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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Soundtrack

Telefon Tel Aviv – Immolate Yourself

Puscifer – V is for Vagina

The Wood Brothers – Ways Not To Lose

Frank Sinatra – Seduction, Sinatra Sings of Love

Koop – Koop Islands

Deep Forest – Deep Forest

DJ/rupture – Uproot

Live – Throwing Copper

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The island, a rainy outpost in the Irish Sea, is promoting an offbeat remedy for digital piracy, which the music labels blame for billions of dollars in lost sales. Instead of fighting file-sharing, the local government wants to embrace it — and it is trying to enlist a skeptical music industry’s help.

Read the rest here.

The nominal fee for broadband users discussed in the article sounds definitely like a step in the right direction. Lets hope other nations adopt this model, assuming of course it generates the requisite revenue for the labels and artists.

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After years of suing thousands of people for allegedly stealing music via the Internet, the recording industry is set to drop its legal assault as it searches for more effective ways to combat online music piracy.

The decision represents an abrupt shift of strategy for the industry, which has opened legal proceedings against about 35,000 people since 2003. Critics say the legal offensive ultimately did little to stem the tide of illegally downloaded music. And it created a public-relations disaster for the industry, whose lawsuits targeted, among others, several single mothers, a dead person and a 13-year-old girl.

Read the rest here.

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It was revealed today that Refugee Camp affiliate John Forte watched his sentence commuted, one of 16 people pardoned by President Bush. Forte and another inmate were given reduced sentences, whereas the other 14 were pardoned.

In 2000, Forte, an alum of the prestigious Phillips Exter Academy, was convicted sentenced to 14 years in prison for aiding and abetting the distribution of over five kilograms of cocaine. Per reports, he is set to be released December 22, to five years of probation.

Read the rest here. Thanks to Richard X for the tip.

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THE DARK KNIGHT has been disqualified from the Original Music Score category by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. While this may surprise you, the move isn’t unprecendented – BATMAN BEGINS was similarly disqualified in 2005. The reason give by the AMPAS for the disqualification was that five names – Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard, Alex Gibson, Mel Wesson and Lorne Balfe – were listed as composers on the official studio document that specifies all music in the film.

Read the rest here. Shame on you AMPAS! This is one of the best soundtracks of the year!

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There’s really no good way to spin this. If you’re so messy that it can be considered your defining characteristic, is that really something to brag about? And if you’re really committed to the whole alliteration thing, and using the awful name Marv as an anchor, can’t you think of some better M words? Marvelous Marv? Masta’ Marv? Magnificent Marv? You could even be hard and go with Murda Marv. Hell, be funny and use Starvin Marvin. Anything is better than what you’ve got now.

Read the hilarious list here.

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