RFA Headquarters / Miami Beach, Florida
31 December 2005
Greetings from a wonderfully beautiful final day of 2005 in Miami Beach.
We
have a new on-demand web cast for you today plus some other goodies and
news.
Listen to RFA 6.22: Our final web cast of 2005 leads off with "Auld Lang
Syne" from Dance Planet X, welcomes Combichrist (who performed here last
night) to RFA and also features numerous bands from our newest friend,
Silber Records Listen now @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.radiofreeabattoir.com/rfa/asx/rfa.asx.
(The playlist is at the
bottom of this email.)
Bid on 3 autographed CDs from Voltaire to aid hurricane and earthquake
relief. RFA will be donating the proceeds from these auctions to Habitat
for
Humanity and UNICEF. Go: http://www.radiofreeabattoir.com/donate.shtml.
You can still watch 9 videos and download a free EP from Auto-Auto plus 6
other free MP3 downloads. Go: http://www.radiofreeabattoir.com/
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Here's the playlist for RFA 6.22:
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Dance Planet X: Auld Lang Syne *
Helalyn Flowers: Acid Love Code
Absurd Minds: Gedanken Reich
Combichrist: Blut Royale
If Thousands: Push
Lunascape: Sequoia *
High Blue Star: S*****onin
Lycia: El Diablo (Remastered)
Penal Colony: Anomalous
Redeema: Trapped in Certainty
Small Life Form: Cymbal
SMP: Beta Male
The Evolutionaries: Recombination
Reincarnationfish: The Burning Air****p
Venus Fly Trap: DNA
* Denotes a track available for download @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
the RFA Shop:
http://shop.radiofreeabattoir.com/
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We like to let our listeners and industry partners know about music news,
gadgets, and other related tid bits we stumble across. Here's the lastest
batch of news:
* Reuters re****ts that Google has added a new search feature for music
that
will display songs, albums and lyrics to search results. Read more @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=internetNews&storyID=2005-12-15T141623Z_01_SCH529615_RTRUKOC_0_US-MEDIA-GOOGLE-MUSIC.xml
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* Information Week states that record labels are looking at and betting on
the success of digital-only labels. "To date, no musician has made it big
being online only. CDs still account for over 95% of music sales. Still,
the
all-digital cost equation for music companies is compelling. Read more @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=175700595&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_news
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* The New York Times writes about something we already know - that the
Internet is a "boon" for independent bands and labels using blogs, music
boards/****tals and message boards. Read more @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/27/arts/music/27musi.html&OP=29906485Q2FzQ220Pz!C,VLCCQ5EpzpddBzHpzp5zILQ5EVzQ5BqVY,zp5Q5BqVY9KQ5EQ5Bv
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* RAIN re****ts on a Wall Street Journal article that New York state
Attorney
General Eliot Spitzer is investigating price-fixing on MP3 downloads.
Warner
Music Group Corp., Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Universal Music Group
are the first three major labels to be subpoenaed. Read more @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.kurthanson.com/archive/news/122705/index.asp
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* MusicGremlin launches a new WiFi-enabled ****table music player that
stores
music, streams pre-programmed stations and includes a digital music store.
No PC, no wires. Read more @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.musicgremlin.com/
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* Sonos has also launch a nifty system that allows you to transmit music
via
a handheld controller wirelessly to any speaker system in your house.
Unfortunately, the system starts at US$1200! Read more @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.sonos.com/
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That's it for this week. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season.
Please let me wish you a happy, prosperous and healthy 2006. And don't
drink
and drive tonight! Thank you for all your sup****t over 2005. We'll see you
next year.
--
SamSam
www.radiofreeabattoir.com
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