Friday Links (27/01/12)

• Global music sales dipped 3% in 2011, the big media companies still don't get why SOPA is nonsense and PIPA should remain the Princess' sister with the much lauded bum.
• How we made : The Smiths first gig
• Changes to legislation will make it easier for small venues to hold gigs
• Lego is going pink (to appeal to girls), as a feminist i am appalled by hackneyed gender stereotypes of course though it does look very cute. This lego is cooler though, its gone to space.
• A new Disney Mickey Mouse t-shirt design seems familiar...
• Noel Fielding of Mighty Boosh fame talks about his new project
• Veronica Falls topped the poll as best band in Twee.Net's best of 2011

Friday Links (13/01/12)

• The look of 2012 is apparently the punk look of 1977... not that i know anything about fashion to be honest though i have a nice hat.
• Here is a lovely archive of scanned cover images of Slumberland Records' releases.
• Feminist Music Worlds - Riot Grrrl, Ladyfest and Rock Camp for Girls
• From the Archives : Joy Division in their own words (Interview from the NME in 1979)
• Lost! 10 great albums that were shelved or abandoned

Currently waiting for...