Fu-quon posted about DJ Funktuall back in April of 2008 and I’ve been trying to follow him ever since. He’s been a prolific YouTube poster and has prodced a number of great videos talking about amazing samples in hip-hop history. In fact, he’s done a tremendous amount to try and redirect hip hop heads back to their roots. Unlike many other sample records that just try and get famous by ratting out who uses which sample, Funktuall seems to show a genuine love for both the original artist and the new act.
Now he’s put up a pretty sincere rant about the copyright police taking aim at YouTube which I think is fully worth posting.
Without people who do mashups and their own music videos to songs, YouTube would be nothing but bad sketch comedy, videos about kittens, and all kinds of bad softcore. Here’s hoping someone takes notice.
Pitchfork TV has a quick trailer about . For those of you who are unfamiliar, it’s a documentary about Joe Bussard, one of the most prolific record collectors in recent memory.
This guy collected 25,000 records, mainly blues, folk and gospel. In fact, he ran a record label that tried to reissue many of these old recordings.
He probably did more to preserve music than almost anyone I can think of. It’s a pretty fascinating look at what drives someone to do that. Check it out below, and do your best to find a copy of the full documentary.
Rod Blagojevich, formerly the Governor of Illinois, has finally been impeached and .
It may not come as much of a surprise, because the evidence was heavily against him. Blagojevich has taken the stupid move of trying to boycott the process. He basically went on a PR offensive, lining up a whole lot of nationally televised interviews in an effort to win public support.
But it was a farce. Far from making him seem more human, Blagojevich somehow managed to alienate more people. Perhaps it was by to Mandela, Gandhi and Dr. King that really tipped the balance. It sure did for me.
Now, Blagojevich has become the first Illinois governor to ever be successfully impeached, and he is barred from ever holding public office in Illinois again. All this because he got greedy and wanted to sell the Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama. The fascinating part of this story is how little this scandal has impacted Obama or the Democratic party in general. Most of the time, these type of incidents would be pounced on and trumpeted by the other party. In this case, Blago was truly on his own.
