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Goldbaby's Tape-808 and Tape-909 Sample Collections
All hail the mighty Roland TR-808 and TR-909, pillars of electronic music! Chances are, though, that unless you’ve got stacks of cash lying around (eBay has 808’s regularly going for $2000 US) you’ll never own one of these vintage drum machines. Until now ... in a digital sense,...
The Masonic Center in Nob Hill gets the go-ahead for entertainment upgrade
The San Francisco Chronicle reported in its March 3rd issue that the San Francisco Planning Commission voted to allow LiveNation to go ahead with its massive renovation and expansion of the Masonic Center in Nob Hill. According to the article, the upgrade to the Masonic Center would allow...
2562: A Space Odyssey
The line separating dubstep and techno is quickly being erased by a handful of DJs and producers around the world including Dutch artist, 2562. With a stellar discography of dubstep on influential labels such as Tectonic along with his techno releases under his A Made Up Sound moniker, 2562 has...
Google’s sudden music blog purge and its implications
Yesterday, in response to allegations of DMCA violations, several popular music blogs were wiped off the face of the net. They were hosted by Google via Blogger, and it was only after they were completely erased that the owners received emails to the effect of “We got one too many complaints...
Myspace CEO Resigns
 LOS ANGELES – Owen Van Natta is stepping down as CEO of struggling social networking site MySpace, effective immediately, after less than a year on the job.MySpace's parent, News Corp., made the announcement late Wednesday. The former chief revenue officer at MySpace rival Facebook...
"Entertainment Commission a total failure" says SF Chronicle
 After the recent shootings outside of Suede, San Francisco Chronicle columnist C.W. Nevius calls out the Entertainment Condition in a scathing article. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/11/BAMV1BVJ80.DTL He only cites the issues surrounding one specific...
Free downloads from Stompy.com
The San Francisco-based Digital Download boutique, Stompy.com, announced the release of the latest in their digital compilation series. Entitled the ‘Stompy 2010 Sampler,’ the release is available now for free at Stompy.com. This compilation features 14 top labels and artists from a wide...
Radio Gaga: The 2010 Grammys
The 2010 Grammy Awards ceremony was held last night and, as usual, mediocrity was the cause for celebration. But you can't really blame the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the organization which holds the event and presents the awards. With such a formal name, it is pretty...
Loco Dice: Blood on the dance floor
Remember PLUR, that cheesy acronym from the early rave days? It stood for Peace, Love, Unity and Respect and was intended to act as a guide line for behavior at parties. Like many well-intentioned designs of the idealistic rave era, it fell to the wayside like so many kids after one-too-many...

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