It's Sunday, November 11th, 2007. Welcome to Navel Gazing, your look back at this week in Punknews.
The people must have something good to read on a Sunday Radiohead's donation-only digital download continues to make waves in the industry. An analyst decided that most have chosen to
pay nothing for the record, but
the band disputes the report's data and findings. It looks like even if you pay nothing for most of your music, the law's not going to
come knocking, at least in Canada. Up here in Canuckistan the RCMP has stated that they'll will tolerate piracy for personal use and concentrate on catching, you know, actual criminals. However while the Mounties are being tolerant, Prince is not. The musician is cracking down on online
photos, lyric and artwork. So who else is in court, aside from Prince fans? How about
Hawthorne Heights, no strangers to the US legal system themselves. They've been
sued by their manager.
My Chemical Romance might end up in court soon too, as the student government of the
University of Maine may file suit over a cancelled performance. This week saw
Hot Water Music's announce the
first three shows of their reunion. Iraqi heavy metal band
Acrassicauda is in danger and Vice is
sponsoring events to help raise money and get the band to safety. Red Scare Records has
signed Ohio four piece the
Sidekicks. The
Blood Brothers have officially
called it quits. We had news on some upcoming releases, including a
live album from
AFI, the upcoming
Goddamnit reissue from the
Alkaline Trio, and the
Mars Volta's
next record. A tour is
in the works for 2008 featuring
NOFX,
No Use for a Name, the
Flatliners and
American Steel. Finally, the band
Dance Gavin Dance kicked out their vocalist in
spectacularly verbose fashion, entertaining even if you've never heard of the Sacramento band. Maybe their old singer has a future in
Parkway Drive's
mosh contest. Our
Video of the Week featured part one of our CMJ to the Fest 6 feature. It chronicles Punknews videographer Chris' two week journey from his home base of Richmond, VA to New York City for the Mutiny PR/Punknews.org CMJ Showcase then down Gainesville for the Fest. This week's video features Florida's
Fake Problems. The sixteenth edition of
Vinyl File featured a final look at the vinyl history of
NOFX.
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