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March 7
Atlanta, All Your Base Belong to "Bum-bot" The Devil Stole The Beat humbly welcomes our tin can overlords as O’Terril’s owner deploys wheeled meat smoker to combat drug dealers and aggressive vagrants. (via DAFC)
March 5
Taking EMI To Task Our pal (and former professional cyclist) Rob Evans’ terse open letter to EMI gets the warm fuzzies from Hypebot. Way to go Rob.
March 4
The Charlatans UK are Dead. Long Live The Charlatans UK. The We Told You So Department checks in as The Charlatans release album as a free download.  
March 1
INDISTR nabs a swell feature on WIRED as they roll out their name your own price product.  Artists get 75% of revenue, paid in real time.
INDISTR nabs a swell feature on WIRED as they roll out their name your own price product.  Artists get 75% of revenue, paid in real time.
February 26
Free As New. Wired editor and author of The Long Tail, Chris Anderson on “why $0.00 is the future…”
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 Thanks Kids!  Nearly 600 people braved two nights of amazing music at this years edition of The Devil Stole The Beat.  Many, many thanks to the every single one of the amazing artists that performed and to all of sponsors and pals for making this happen.  You should all thank Bartram Nason for shooting some stellar pics of Judi Chicago.  (photo courtesy Bartram Nason Photography)
 Thanks Kids!  Nearly 600 people braved two nights of amazing music at this years edition of The Devil Stole The Beat.  Many, many thanks to the every single one of the amazing artists that performed and to all of sponsors and pals for making this happen.  You should all thank Bartram Nason for shooting some stellar pics of Judi Chicago.  (photo courtesy Bartram Nason Photography)
February 25

Winston Audio HOSED. Gear Ganked.

Atlanta band robbed of nearly $11,000 worth of equipment.  Do your best to help out.  Donate here.
February 19
See you there.
See you there.
February 18
What, No Ming The Merciless? Artists find ways to involve their more tech-savvy fans.  Bald megalomaniacs everywhere bummed as Flash drives gain in popularity. as  (via Hypebot)
February 15
“The vice-grip hegemony of the corporate labels and corporate radio stations is loosening every day, which can only be seen as a good thing for music and listeners.” Moby quoted in the FMQB profile on Engadget founder and RCRDLBL co-founder Peter Rojas.  
February 12
File Under "Duh". From the didn’t see that one coming department, Blog posts actually sell records.  (via The Daily Swarm)
February 6
"Long Live The Day Parties!" Pirates & parasites? As we get closer to the 2008 edition of The Devil Stole The Beat, there is - somehow - no mention of us in this interview with SXSW co-founder Roland Swenson. (via The Daily Swarm)
February 1
"You Can’t Turn Back The Ocean". Free Republic learns that Kurt Loder A) is apparently still alive, and B) has a very informed opinion on the big media death watch.  (via Kings of A&R)
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PaRappa. Our former roomies at A3C get a nice plug from Paste.  Make sure you set aside time to attend during your post SXSW recovery.
January 31
Our friends in The Whigs absolutely killed their Letterman appearance.  Kudos fellas. 
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