We’re a publishing platform for bands, or, anthropomorphically/arthropodically-speaking, your fifth, fully geeked-out Beatle — the one who keeps your very own website humming and lets you get back to making great music and building your fan base. If this all sounds as highly satisfactory to you as we hope, we invite you to check out the screencast, peruse a site already powered by Bandcamp, or cut straight to the chase and sign up for a free account. Welcome!

Maybe the coolest part about Bandcamp is that you can embed a whole album in your web site. Here is Glen’s latest EP Secrets of the New Explorers. It’s got a groovy sci-fi feel.

Thanks, Glen! And, as usual, you rock.

Once again, the conglomerates are missing the point. Folks, we are not the criminals, and I’m tired of buying hardware that comes to me broken.

Case in point: I hate my iPod Shuffle. It seems like every time I decide to plug it into my MacBook Pro — the only computer I have ever used with my Shuffle — it tells me that iPod can only used with one iTunes library. The only options I have are “Cancel” or erase the iPod. Huh? Now this wouldn’t be such a big deal if it didn’t take so bloody long to put music back on the thing. And, sheesh, it’s only a gigabyte! How much music could I possibly steal?!

I’ve said it before: I liked Apple better when they were not so successful.