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James Brown: Finding New Meaning in Mr. Dynamite

Early in Kill ‘Em and Leave, James McBride writes that “the
 James Brown story is not about James Brown. It’s about who’s getting paid, whose interest is involved, who can squeeze the estate
and black history for more … It’s reflective of the sad state of the American popular emporium these…

All of YouTube’s Major Label Deals Are Now Expiring…

Will the industry fix its ‘YouTube Problem’ in 2016? YouTube’s contracts with major labels Warner Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, and Universal Music Group are all about to expire, or already expired, according to reports and sources this morning.  In a report late last night, the Financial Times noted that YouTube is girding for a ‘showdown’ […]

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America’s Psychedelic Majority: How LSD Changed Culture Forever

Jesse Jarnow’s fascinating new book, Heads: A Biography of Psychedelic America, explores what he calls “a vast and learned psychonautical diaspora”
– the social and physical world shaped by drugs
like LSD, DMT, peyote, MDMA and mushrooms. At the center of the story is the freewheeling economy that grew up around the…

Potential Solution To Piracy Struck Down

The Federal Circuit is holding firm on its decision that the International Trade Commission should not be given authority over digital goods, a decision which has sparked some significant controversy. _______________________________ Guest post from David Lowery of The Trichordist You can’t make this up. Law 360 is reporting that the…

Watch Conan O’Brien’s Glammy, Over-the-Top K-Pop Video

Conan O’Brien and The Walking Dead’s Steven Yeun become K-Pop stars in J.Y. Park’s insane video for “Fire,” filmed during the comedian’s recent South Korean episode of Conan. 

The clip opens with the duo daydreaming at their boring office job. “Hey Steve, I really need to have some fun tonight,” O’Brien says….