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What's Happening At NON-COMM
If you were not quick enough to grab a room at the Hilton Inn at Penn, the host hotel for the 8th Annual NON-COMMvention in Philadelphia, it’s too late – the hotel is sold out. However, there is still the Sheraton University City Hotel, which can be reserved for $139 per night when you mention “XPN NON-COMM.” To book a room, call (877) 459-1146 or visit philadelphiasheraton.com. There is also a new option available, which is the Holiday Inn Express Midtown, and it’s also $139 per night. Call 1-800-HOLIDAY for reservations and mention the specific hotel and “WXPN NON-COMM.” That hotel is about a 10-minute taxi ride from the event.
Meanwhile, the schedule of meetings and performances is shaping up to be a great one. The first meetings on Thursday, May 29 will be What Is Triple A and Who Listens? and The World Cafe Live/XPN Partnership. In the afternoon there will be a variety of sessions to choose from, such as Programming The Format, Making The Case For Triple A, Triple A Events And Community Building and Triple A In A PPM World. Thursday afternoon also will feature an open World Café taping session. On Friday, May 30, the meetings are Future Of Radio and the ever-popular Music Meeting, and there will be one more as-yet-undetermined meeting on Saturday morning.
As for the artists, Thursday will boast sets from Jackie Greene, Jim White, Phil Roy, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, The Watson Twins and Wild Sweet Orange. Friday includes performances from Ani DiFranco, Astrid Williamson, Back Door Slam, Carney, Dr. John, Hayes Carll, The Hold Steady, Ingrid Michaelson, Newton Faulkner, Nicole Atkins, Paddy Casey and Ryan Bingham. Saturday will conclude with Alejandro Escovedo, Bell X-1, Carrie Rodriguez, Dead Confederate, Hoots & Hellmouth, Jakob Dylan, James McMurtry, Kathleen Edwards, Mutlu, What Made Milwaukee Famous and Yoav.
If you have not yet registered for the event, the cost is $135 for radio personnel and $235 for all others. You can sign up by visiting fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=530016, and the password is “philly.”
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More House Members Oppose Radio Performance Fee
The Local Radio Freedom Act is gaining more support in the U.S. House of Representatives, as nearly half of all members have now signed as co-sponsors. The resolution, introduced in late October by Reps. Gene Green (D-TX) and Mike Conaway (R-TX), opposes the idea of levying a fee on radio broadcasters for the music they play. Support for the resolution now stands at 201 members.
"Congress should not impose any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge relating to the public performance of sound recordings on a local radio station for broadcasting sound recordings over-the-air, or on any business for such public performance of sound recordings," reads House Concurrent Resolution 244. Recent co-sponsors of the Local Radio Freedom Act include Reps. Peter J. Roskam (R-IL), Phil English (R-PA), Lincoln Davis (D-TN), Ray LaHood (R-IL), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Jason Altmire (D-PA), John Kline (R-MN), Thomas Reynolds (R-NY) and many others.
Conversely, many artists have rallied in favor of the performance right, saying that they are being denied payments in the U.S. that they receive in most other countries. In February, more than 6,000 artists from more than 15 countries delivered a petition to Congress urging the prompt enactment of the legislation. Artists from Australia, Argentina, Finland, Greece, Hong Kong, Ireland, Mexico and more signed the petition and added their names to a coalition within the U.S. music community – the musicFIRST Coalition – which advocates the change in U.S. policy.
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Updated 5.07.08 |
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1) |
COLDPLAY
(Capitol)
51 |
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AIMEE MAN
(Super Ego/Music Allies)
21 |
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MY MORNING JACKET
(ATO)
19 |
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4) |
ELVIS COSTELLO
(Lost Highway)
12 |
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AMOS LEE
(Blue Note)
10 |
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DeSOL
(Sazon/Two22)
10 |
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5.07.08 |
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R.E.M.
Accelerate
(Warner Bros.)
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2) |
OLD 97S
Blame It On Gravity
(New West)
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3) |
JACKIE GREENE
Giving Up The Ghost
(429)
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4) |
STEVE WINWOOD
Nine Lives
(Columbia)
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BILLY BRAGG
Mr.Love & Justice
(Anti-)
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6) |
VAN MORRISON
Keep It Simple
(Lost Highway)
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7) |
BLACK KEYS
Magic Potion
(Nonesuch)
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8) |
COUNTING CROWS
Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings
(A & M)
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DEATH CAB FOR
CUTIE
Narrow Stairs
(Atlantic)
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VAMPIRE WEEKEND
Vampire Weekend
(XL)
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E-Town’s Forster Marries Lou Reed
When Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson decided to tie the knot in Boulder, CO on April 12, they called on none other than E-Town host Nick Forster to officiate the ceremony. Forster is an ordained minister from the Universal Life Church, and he married the couple in the backyard of a mutual friend's home while Anderson was in town for a show at the Boulder Theater, where E-Town is taped. The backyard ceremony was attended by only five people: Lou, Laurie, their two close friends whose yard it was, and Forster.
“It was really interesting," Forster told the Rocky Mountain News. "I went out on Friday night and sat with them to do the conversation you have. We just talked about how they'd like to have the service go. Saturday morning was a lovely morning. We agreed on the fundamental ingredients. Basically just did the thing." He added, "Laurie is one of the great minds of our times, a brilliant observer of culture and art. Lou is clearly a guy who's had a role as a contrarian… The reality is they've been together for 16 years. They're both really bright. They were really sweet with each other. They love each other a lot."
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