6 posts tagged Pampelmoose

A Five Point Plan to Save the Music Business May 17th, 2008 by Dave Allen It seems to me that the music industry and its advisors move at a glacial pace when it comes to embracing the internet and new business models.

Here’s one of those moments where modern culture and history collide very nicely. The modern part being the simple viral nature of YouTube, an email from my friend Maf who is traveling around his birthplace, Wales and the old Llanfrynach Church organ. And like anything to do with UK history it comes with a simple tale.

Gang of Four (l-r) Gill, King, Allen, Burnham Allen (l) and Burnham (r) in happier times, May 5th 2005 backstage at Portland’s Crystal Ballroom (pic: Jamie Francis) GANG OF FOUR MINUS TWO The original and best-loved line-up of famed post-punk icons Gang of Four reunited in 2005 to great acclaim and success - unfortunately all good things must come to an end.

pampelmoose tv April 19th, 2008 by Dave Allen I’m messing around with all of these online video tools and I’ve decided that Vimeo is where it’s at. They have cool widgets and sharing tools as well as a Facebook application and this Hubnut app. The player above will stream all of the recent videos I’ve uploaded.

music blogs will not be the new record labels April 18th, 2008 by Dave Allen Two blog posts dropped into my inbox this week. One from Elliott Van Buskirk’s Wired blog and one from Gerd Leonhard on Digital Music News.

myspace and the major labels April 11th, 2008 by Dave Allen No Age on the Lamar Bridge at SXSW 08 ©Nilina Mason-Campbell Things just got a little more confusing. One of Wired’s blogs covered the MySpace/major labels story [it might even turn out to be a non-story] - MySpace has partnered with