Beat Sheet

I wrote this weekly column which explored "the convergence of music and the Interent" for the Industry Standard from January of 2000 until the magazine folded in August of 2001. Find columns listed in reverse chronological order.


2001

  • What's Bugging the RIAA? (8/7/01)
  • The Digital Music Politco: Rep. Ri44ck Boucher (7/31/01)
  • Music to Fill-in-the-Blank By: Uplister (7/24/01)
  • The Dickens Theory: David Post/MP3.com Summit (7/17/01)
  • The Horror, The Horror: Music Industry Horror Stories (7/10/01)
  • Such a Deal: Buys Launch (7/3/01)
  • Radio Returns to the Net (6/27/01)
  • Far From the Final Frontier: EFF (6/19/01)
  • One Step Foward, Two Steps Back (6/12/01)
  • Crazy Little Thing Called Censorship (6/5/01)
  • Morning After Mutterings: Vivendi Universal Buys MP3.com (5/22/01)
  • Tune In, Pay Up: MusicMatch (5/15/01)
  • Going It Alone: Jonatha Brooke and Aimee Mann (5/8/01)
  • Grooving Up Slowly: The Recording Artists Coalition (5/1/01)
  • Streaming Hits a Snag: Net radio (4/24/01)
  • A Busy Week for Napster (4/17/01)
  • A Word With Chuck D (4/10/01)
  • And You Were There: Senate Judiciary Committee Meets (4/3/01)
  • A More Perfect Union: Courtney Love Wants Justice for All (3/27/01)
  • The Nuge Speaks (3/20/01)
  • When the Music's Over: Digital Music Layoffs (3/13/01)
  • Through Being Cool: Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh (3/6/01)
  • Show Me the Money: Indie Labels and Napster's $50 Million Offer (2/27/01)
  • Whither EMusic? (2/20/01)
  • Streaming Legalese: RIAA vs. Small Webcasters (2/13/01)
  • EMusic and HP's Duet (2/6/01)
  • Can Technology Breathe Life Into Radio? (1/30/01)
  • The Legality of Lyrics (1/23/01)
  • EMusic's Restructuring Blues, Again (1/16/01)
  • The Hardware Revolution (1/9/01)
  • They Said It: The Year That Was (1/2/01)



    2000

  • Now For Something Completely Familiar: Year in Review (12/27/00)
  • The Way We Were in 2000 (12/19/00)
  • Beyond Yadda Yadda: Future of Music Policy Summit (12/12/00)
  • A Tale of Two P2Ps: Aimster and Angry Coffee (12/5/00)
  • Whither P2P: The Future of Filesharing (11/28/00)
  • Tell Me What I Like: Gigabeat, MongoMusic and such (11/21/00)
  • Music Communities: Pho and the Velvet Rope (11/14/00)
  • Talkin' About Napster: The Players, The Media, The Madness (11/07/00)
  • Say What? Bertelsmann and Napster Make a Deal (10/31/00)
  • Mix Tapes in the Age of Napster: Imix (10/24/00)
  • Cracking the 'Hack SDMI Challenge' (10/17/00)
  • Everyone Loves Listen.com (10/10/00)
  • Onlinus Criticus: A New (and Increasingly Rare) Breed (10/03/00)
  • Battle of the Internet Jukeboxes: MusicMatch and Real (9/26/00)
  • Pay Me, Please: Virtual Tip Jars (9/19/00)
  • After the Lawsuits: MP3.com (09/12/00)
  • Discovering Stars, Attracting Eyeballs: Tonos, Farmclub and such (9/5/00)
  • Bush and Gore on Digital Music (8/29/00)
  • Rock Celebs on the Net (8/22/00)
  • Return to Digital Music Island: Survivor Meets Napster (8/15/00)
  • Artists and End-Runs: Prince, Roger McGuinn (8/8/00)
  • Blinded by the Light: Napster on the Tube (8/1/00)
  • File Sharing: You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet (Freenet) (7/25/00)
  • Opposing Courtney: Napster and the Artists Who Hate It (7/18/00)
  • Running Down a Dream: Dreamworks Digital (7/11/00)
  • Sign Me Up, Scottie: The Subscription Model (6/27/00)
  • Launch.com: Taking Off or Crash Landing? (6/20/00)
  • Start Making Sense: The Real Deal Behind the MP3.com Settlement (6/13/00)
  • My My, Hey Hey: Interview with MyPlay's David Pakman (6/6/00)
  • Rocking His Cyrberlife Away: Anthony DeCurtis' new venture (5/30/00)
  • Love is a Fickle Thing: SpinRecords Layoffs (5/23/00)
  • Love, SpinRecords.com Style (5/16/00)
  • Dissecting the Hype Machine: Uberbabe Lisa Voldeng (5/9/00)
  • Hilary Rosen Interview: RIAA Head Honcho Speaks (5/2/00)
  • Not the Most Popular Guy on Campus: Chad Paulson (4/25/00)
  • Keeping Up is Hard to Do: Bruce Haring (4/18/00)
  • Look, Listen, Then Leave: MP3.com's Open House (4/11/00)
  • Big Bucks or Big Whoop?: Live Music on the Net (4/4/00)
  • Will CDNow Survive? (3/28/00)
  • Why Did AOL Pull Gnutella? (3/21/00)
  • Live (Sort Of) From South by Southwest (3/14/00)
  • We Know What You Like: MongoMusic and LAUNCHcast (3/7/00)
  • Grammy Shut-out: Online journalists denied access to Grammy's (2/29/00)
  • Band Thumbs Virtual Nose at Farmclub.com (2/15/00)
  • Big Labels Try Out Online Distribution (2/8/00)
  • Betting the Farmclub: Music Site Spins Off TV Show (2/1/00)
  • What's the Buzz: RIAA Lawsuit Against MP3.com Keeps Bandwidth Buzzing (1/25/00)
  • Where's the Security for My.MP3.com? (1/18/00)


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