From the Freakonomics blog
Please take a look at the paper linked below.

As Koleman Strumpf showed in his paper “The Effect of File Sharing on Record Sales,” the deleterious effects of the Internet on entertainment industry models have a tendency to be overblown.

Downloads have an effect on sales which is statistically
indistinguishable from zero, despite rather precise […]

Mark Ronson remix of the Bob Dylan classic
Non-embedded YouTube Version here
Me, I love this version. From the Rolling Stone article.
Bobby D

Marky R

Bonus points if you name the backup band
What was your recording process like?
They gave us the original four-track recording of the song. But because it was from the early Sixties, it was that […]

A benefit to the Daily Show opening up all their archives.

All hail Heather who probably doesn’t even know about my past history with Winona.
Tourettes Update: Heather is a well known lover of all things Pearl Jam. Pearl Jam contributed a song to the Victoria Williams benefit CD called “Sweet Relief”. Also contributing to that effort was “Soul Asylum” doing my fave song on that record […]

one of the most expressive guitar solos ever.

Wilco is so on top of their game - best band touring today? Could be.
Bonus - “What Light”

Touring with a band like Gov’t Mule has clearly been fun for Grace Potter and the Nocturnals. The Mule’s has called on Grace to help them out with numerous cover songs on the tour. Below are some of the best along with references to some of the originals. This isn’t comprehensive, I’m still looking for […]