Nickelback vs. The humble pickle
A Facebook group set up to get a regular pickle more fans than staid rock bores Nickelback has succeeded! A sweet, crunch victory.
http://short.ie/nickelpickle
iTunes’ 10 billionth song downloader
Louie Sulcer, a 71 year-old country fan from Woodstock purchased the 10 billionth iTunes download. The song in question was Johnny Cash’s Guess Things Happen That Way.
http://short.ie/itunesbillion
Cringeworthy overbranding at DJ battle
Who thought that getting DJs participating in a DJ battle to play atop giant McDonalds burger boxes was a good idea?
http://short.ie/overbrand
iTunes’ 25 most-downloaded songs
With the world’s most popular digital music store fast approaching 10 billion downloads, Apple released the data on the most popular songs bought by iTunes customers. The list which is topped by Black Eyed Peas’ I Gotta Feeling is almost exclusively made up of songs released in the last five years.
See the full list at Idolator.
My City vs Your City
Using Last.FM data, this site shows you the most popular artists in head-to-head between two global cities of your choice.
My City Vs Your City
“How do I login to Facebook?”
Proof if it were needed that there are plenty of stupid people on the internet. I’d wager these are the same people who leave the wealth of dumb Youtube comments.
Read about the RedWriteWeb Facebook confusion.
With over 100,000 applications now available in the Apple store and with the rising ubiquity of the the iPhone in Ireland, many of you might be wondering what apps to use. Here are 20 of Day and Night’s must have killer apps.
Movie Genie – For those times when you need to know where you recognise an actor from, you need this IMDB client (€1.59).
What if there was a way to determine that the music you listen to is cool beyond peer acceptance, Pitchfork reviews, blog love and style? I’m talking about a quantifiable way in which you could be confident that the next time you put on Dirty Projector’s Bitte Orca or the latest Passion Pit remix at a social event, it will be both relevant and “cool” to your guests?
I jest but music technology enthusiast Paul Lamere is attempting to do just that. Imagine each artist – from Abba to ZZ Top had a number associated with them to indicate how cool the artist currently is. Lamere’s ‘Coolness Index’ could be used for example, in playlists so that your iTunes shuffle won’t play anything deemed ‘uncool’ like Nickelback or Miley Cyrus in between Bon Iver and Blur at a party.
One of Lamere’s sources was the social music networking site like Last.FM which recently published a list of songs and artists which users had deleted from their libraries the most. ‘The Most Unwanted Chart’ included Katy Perry’s ‘I Kissed A Girl’, Lady Gaga’s ‘Pokerface’ and songs from Britney and Rihanna.
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The biggest story in digital music last week concerned the advent of the MP3 price wars. Apple announced a new pricing system for iTunes worldwide which would change the standard €0.99 per song to a new three-tiered system. Under the change which came about under the pressure of major record labels, the Irish iTunes Store (and the country’s most popular digital music service) now sells songs at €0.69, €0.99 and €1.29, the latter now applied to popular acts like Lady Gaga, The Script and Beyoncé. It has been indicated that the €0.69 price tier will apply to the majority of older back catalogue music in the store.
While it currently makes little sense to charge more for music in times of recession and in a time when a LOT of people get their music illegally, Apple has also said that more tracks will be available at the €0.69 than €1.29 in the long-term and tracks are now sensibly DRM-free, meaning you can play them on any computer or device without restriction.
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