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Hey everyone, on the music front, Rock and Roll founder Bo Didley is out of the ICU and making great progress. 

OMAHA, Neb. — Bo Diddley, who suffered a stroke after a performance eight days ago, has improved enough to be moved into a regular room at Creighton University Medical Center, his publicist said.

The 78-year-old singer-songwriter-guitarist has been hospitalized in Omaha since May 13, after performing two shows at a casino in nearby Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Diddley’s move out of intensive care was expected to happen later on Monday, his publicist said.

Publicist Susan Clary said Diddley was awaiting word on when he can be transferred to Shands Medical Center in Gainesville, Fla., near his hometown of Archer, Fla.

Faith Fusillo, Diddley’s business manager, said the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer continues to improve and that he has little or no physical limitations from the stroke except difficulty with speech and speech recognition.

“I was able to speak with him by phone this morning,” Fusillo said. “He wanted to know where his stuff was: his guitar and the money from the gig. I was so happy because this is the Bo that I know and love, and a real indication that Bo is on his way back.”

Diddley, with his black glasses and low-slung guitar, has been an icon in the music industry since he topped the R&B charts with “Bo Diddley” in 1955. His other hits include “Who Do You Love,” “Before You Accuse Me,” “Mona” and “I’m a Man.”

Diddley was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 and was given a lifetime achievement Grammy in 1998.

This is shaping up to be the toughest contest ever as Paul Mahos and New Life Crisis joined the fray with some unbelievable tunes.  I don’t even know where to begin with this crew, they are so “all over the place”. They have managed to blend some very cool sounds that covers every era of “Real Rock n Roll”.   I have to admit, I was caught completely off guard by their sound as they came to our attention from one of our Podmaxx fans with a really over the top write up. 

The review was almost too good, but, after a couple of sound checks, all I can say to Podderman is, THANK YOU!!, we love these guys.

Take some time and give these guys some real ear time, you will not be disappointed.

http://www.newlifecrisis.com/

 Their MySpace page.

http://www.myspace.com/paulmahosnewlifecrisis

The “Regime” over at the RIAA have stooped to a completely new LOW.

Nine Inch Nails, trying to promote their new album “Year Zero” have hit a roadblock. That roadblock is the RIAA.

In trying to promote their album, NIN released an internet scavenger hunt that led to a website where you can download singles from the new album. The band also dropped USB flash drives in the bathrooms of their concert venues, with each drive containing a song from the new album.

The idea was to get fans to swap the music and start talking about the new CD which is exactly what happened.

The whole plan backfired when the RIAA began to send out emails demanding the fans to remove the music from their sites and threatening to sue them for every single shared.

Why the RIAA is going against a decision that was signed off by the label they are trying to protect is anyones guess

2 April 2007 10:58 by DVDBack23

In a huge announcement, Apple and EMI have announced that all of EMI’s catalogue will be sold through the iTunes music store without DRM. EMI said in the announcements that all the songs will be available for $1.29 and users can upgrade their DRM locked songs to the DRM-free versions for 30 cents if they wish.

The bitrate of all of EMI’s tracks will also jump from the now available 128kpbs to excellent quality 256kbps AAC files.
“We believe that offering consumers the opportunity to buy higher quality tracks and listen to them on the device or platform of their choice will boost sales of digital music,” said EMI CEO Eric Nicoli during this morning’s press conference.

Customers can still choose to buy the DRM locked, low bitrate tracks for 99 cents.

EMI also said that they would be selling unprotected music videos and albums at the existing prices through iTunes.

We can only hope that the rest of the Big Four labels will watch this revolution closel

iDan Say’s:

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“This weeks weeks featured band on MySpace Music, The Lift , is without question the Podmaxx “Pick of the Week” and maybe the Month. If you don’t have these guys in your player, get it loaded now! These guys have put together an excellent sound that is actually unique in this age of no originality and “cookie cutter bands”.

The Lift http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music

Remember, it’s gotta rock if you wanna dance with me. iDan