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Napster, Digital Rights Management, and Lawsuits Against 12-Year-Olds: 10 Defining Moments in Digital Music History

November's edition of Reverb Monthly featured an article ("Rhapsody: Perfecting the Pitch") by Chris Kornelis about Seattle-based music subscription service Rhapsody that detailed the pioneering company's past and future in the context of the digital music revolution. Here's a look at 10 milestones ... More >>

Rhapsody: Perfecting the Pitch

The Netflix of music is celebrating 10 years of being the next big thing. Is it primed to finally turn that prophecy into reality?

Microsoft Kills the Zune

​When we published a story last week about rumors that Microsoft would finally pull the plug on its $100 skipping stone, the Zune, a strange thing happened: No one from the Redmond company's public-affairs office called to say "Those rumors are false! Zune rules!" Today's leaked announcement r ... More >>

The Cave Singers' Derek Fudesco: Indispensable SXSW Accessory? "Speed"

Derek Fudesco, right, with the Cave Singers.​Every March, the entire music industry descends on Austin, Texas, for the South By Southwest Music Conference and Festival March 15 to 20, and Seattle's scene is no exception. Dozens of bands are making the trip, and they'll be playing more shows an ... More >>

Today's Most Convincing Argument for Why You Don't Actually Own the MP3s You Buy

​Some of us have been preaching for years that a person never owns mp3s the way you own CDs, cassettes, vinyl, etc. And in an age when you can stream digital music to your smart phone, PC, or TV, and pay just $10 a month for access to millions of songs (MOG, Rhapsody, Rdio, etc.), there are fe ... More >>

Melinda Gates: My Kids Aren't Allowed to Have iPods

​Bill and Melissa Gates kids have it made. Their parents are rich, beloved the world over for their philanthropic largesse and, even if most of the family money will be spent curing malaria and other third-world diseases, there will still be enough cash left over to buy a small Mediterranean i ... More >>

Seattle Tattoo Expo's Damon Conklin on "Hairway to Steven," Z-Trip and God

​ In some ways, SuperGenius Tattoo owner and Seattle Tattoo Expo co-founder Damon Conklin listens to pretty much what you'd expect a tattoo artist to listen to: Van Halen, Metallica, Aerosmith and absolutely not ABBA. But there are always going to be a few surprises. Before being featured and ... More >>

Thriller App

The iPad is opening up new worlds for autistic children.

Reverb Questionnaire: Comedian Laurie Kilmartin on Bow Wow Wow, ABBA and Liberation Through the Pretenders

Laurie Kilmartin is performing at the Comedy Underground through Saturday. Shows are at 10 p.m. ​Laurie Kilmartin used to be a jock, swimming for the University of California, Los Angeles. Now she's a class clown as a professional comic, though she didn't drop swimming entirely--she used to po ... More >>

Reverb Questionnaire: Janeane Garofalo On Marshall Tucker, The Beach Boys, The Jam

Janeane Garofalo performs at 7 and 9:30 p.m., Saturday, at The Moore. Tickets are $18.​Before coming to town to tape a new stand-up comedy special at a pair of shows at The Moore on Saturday, comedian, actor, and political activist Janeane Garofalo took a few minutes to reflect on her first sh ... More >>

Rhapsody in Zune

The best feature of Microsoft's underrated mp3 player just lost some of its shimmer.

If You Have an iPhone and You Listen to Music You'll Want to Know About Rhapsody's Updated App

Let's assume for a minute that you have either an iPhone. The following is now an option: 1. Fork over $10 a month to Rhapsody, the Seattle-based music subscription service. This will give you access to their entire collection of 9 million songs on your computer. 2. Download the updated Rhapsody ... More >>

Reverb Questionnaire: NPR's Michele Norris On The Jackson 5, Steely Dan, and the Other "Stairway to Heaven"

2007 NPR by Stephen VossMichele Norris appears with Rosanne Cash at 8 p.m., Saturday, May 1, at The Moore. Tickets are $35 and $45 via STGPresents.org.​Michele Norris' may be the most popular voice in the city of Seattle. If there are radios in this town that her soothing voice doesn't inhabit ... More >>

Do You Suffer From iPod Dependency?

​Life as I know it is over. I woke up this morning to discover my car had been ransacked. My glove compartment was empty, the backseat strewn with registration and insurance papers. I knew the damage before I even took a closer look. The asshole stole my precious pink Nano iPod. (No thanks, I ... More >>

Seattle People Q&A: Malcolm Digs The Who, the '70s, Can Remember His First Concert, But Not His Last

Jenny Jimenez​Every week, photographer and conversationalist Jenny Jimenez ventures out into the city and brings back photos and notes about the folks she encounters. This week, she ran into Malcolm Sinclair downtown. All questions by Jenny Jimenez: What kind of music are you listening to th ... More >>

Music Trend That Died in the '00s: People Carrying Every One of Their Damn CDs Wherever They Go

​Replaced, of course, by people carrying every damn mp3 they own in their iPods. But still, I'm really, really glad I don't have to see these cases around anymore. They are the pagers of recorded music vessels.

I've Been Listening to Joy Division, Lou Reed, and Kelis

Lou ReedDuff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. He writes about what's circulating through his iPod every Monday.​Joy Division, "Atmosphere" (Permanent): This song and this record as a whole always has held a spooky -- while beautiful -- and very honest place with me. Atmosphere ... More >>

McDermott Adds to Your Gadget Guilt

No blood for cell phones.

My iPod: From Prince to Judas Priest

Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb.​I had the chance to take part in a Camp Freddy gig down in L.A. last weekend at the House of Blues. Camp Freddy is a sort of rock-and-roll collective that gets together once in a while to play some gig or another (from fundraisers to straigh ... More >>

Food Tangent: Walkman's 30th Anniversary & Coffeecake

This week marks the 30th anniversary of the first Sony Walkman. Cleaning out my closet last night, listening to a TBTL segment about a 13 year old who gives up his iPod for a 1st generation Walkman (high-larious story HERE), I found my first Walkman. The WM-F5, you know the one--yellow, waterproof, ... More >>

I've Been Listening to Blackalicious, the New Dylan, and Mowing My Lawn

I've got drawers of CDs, books of CDs, a couple shelves full of records, mp3s on my wife's computer, plenty on mine, an iPod, and some cds in my truck that I haven't seen in years. No, I'm not bragging about the size or scope of my record collection (there are 15-year-olds all around the country wit ... More >>

Joshua Beckman

I've got drawers of CDs, books of CDs, a couple shelves full of records, mp3s on my wife's computer, plenty on mine, an iPod, and some cds in my truck that I haven't seen in years. No, I'm not bragging about the size or scope of my record collection (there are 15-year-olds all around the country wit ... More >>

EMP's Museum-Grade Technology

I really didn't think much of it until I got comfortable before the keynote situation. But, when I asked the fellow to my left what he thought about the panel discussion we'd just experienced, he hit the nail right on the head: What is going on with the technology around here? This gentleman, who ... More >>

The Long, Slow Death of the Zune

Bill Gates eulogizing the Zune at a Redmond campus burial ceremony in 2011.There are a lot of benefits to living in the same town as Microsoft. For one, it employs a ton of people. And local papers do things like devote entire blogs to the company, so that we can hear the entertaining excuses of its ... More >>

Cumulus Festival MP3 Extravaganza: Deelay Ceelay EP

Actually, this is not an mp3, but a whole EP, called Thank You, which you can download by clicking right here. Deelay Ceelay is a duo from Portland -- its members are video artist/musician Chris Lael Larson and percussionist Delaney Kelly -- and they make dynamic electronic instrumental music with a ... More >>

Holiday Music Hits A New Low

In the car this morning-- yes, I drove, which is apparently safer than trying to walk down Madison to downtown-- I heard some horrible, bastardized version of Led Zeppelin's "D'yer Maker" on 102.5, in which the "oh, oh oh oh oh oh" part is replaced with, "ho ho ho ho ho ho." It is addressed to Santa ... More >>

Download a Free MP3 From Each of the 64 Local Bands Playing REVERBfest!

In the car this morning-- yes, I drove, which is apparently safer than trying to walk down Madison to downtown-- I heard some horrible, bastardized version of Led Zeppelin's "D'yer Maker" on 102.5, in which the "oh, oh oh oh oh oh" part is replaced with, "ho ho ho ho ho ho." It is addressed to Santa ... More >>

What Should We Do About the DNC?

In the car this morning-- yes, I drove, which is apparently safer than trying to walk down Madison to downtown-- I heard some horrible, bastardized version of Led Zeppelin's "D'yer Maker" on 102.5, in which the "oh, oh oh oh oh oh" part is replaced with, "ho ho ho ho ho ho." It is addressed to Santa ... More >>

IPod Backlash

And the hidden costs of your portable security blanket.

Why Seattleites Are Picketing in the Writers' Strike

Because they want to get back to writing your after-work specials.

RIAA to Music Fans: You Are All Guilty!

Because they want to get back to writing your after-work specials.

Last Chance to Bid: Ethics Auction

Because they want to get back to writing your after-work specials.

OMG! Some Old Dude's on My iPod!

Because they want to get back to writing your after-work specials.

The Essential Bumbershoot Planning Tool

Because they want to get back to writing your after-work specials.

I Want to Ride My Bicycle

Because they want to get back to writing your after-work specials.

Weekend Review: Modest Mouse, Stephen Marley, The Long Winters

Because they want to get back to writing your after-work specials.

Apple's Not the Bad Guy

Because they want to get back to writing your after-work specials.

Welcome to Voracious

Because they want to get back to writing your after-work specials.

Forbes Says Zune Sucks

Because they want to get back to writing your after-work specials.

Horoscopes

Sept. 27-Oct. 3, 2006

Coming Zune

Once again, Microsoft is chasing Apple in the hipster hardware game. Will it make sweet music this time?

Guarding Jobs

Once again, Microsoft is chasing Apple in the hipster hardware game. Will it make sweet music this time?

Apple's New Tiny TV

Video programming is limited at the iTunes store, but with know-how and Quicktime Pro, you can load anything onto the V-iPod.

Five Ways the Music Industry Is Changing in Seattle (and Everywhere Else)

Starbucks is selling nearly as many records as it is lattes, but not for long, because the CD is almost dead. And you can hear it all by tuning in to KEXP-FM—from anywhere on the planet. Here's a brief survey of where the music business is now and may be heading in 2005.

Pocket Jukebox

iPod might be the best known, maybe even the best, but it's not the only digital-music option.

Microsoft's Sacred Cash Cow

A former Microsoftie says addiction to Windows revenue, mediocre products, and missed opportunities could doom Seattle's most successful company.

iPod As iGod

Michaelangelo Matos

Talkin' 'Bout a Revolution

Look out, Walkman! MP3 players represent the future of portable music