Read the full coverage of Treasure Island Music Festival 2008 here, where you can also find more videos.

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Read the full coverage of MusicfestNW here, where you can also find more videos.

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Read the full coverage of MusicfestNW here, where you can also find more videos.

 FCC order against Comcast
 Electronic Frontier Foundation story

 Deerhoof official website
 Deerhoof MySpace
 Kill Rock Stars
 ATP Recordings
 Downloadable score to "Fresh Born"
 TMT News: "Deerhoof to Release New LP, Offend Maggie, in October; Offer Fans Chance to Interpret a Downloadable Score"
 TMT News: "Deerhoof Releases First Single from New LP as a Score, Intended for Every Good Boy Who Deserves Fudge"

08.31.08 - Vancouver, BC - Stanley Park Singing Exhibition 10.03.08 - Los Angeles, CA - Avalon 10.04.08 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall 10.06.08 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom *& 10.07.08 - Seattle, WA - Neumo’s *& 10.09.08 - Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge *& 10.11.08 - Denver, CO - Bluebird *& 10.13.08 - Omaha, NE - The Slowdown * 10.14.08 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue * 10.15.08 - Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall * 10.16.08 - Bloomington, IN - Buskirk Chumley Theater * 10.17.08 - Chicago, IL - Metro *$ 10.18.08 - Pontiac, MI - Crofoot Ballroom *$ 10.21.08 - New York, NY- Spiegeltent 10.22.08 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza *$ 10.23.08 - Cambridge, MA - Middle East *$ 10.24.08 - Northampton, MA - Pearl Street *$ 10.25.08 - Philadelphia, PA - Starlight Ballroom *$ 10.26.08 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *$ 10.28.08 - Carrboro, NC - Cat’s Cradle *$ 10.29.08 - Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle *$ 10.30.08 - Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge *$ 10.31.08 - Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club *$ 11.01.08 - Orlando, FL - The Social *$ 11.02.08 - Tampa, FL - Crowbar *$ 11.05.08 - New Orleans, LA - House of Blues *$ 11.06.08 - Houston, TX - Numbers *$ 11.07.08 - Dallas, TX - Granada *@ 11.08.08 - Austin, TX - Fun Fun Fun Fest 11.10.08 - El Paso, TX - Club 101 *# 11.12.08 - Tucson, AZ - Club Congress *# 11.13.08 - Tempe, AZ - The Clubhouse *#

* Experimental Dental School $ Flying & Coconut # KIT

In another wonderful invasion of American privacy, YouTube has recently been ordered to hand over all of its viewer data to Viacom. “Why,” you ask, “why does this cute and cuddly conglomerate have to know that I just really like watching playthroughs of old Zelda games for NES? Is that really necessary?” Viacom thinks so, because it’s suing YouTube for copyright infringement to the tune of $1 billion, and a judge ruled that granting them the right to snoop will help their cause. What a philanthropist.

The good news is that Viacom will only be given your IP address, which means that if IP address. 47.32.97.08 watches a lot of naked BMX bike racing, they will only be known by that number. HOWEVER, if 47.32.97.08 also happens to be the star of a YouTube show in which they dance in a fairy costume against a backdrop of Full House clips, Viacom will take the time to track that sucker down and initiate legal action. I mean, I’m fucked, personally. I switch it up a little and wear hospital scrubs instead, but the sentiment is there. Remember how the RIAA started arresting college students and mothers of two? It’s kinda like that. Those were the days...

YouTube’s parent company Google has attempted to warn its users by linking to its privacy policy at the bottom of the site, but some dude’s still totally going to get busted for his fan montage of Angela from Who’s the Boss? He only wanted to see her answering the door in a bathrobe 50 times in a row. What’s so weird about that?

 Black Dice official website
 Black Dice MySpace
 Paw Tracks

07.19.08 - Philadelphia, PA - The Barbery 07.20.08 - Baltimore, MD - Whartscape 08.16.08 - New York, NY - Central Park Summerstage 09.04.08 - Oslo, NO - Bla 09.05.08 - Bergen, NO - Ekkofest 09.06.08 - Stavanger, NO - NuMusic 09.08.08 - Gothenburg, SE - Nefertiti 09.09.08 - Arhus, DK - Voxhall 09.10.08 - Odense, DK - TBA 09.11.08 - Malmo, SE - Debaser 09.12.08 - Copeyou nnhagen, DK - Escho 09.13.08 - Stockholm, SE - Debaser 09.15.08 - Helsinki, FI - Kuudus Linje 09.16.08 - Tampere, FI - Klubi 09.17.08 - Talinn, ES - Von Krahl

Comcast, like many internet service providers, has been accused by consumer groups and press sources of interfering with customers’ connections in order to block peer-to-peer traffic and disconnect BitTorrent seeds. Yet after months of denials and false promises, as well as an FCC investigation that began in January, the nation’s largest cable company has been ordered by the Federal Communications Commission to stop throttling its users’ traffic.

On Friday, the Associated Press reported that FCC chairman Kevin Martin will not only demand that Comcast cease its interference, but also plans to recommend FCC sanctions against the company. While the punishment will not include a fine, it will stipulate that Comcast disclose where and when it interfered with traffic in the past and announce full details of its new "protocol agnostic" traffic management plan, which will ostensibly try to control all Comcast traffic as opposed to focusing on peer-to-peer networks. Martin explained that the relatively light punishment was designed "to try to clarify what is allowed and what isn’t."

The decision has been claimed as a victory by some involved in the net-neutrality movement. According to TorrentFreak, Free Press lawyer Marvin Ammori declared, "This is an historic test for whether the law will protect the open Internet. If the commission decisively rules against Comcast, it will be a remarkable victory for organized people over organized money." Martin (a Bush appointee, surprisingly enough) echoed the broad, broad political significance of this policy announcement in an interview with The New York Times, saying "The Internet is based upon the idea that consumers can go anywhere they want and access any content they want."

Top three reasons why it is a bad idea to rip off Ian Curtis’ memorial stone from the Macclesfield Cemetery:

1. Stealing stuff from deceased persons is wrong, and they may have ghost buddies who will haunt you.

2. There is no way that attempting to sell it on eBay does not violate the website’s terms and conditions.

3. It is really mean.

In spring 1980, Mr. Curtis, the frontman for seminal Manchester band Joy Division, hanged himself at the age of 23. The past few years have seen a resurgence in all things Joy Division-related, inspired in part by album reissues, the release of the Anton Corbijn’s acclaimed biopic Control (TMT Review), and a documentary released earlier this year, simply titled Joy Division.

According to the BBC, the missing stone — inscribed with the words "Ian Curtis 18 - 5 - 80" and the song title "Love Will Tear Us Apart" — was stolen between Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning last week. Police are asking anyone with information related to the theft to contact them.

Tony Barker, spokesperson for Macclesfield Borough Council, asked for the return of the memorial stone, saying that "it would usually have flowers behind it and mementoes to Ian Curtis’s life. [...] Someone’s gone to a great deal of trouble to remove the memorial stone, and I hope our appeal will help return it as soon as possible."