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Compare this snippet from c|net news:

Yahoo is shutting off support for Yahoo Music after September 30, which means starting October 1, if users want to move music to new hard drives or computers, they will be out of luck.

…with this snippet from canspice.org:

However, if the company goes bust or raises its prices, you’re left high and dry. You could either continue to pay the monthly fee or not be able to listen to your music.

This disadvantage for the pay-per-month scheme is huge, and is the major reason why I think it’s the stupidest idea ever, and people who “buy” their music this way are throwing away their money.

I hate to say “I told you so”, but I told you so. Subscription-based music stores were stupid, are stupid, and will continue to be stupid.

Remember back a month and a half ago when the CBC lost the rights to the Hockey Night in Canada theme song? Well, to make up for this outrage the CBC started a contest called Canada’s Hockey Anthem Challenge. Anybody could submit a song that would become the new HNiC theme song. And over 1200 songs have been submitted to date.

But if you look at the entries and sort by rating, you’ll find that only one song has a score higher than 2/5. That song is Hockey Scores:

Like James Mirtle said, “It’s about time bizarre hockey-stick limbed creations got their due.” Damn straight.

The instructions are simple: your band name is the first random Wikipedia article title, your debut album is named after the last four words of the last quote, and the album art is the third picture of the most interesting Flickr pictures from the past week.

That said, Government of Ontario would like to announce their debut album, “Really Don’t Want It”. The cover art is La musique des vagues….

Via Amy and Jeff.

From the CBC:

One of this country’s most familiar tunes may have been heard on CBC-TV for the last time Wednesday night when the Detroit Red Wings defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins and won the 2008 Stanley Cup.

The Toronto agency representing the composer of the theme tune for Hockey Night in Canada says the CBC has declined to enter into a new licensing agreement for the song for next NHL season.

A news release posted on the website of Copyright Music & Visuals quotes company president John Ciccone as saying the CBC’s licence agreement for the hockey theme song ended with the Stanley Cup final.

The CBC “has advised the composer, owner and administrator of the musical composition that it is not prepared to enter into a new licence agreement with respect to the use of the theme,” the release says.

The CBC had no immediate comment Thursday.

The familiar theme music for Hockey Night in Canada was written in 1968 by Dolores Claman, who was raised in Vancouver.

In the news release, Claman expresses her disappointment that her song will no longer be heard in homes across Canada during hockey season.

“I am saddened by the decision of the CBC to drop the Hockey Night in Canada theme after our lengthy history together. I nevertheless respect its right to move in a new direction,” she says.

Copyright Music & Visuals says it had offered the CBC a chance to renew its licence to use her song on terms that were “virtually identical to those that have existed for the past decade.” Each use of the song in the past has cost the broadcaster about $500, the company says.

Do yourself a favour and go pick up Cradle To Grave’s most recent album, “Texas Medicine”. From The Metal Observer:

With hype from some of the most respected Metalheads hailing from Canada, including the legendary Devin Townsend, CRADLE TO GRAVE has a lot riding on this release. And they live up to every expectation.

Catchy vocals, heavy groove, shredding solos, and a rhythm section to shake the core of the earth, “Texas Medicine” is just what the doctor ordered. And in high dosage.