The Daily Loper – November 8, 2007

Hootenanny in E-dition

Todays links of interest:

• Hold Steady, Husker Du Guys in Replacements Book
  This might be the greatest headline ever. Of course, we’re already reading it, but we haven’t yet got to the part where the ‘Mats play the Star Palace in Fresno. Which is, of course, wishful thinking. But given the stories we know about just that one night — not to mention other two times they played Fresno — we already know that no single book could ever encompass the messy, fucked-up all-time greatness of The Replacements.
• A Trade Publication Alters a Rule, Lifting an Eagles Album to No. 1
  Much hate for the Eagles, and much more hate for Wal-Mart, and so they deserved the exclusive deal they made to sell the Eagles reunion album. Yet, it’s a good thing that Billboard changed their rules to allow for that album to top the charts — isn’t the whole point of the charts to at least try to represent the reality of sales? What makes this story funnier is that it came at Britney’s expense. Oh, and that there are now stories of other retail outlets selling Wal-Mart’s "exclusive."
• Battlestar Galactica Producer Talks Strike
  Ron Moore on how Universal fracked him over with the "promotional" Webisodes and how this all affects the next season of "Battlestar." At this point it seems a given that we won’t see the final episode until 2009, at best.
• Prince wants to sue his fans, undo the Internet
  You’d think that Prince might be one of the people who would side with his fans, against the major labels. You know, the whole "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" deal, but not so much.
• TiVo temporarily reinstates 0 lifetime subscription for Series3, HD
  Some of us are still living with a Series 1 TiVo and lifetime subscription. We take this "lifetime" thing seriously.
• O’Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing Conference 2008: Information & Registration
  Registration now open. Go. Do. In addition to the featured speakers, we can promise a very special guest speaker. No, not her. Plus, c’mon, New York in February? What better excuse to hang out at the bar and talk crazy shop with us?