Ruinednation

Quick update. The first post of mixtape.ruinednation is up for your listening pleasure. This week the mix is focused on cover songs. I will attempt to post a new mix every week.

http://mixtape.ruinednation.com – there is also a link to the site in upper right corner.

I just added a page for which all media related to Ruined, Threshing Floor, and Rip-Off Dub Syndicate can be found. There you will find two sections of originals and covers. Original material is licensed with Creative Commons and I encourage their use in podcasts, remixes, free/non-profit radio streams. Covers are not available for download (and I highly doubt they ever will be) but after I get permissions worked out I’m hopeful that there will be on sale on iTunes, Amazon, etc later this year.

Enjoy!

http://www.ruinednation.com/media/

“Not to trust everybody. Not to trust everybody in the industry. There’s a lot of sharks and record companies steal. They cheat. I have to audit them. And it’s time for artists to take a stand against them.”

As I woke this morning and getting ready for work I had ABC’s GMA drivel going in the background when they did a story about Micheal Jackson’s funeral service. In it they put a clip of a private interview with Director Brett Ratner and the above quote was part that clip.

Although I have very little respect for Jackson, I will say that for someone who has been declared “The King of Pop” for a the better part of two generations to come down on the record industry speaks volumes about the decay and greed of record labels.

Micheal Jackson/Brett Ratner interview part 1

Micheal Jackson/Brett Ratner interview part 2

*Edit – This post was written last year during the elections*

So now that we’re knee deep in this year’s election and after countless debates with a multitude of choice phrases from all candidates, I’ve been thinking that what we need is EBN a performance group that was ten years too early.

EBN or Emergency Broadcast Network was one of the most unique bands I have ever listened to and seen in concert. The first time I ever heard of them, some friends and I went to a now defunct night club in downtown DC called The State of the Union and EBN was performing there for it’s Halloween party. There was a massive video wall on stage with a mock presidential podium which had arms attached to the sides and when the show started a man in a suit and a megaphone (EBN ringleader Josh Pearson) stepped up to the podium and their started set.
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