LISTENING TO:
Ulisses
Cristina Branco

I heard an interview with this singer on NPR early April; I was captivated.

I like her music, her sensibilities (shown during interview) and her voice.

She does songs in French, English and native Portuguese; lovely. I don’t know if the non-English songs would hold up for me (but I have the CD in my Amazon cart!), but I just love her cover of Joni Mitchell’s “Case of You” – I’ve already purchased on iTunes.

She is lovely to look at as well (pic from NPR site), but it’s the voice…

All music

NPR (National Public Radio) depends, to a degree, on listener contributions. (Yes, I’m a subscriber.)

Hence the painful pledge drives blah blah blah…

Over the past year or so, NPR has been experimenting with – and expanding – its podcast offerings. Which is great for listeners, but … bad for pledge drive!

Unlike MPAA or RIAA (I refuse to link), NPR gets it – yes, the business model is changing, so they have to change. Read the Wired article.

Someone gets it. No DRM, no weird lawsuits…just an understanding that yesterday does not reflect today. *shrug* Times have changed; we must as well..

Write this date down…

UPDATE: Dave Winer comments on situation; not as optimistic as I am, but he gets that NPR gets it.