Grooveshark Quits Germany
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Sat., Jan 21, 2012
Grooveshark are quitting Germany according to this piece on Billboard. There's also some more on Grooveshark's Digital Music New subpoena here. 

Megaheadache
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Sat., Jan 21, 2012
Filesharing site MegaUpload has been taken down and some interesting details about the company have emerged. "Other emails discussed offering cash incentives to users who uploaded large quantities of unlicensed movies, and when not to take notice of takedown requests submitted by content owners under the aforementioned DMCA. One email also mused “we have a funny business … modern days pirates :)”. Court papers also say that the Mega companies took $110 million through PayPal, which had enabled Schmitz to pay himself $42 million in 2010 alone. The Mega group had 60 bank accounts around the world, and owned a fleet of cars and motorbikes, some with personalised number plates using words like “STONED”, “GUILTY” and “MAFIA”." Read all about it here.  

It's No Joke
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Sat., Jan 21, 2012
My thanks to BrotherBeavis for sending in this excerpt from a blog by comedian Patton Oswalt. BrotherBeavis says "Here's a post about the execrable behavior of people who try and tape his shows; Uncle Bob might find some resonance to his own experiences"

"I can't stress this enough: she clumsily brought the camera out and started taping after I'd done half of the story...
So in that single act I've lost control of which version of my story has been turned from signal to noise, as well as who decides when, where, and to whom it's shown.

It's the equivalent, to me, of sitting at a table in a coffee shop or library, writing the first draft of a short story, or screenplay or, were I a musician, song lyrics, and having someone walk by, whip the sheet away from me, snap a pic with their camera, and then say, "Hey, I'm a fan of your stuff. I want the new thing you're working on permanently on my phone now. I'm deciding when it's 'done.'"

More at pattonoswalt.com

Happy New Year
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Fri., Jan 20, 2012
Robert's updated diary enters 2012 today! 

3 Of A Perfect Pair Music Camp
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Fri., Jan 20, 2012
Following on from last year's event, Adrian Belew, Tony Levin and Pat Mastelotto are hosting another camp later this year.

Grooveshark Bite Back
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Jan 19, 2012
Grooveshark are pursuing Digital Music News as part of it's battle against UMG's law suit. At the time of writing, King Crimson material was still available on the Grooveshark site. Well, fancy that.

Crimson Tribute
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Wed., Jan 18, 2012
The Great Deceivers are a Crimson tribute band who will be playing on Friday, Jan 20th, at the Universal Bar and Grill, North Hollywood CA, at 10pm. 

Beat That For A Coincidence
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Wed., Jan 18, 2012
Tales of the unexpected with a touch of Crimson anyone?

Crimso 74 Montreal Goes Live
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Jan 16, 2012
King Crimson hit the ground running in this archive gig from their last tour in 1974.

Boz-Era Recordings Wanted!
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Jan 16, 2012
Alex "stormy" Mundy is putting together ideas for a tour bundle of the Islands-era band but there’s some real gaps in the archive. Here’s what Alex has after the four concerts at the Zoom Club: