Tall Beers and Short Shorts
Tall Beers and Short Shorts is a monthly film series highlighting the best local shorts, sketches, music videos and other assorted video oddities. The festival is now also launching a local filmmakers film night and urges film making Seattlites to send their short films/music videos/comedy sketches/documentary or whatever else they captured on camera. Applicants should visit the above link for submission guidelines.
LYNN SHELTON’S $5 COVER FILMING THEE SATISFACTION AT HIDMO TONIGHT. AND THEY NEED EXTRAS
Seattle Weekly
Seattle’s THEE Satisfaction is being filmed this evening by MTV for a segment called $5 Cover, a reality show starring young Seattle bands directed by Lynn Shelton(!). If you want to come out to Hidmo in the Central District today for the filming, they need extras. But in order to be an extra on the set, you need to email obiwanrapson@gmail.com ASAP and he’ll get you on the list. You’ve got to be available from 4 p.m.–10 p.m.
ARTISTS HOPE BILL WILL MAKE RADIO STATIONS PAY
Variety
New legislation has been proposed to change the way radio stations pay roalties to artists. The bill’s supporters characterize it as correcting an inequity that has long existed: Radio stations pay songwriters, but not performers, when their music is played. Proponents say a performance royalty makes sense with changes in listening habits and in the way that some artists make money. As CD sales decline, an increasing share of their returns come from concerts and other live appearances. But oppents say that the addition of more royalty payments would be to great of a finacial burden. The bill “couldn’t come at a worse time in the radio business,” says John Gallagher, market manager for Greater Media’s three Detroit stations. He characterizes the bill as an effort by record labels — which in many cases will split the royalty with the artist — to make up for lost revenue as listeners have shifted to digital downloads. And, Gallagher warns, if the bill becomes law, “I would have to take a hard look at how much music we play and which artists we play.” He says his stations each pay about a $500,000 per year to BMI and ASCAP for royalties to songwriters, and believes the new royalty would cost a similar amount. Dennis Wharton, spokesman for the National Assn. of Broadcasters, says many stations would be forced to switch to all-talk formats if the bill’s provisions are enacted. He then pulls out a big gun in the broadcasters’ arsenal, invoking a dire scenario guaranteed to terrify many in the Democratic-controlled Congress: “More stations could potentially switch to Rush Limbaugh.” Broadcasters have also raised the issue of race, specifically the impact that the bill would have on minority-owned media. Cathy Hughes, founder of Radio One, the country’s largest African-American radio broadcaster, said in on-air commentary that the bill would “murder black-owned radio.”
MODEST MOUSE COLLECT SINGLES ON EP
Pitchfork
Issac Brock and company have finally revealed the full EP release details. No One’s First, And You’re Next is out digitally and on CD August 4 with a vinyl release to follow August 18, via Epic. In addition to the six tracks from their recent singles, the EP also includes “King Rat”, a 2007 promo single that Heath Ledger shot a video for, and “I’ve Got It All (Most)”, the out-of-print “Float On” B-side. For a full track list follow the above link.
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