Meet Me in the Bathroom

NYC millennial music doc is as rambling as the city

"...how to deal with success, fans, media scrutiny, drugs, Napster, and Courtney Love. There's a subtext about Manhattan moving..."

Nov. 18, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Ed Ward Unleashes His Second Volume on The History of Rock & Roll

First-generation rock critic visits Teen Pan Alley

"...my vision for this [series] ends in 2000 with Napster," he nods. "Because with Napster, the guys who cut..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

End of the Silk Road for the Dread Pirate Roberts

Online blackmarket founder Ross Ulbricht faces 20 years

"...Ted star has followed up Downloaded, his documentary about Napster creator Shawn Fanning, with Silk Road, chronicling the case..."

Feb. 5, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Kickstart Your Weekend

Headlines from the crowdfunding scene

"...week that Bill and Ted star Alex Winter (whose Napster doc Downloaded premiered at South by Southwest this past..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Can't Touch This

South by Southwest Music panels remain as star-studded as actual showcases

"...What do MC Hammer, Napster creator Shawn Fanning, historian Douglas Brinkley, and the cloud..."

March 2, 2012 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Quintessence

Quincy Jones has lived a career that would make his hero, Duke Ellington, proud

"...Fanning, he's one of my closest friends, he started Napster when he was 18, just playing around. It was..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

After a Fashion

Last week was all about film, and this week, music. Is Stephen excited about a certain upcoming festival or what?

"...all my CDs onto it. During the heyday of Napster, I religiously saved all the music I loved. I've..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Music Books

"...What do Napster and pharmaceuticals have to do with one another? More..."

May 27, 2005 Music Feature by Matt Dentler

In Space

BitTorrent

"...Napster, Morpheus, Kazaa: either shells of their former selves, long..."

May 7, 2004 Screens Feature by Wells Dunbar

Snippets From SXSW Interactive 2003

"...The counterattack to EFF's efforts is the Napster case. "Before the Internet, 80% of music was not..."

March 14, 2003 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Cyborgs, smart leotards, and the info-pocalypse

SXSW panelists discuss the potential futures of tech.

"...Case in point: Napster. Some experts predicted that it would be the downfall..."

March 15, 2002 Screens Feature by Michael Connor

Things Have Changed

A brief, very general overview of the year in albums 2001

"...conglomerates, who can't quite figure out how to charge Napster day traders for electronically transmitted tunes since they're used..."

Jan. 4, 2002 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Naked City

Brief items of interest

"...to the American way of life has been defused: Napster has agreed to settle its lawsuit with the recording..."

Sept. 28, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

How to Be a Popular Girl

What will shy novelist Sarah Bird do now that she's back in the limelight, Dick Holland asks in this profile of the author of The Yokota Officers Club.

"...Officers Club. Her e-mail had said: "You'll get my Napster when you pry the mouse from my cold, dead..."

June 22, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

SXSW Interactive Festival

The young and the geek-chic

"...The last biz panel was titled "Post-Napster: The Future of Entertainment Distribution." This panel was by..."

March 23, 2001 Screens Feature by Roger Gathman

Dancing About Architecture

Austin leaves Ken Lieck homeless and fuming.

"...the music industry these days is how sites like Napster.com are spreading music via the Internet without the burden..."

April 28, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

SXSW Film Review: How Music Got Free

Does what it says on the tin, to a point

"...became the rock upon which peer-to-peer sites such as Napster built their church, and the genie was really out..."

March 10, 2024 Screens Post by Joe Gross

Qmmunity: A Creative Storm Front

Front Festival hits Austin with a storm of great creative showcases over Labor Day weekend

"...interactive art show with cocktails and sounds by DJ Napster and DJ Netscape, and ticket sale proceeds go to..."

Aug. 25, 2023 Column by James Scott

Review: fibril, The Rot

More Eaze/Fuck Money members reassemble nü metal beyond cheap nostalgia

"...in aqueous murk that comes from shitty 64 Kbps Napster downloads. Forget Korn's tracksuits, that's commitment to aesthetic. Maurice's..."

Aug. 18, 2023 Music Feature by Andy O’Connor

Grimes Explained to UT Students Why Artists Should Make Songs With Her AI-Generated Vocals

Austin's new resident on the Drake deepfake track, TikTok, and MGMT

"...through in a similar time, it was right after Napster and MySpace and LimeWire and all this stuff. The..."

April 25, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Sundance Review: Meet Me in the Bathroom

NYC music doc is as rambling as the city

"...how to deal with success, fans, media scrutiny, drugs, Napster, and Courtney Love. There's a subtext about Manhattan moving..."

Jan. 28, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Banned Leader: The Contradiction of Frank Zappa in Zappa

Alex Winter sees the combative side of a cultural maverick

"...for the Bill and Ted star and director of Napster documentary Downloaded and The Panama Papers. Partly it’s because..."

Jan. 6, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sound Unseen Review: Bleeding Audio

How an emo band got screwed by the industry and (almost) survived

"...by a trifecta of emerging streaming technology (damn you, Napster!), an unfair deal, and then a staggering act of..."

Nov. 14, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Music News: De La Soul, J Balvin, and T Bone Burnett Headlined Hump Day

Music happenings yesterday and today

"...A division of Univision, Uforia announced partnership plans with Napster to create a streaming platform at a press conference..."

March 14, 2019 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

After Two-Year Hiatus Levitation Hits the Clubs

Droning on with Slowdive, Electric Wizard, Ian Svenonius, and Bedouine

"...– announces this. A quick internet search turns up Napster founder/early Facebook investor Sean Parker admitting the social network..."

April 27, 2018 Music Feature by Michael Toland

What’cha Watchin’?

Listings Editor Mark Fagan on three standout rock docs

"...Death Row Records and the murder of 2Pac to Napster's destruction of the industry to their big payoff with..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Screens Column

Q&A: Burnie Burns

Rooster Teeth founder on RTX, Fullscreen, and convergence

"...the music industry changed very, very dramatically because of Napster. It just seemed like a natural progression that video..."

Aug. 7, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Austin Scared Stupid

Once again, everything hits at once

"...Sept. 23, 2011). They were heard worldwide on a Napster-era cover of Snoop Dogg's "Gin and Juice." After this..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Fantastic Fest Announces Keanu Reeves as 'Man of Tai Chi'

Plus 'Big Bad Wolves' and 'Nightbreed - The Cabal Cut' and more

"...Like his Bill and Ted costar Alex Winter, Reeves..."

July 24, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

One Man's SXSW ... Times 4

Our intrepid correspondent wanders through all four Festivals – and lives to write about it

"...download site. Similarly, Downloaded took a sympathetic look at Napster and the birth of digital music exchange – sometimes..."

March 29, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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