This is the video for Long Gone by Fat City Reprise. It was made by Cesar Kuriyama on Vimeo. No video camera. A Nikon D200 took 42,000 still images, and Cesar spent 14 months of his spare time to put it together.

I don't often review new albums but this one was compelling for a number of reasons.

I am this time because Guns N' Roses is a classic Rock Icon, and rock icon's don't make comeback albums after 15 years. Also I was never a Guns 'N Roses fan. I didn't dislike them at all, but I never bought or even heard an album. I've only ever known... you know, the popular songs that you hear all over. So I though it would be good to give a GNR ignorant opinion about their latest album. The main reason that put me over the top, was that fact that they managed to do what Metallica hasn't done. The made a good sounding album.

Yes I know Not this dynamic range crap again! I'm sorry, but yes I have to. I really like the songs on both Chinese Democracy, and Death Magnetic. However Death Magnetic sounds like shit. The dynamics have been almost completely leveled out, making it sound like loud noise. Apparently Guns 'N Roses are aware of this trend, and wanted the album to sound like what their fans remember. So I can say it sounds truly fantastic. Crank it up and it really makes you feel the music. Major props to Guns 'N Roses.

Alright. With all that technical audiophile crap out of the way, the songs are very cool. It's very clear they spend a lot of time on this album. Every song sounds meticulously crafted with purpose. Each one musicly (is that a word) evokes the perfect emotions to complement the lyrics. It's just all kinds of perfect. I fully expect them to win a Grammy for this.

XKCD is probably one of the best comic strips ever. Certainly in the tech industry anyway.

The RIAA and MPAA already assume everybody is a criminal and stealing their imaginary property. That is why on all the movies you legally buy there are FBI and Interpol messages reminding you that copying is a crime. As well on the back of nearly every CD.

Update: Oct 14th 11:17am

On top of all that, we are now going to have now have a Copyright Czar in the Whitehouse. How Fascist is that?! It's like putting a ProIP lobbyist in the Precedent's cabinet. What am I saying Like for? That exactly what it is!

Hey everybody! My favorite manager, and best friend in CT, finally got herself into a studio and recorded some songs. Right now you can hear them on her MySpace page. So if anybody needs a Powerful, Beautiful voice for their band. You have to check her out.

This is it. A slightly disturbing percentage of my posts in tha last months are about Nine Inch Nails and Trent Reznor. But that's only because it's pretty important.

So the go to www.nin.com on may 5 suggestion was not about the new site. It was in fact the release date for a new album The Slip.

Year Zero was released on April 16th 2007. Prior to that it was not uncommon for a span of many (5+) years between major studio albums. This time just under 13 months. And if you count Ghosts I-VI (all instrumental) only 2 months. I'm sure a large part of that is the fact that NIN and Trent Reznor are no longer tied to any label. The first released single from The Slip was released online and to radio within 24 hours of it being mastered.

Tech Dirt has a quick write up on the model that The Slip has been released with. Trent Reznor will cut the path that the rest of the music industry will follow in the future. I have no doubt of that.

As far as the album it's self goes. While the style may be far from the days of The Downward Spiral, I really like it. It’s built with very thick and heavy industrial dance beats, making a couple of great radio songs. The album as a whole, track, by track, fades into more experimental, and thus interesting stuff later. It absolutely brings back the overall form of the album as a whole, as something more that just a collection of random singles. Which I love.

Grab a copy yourself, it's completely free.