
Reach Out and Cut the Power
by John Boitnott on August 24, 2009 in Entertainment
The Depeche Mode concert in Santa Barbara had a twist to it. A few minutes in, there was a power outage on the stage for unknown reasons. It was out for about 10-15 minutes. When the show got going again, the big screen behind the band was turned off but all the instruments and overhead [...]
Radiohead Comes To Santa Barbara
by John Boitnott on August 31, 2008 in Uncategorized
Just wanted to give everyone a chance to see an article that a friend sent me from my old stomping grounds in Santa Barbara. Apparently Radiohead came to the County Bowl and wowed the crowd with an excellent lightshow and a long, fun playlist. Click here to see some video and a description of the [...]
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Hi I'm John Boitnott. Welcome to my blog! Here I talk about how old media is coping with the Web. I write for Soshable.com, build buzz for sites and advise writers on how to make their work more likely to be shared online. I have worked at Venturebeat, Village Voice Media and NBC. Before that I held several positions at various TV newsrooms in the state of California, from 1994 to 2009.