Links: copyright, sounds, Owls!

• COLLEGE
• The Kind of Bloop guy got sued for his album art. I’m beginning to doubt whether we’ll ever have a logical overhaul of copyright law.
• Speaking of, Everything is a Remix part THREE
• Alfred Hitchcock on Television. I wonder if he said this before or after his television work.
• I’m going to start using “Owl Criticism” fairly often, since it quickly explains a problem I often have when reading reviews.
• Some gorgeous music made from a single synthesizer.
• Perhaps this XKCD would be better called Snob
• This Decemberists photo project is gorgeous.
• Hockey is like atonal music, and other sports analogies. This was the best thing I read all week. I disagree with some of it, but no doubt because I’ve learned how to interpret the information in a hockey game more than a casual watcher.
• Jeremy Denk lays the smack down on the ultra-casual dress in classical music lobby
• Early film special effects about a small ensemble. Viewed from our 21st century eyes, it seems to be a commentary on the power of computers to allow a single person to be the entire band and conductor.
• Some counterpoint to my usual Cage cheerleading from The Big City.
• Bjork talks to Arvo Part.
• Finally, Greenleaf Music is starting a new netlabel of cheap recordings of extremely talented musicians called Rare Metals. Check it out.

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