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Lars Brownworth the man behind the podcast 12 Byzantine Rulers is profiled by the New York Times.

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Jennifer Openshaw at MarketWatch has penned an article on converting your old LP’s into CD’s and then make some cash selling your old LP’s. As someone who used to work in a record store don’t except too much for your old record collection if they offer you anything at all. Unless of course your collection is [...]

Yahoo! Finance
Legacy Recordings will release Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten — an album of music from the soundtrack of director Julien Temple’s new film, a celebration of the life and times of the punk rock pioneer Joe Strummer, before, during and after the Clash — on Tuesday, April 3.
If you are a Clash and/or [...]

BBC
The Police are to reunite and perform at the Grammy Awards next month – more than 20 years after the release of their last album.
Sting, Stewart Copeland, and Andy Summers will open the 49th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on 11 February.
I might actually watch the show this year….. at least the first part. [...]

Apple Recon
Breaking news tonight from a long time personal friend that works in Cupertino directly with members of the elite Apple design group. Sadly, that group will never spill the beans on what they are designing, but earlier this week, one of the members of that group disclosed that Apple TV sales are absolutely through [...]

OUT-LAW.COM:
Apple’s digital rights management lock on its iPod device and
iTunes software is illegal, the Consumer Ombudsman in Norway has
ruled. The blow follows the news that consumer groups in Germany
and France are joining Norway’s action against Apple.
The Consumer Council believes that Apple has only three options: it can license Fairplay to any manufacturer that wants iTunes [...]

AP is reporting that Digital Music Group has entered into a three year agreement with Apple to sell their video content through iTunes. Among the shows that they own are episodes of I Spy, My Favorite Martians and Sam Kinison Comedy Specials.

Tags:Digital Music Group, iTunes, TV

Slate has a piece on the music available in iTunes Japan and how people outside Japan are able to get around restrictions that limit purchases to people who live there.

The song came out in 1987 and it was their first and only hit. A silly song, but I like it. Learn more at Wikipedia.

I read on DuranDuran.com that Colin Thurston the producer on Duran Duran first two albums has died.
Update:
The Independent has a short article with a bio.

Tags:Colin Thurston, Duran Duran, Music

Billboard:
Crowded House will reform after a 10-year-plus hiatus for a tour this year, including a stop at California’s Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in late April. The reunion, which was first reported by several Australian newspapers and confirmed by the webmaster of the Neil Finn site Frenz.com, will coincide with a new studio album.

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Yahoo! News
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – U.S. album sales continued to decline in 2006, down nearly 5 percent from the previous year, but total music sales were up thanks to a huge increase in digital downloads.
Year-end sales figures released Thursday by Nielsen SoundScan said 588.2 million albums were sold in 2006 — a 4.9 percent decline from [...]

Billboard:
Rumors are swirling that the Police will reunite for 2007 dates in England and the United States, which would be the legendary trio’s first since disbanding in 1986. Sources tell Billboard.com the reports are legitimate but would not publicly comment until final details are nearer to completion.
Sure beats seeing the Stones touring every year.

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George Michael according to the BBC was paid about 1.5. million pounds for a Russian billionaire’s New Year party. He had a much better New Years than I did and thank God he wasn’t driving.

Tags:George Michael, Music

I downloaded the Mac client for AOL radio tonight and what a great product so far. The sound quality, selection of music and the client’s ease of use is fantastic. If you are into internet radio or just into music you need to try this product. It’s also FREE!

I hope has a everyone has a safe and happy year.