Grey Tuesday @ Jakeneck

For those of you visiting us today using Internet Explorer, you might notice that the site has suddenly turned grey. The reason for this is that today is Grey Tuesday, a day of protest against EMI's legal action against DJ Danger Mouse whose recently released Grey Album (which blends the music of The Beatle's White Album with the vocals from Jay Z's Black Album) "infringes" upon their copyright, albeit a rather original, derivative work. In response, hundreds of bloggers are hosting copies of The Grey Album on their sites, including us (though we didn't sign up on the Grey Tuesday site officially, cuz lord knows we don't need our hoster getting a letter from EMI).

Sorry kids, party's over...FYI: We served about 26 copies total.

If you haven't heard the album, IMHO it's freakin' outstanding. I've never liked Jay Z, particularly because I could never get over how commercial his beats were. Danger Mouse's mix has given me the ability to not just stomach Jay Z, but to actually enjoy him. Now that I'm not caught up in how bad his music sucks, I can pay attention to his lyrics; and while I don't necessarily agree with his perspective, I now respect him and appreciate him as an MC. How's that for innovation?