beepSNORTA New Music Blog Covering the Online Independent Contemporary Music NetworkBBC Pulls Back on Free Downloads- November 30, 2005 Caving to industry pressure and the threat of job loss, the BBC has decided to limit downloads in its upcoming Bach series. The controversy is that a public broadcasting network would in this manner forsake the educational agenda begun with the Beethoven download series. No doubt whatever downloads are allowed will be incomplete in some way. That a public broadcasting network, funded with tax payer dollars would favor the recording corporations (and it is multi-faceted for sure) over a public...http://beepsnort.org/archives/000392.html Kyle Gann on Nancarrow- November 6, 2005 Conlon Nancarrow, Reluctant Celebrity He was humble, reticent, full of integrity, sure of himself, but imposing no expectations on others. Taking John Cage's politics with a grain of salt, he once told me, "Cage isn't really an anarchist, he just doesn't want to be bothered!"...http://beepsnort.org/archives/000387.html |