I’ve only got a minute here in between important job responsibilities and pressing concerns, so trust I won’t waste your time. Christgau’s online archive is a great place to waste some time.

Here’s a gem as Christgau recreates the experience of interviewing rock legends the Archers of Loaf.

His favorite interview question ever: “Do you love the Archers of Loaf?” His answer: “Yes. I must love this band, because I think about them more than I do myself.”

I interviewed the Archers once after a ‘93 or ‘94 show at Rick’s in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Tough to pin down, irony was just getting hot and they owned it. Maybe the most exciting rock band at the time.

It’s fun to travel back with Christgau!

Travis Wright at CultivateGreatness.com has pulled together an excellent list of 100 free podcasts from top colleges. It’s a great resource for lifelong learner types.

[tags]academic podcasting, CultivateGreatness.com[/tags]

Any of you who’ve read more than a couple posts here may have noticed that I’m trying hard to hit the technorati 2,000,000 mark. You’ve seen the tags. You know it’s a serious deal - a big deal - the Blogosphere 2.000.000™. We’ve been fighting since day one and I’ve gotta confess… it hasn’t been easy.

In honor of our joint efforts, you and me together, today we should take a second (together) to reflect and declare premature victory. We win.

We’re at 1,910,875. We’re already within 95.54375% of our goal!

A couple of my friends linked to us. That kinda screwed it for awhile but no problem because otherwise we’ve been kicking butt. It’s pretty amazing when you think about it. It’s time to celebrate.

We may not be at or near the 2,000,000 mark forever so let’s do ourselves a favor and enjoy it while it lasts.

[tags]Blogosphere 2.000.000™, digg this, add me to your favorites, spread the word[/tags]

At this point no one knows which way to go… eventually someone somewhere will find someplace good and we’ll give music a new rev level and blog about it ’til you puke.

In the meantime, here’s an interesting perspective from the frontier (h/t PotLuckCon):

Technology is advancing far too quickly for the old safeguards of intellectual property rights to keep up, and while we wait for the technical fixes to emerge, those of us who want to explore the opportunities the Internet offers need to establish a set of ground rules that give us the power to decide how our music is exploited and by whom.

That’s singer/songwriter Billy Bragg in an intelligent opinion piece last month in the NYT titled “The Royalty Scam”.

[tags]intellectual property, publishing, Billy Bragg[/tags]