The Beatles are coming to itunes! Who doesn't already own them on CD?

Paul McCartney has signed a $400 million deal, which will see the Beatles catalog make its way to iTunes. I would say "WOOT", but I'm not buying the Beatles catalog again.
I'm not.

Really.

OK, maybe if it ends up on Amazon. I might drop for a few tracks...

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Free Open Source Software for You for Free. Did I Mention that it's FREE?

I'm a big fan of the free stuff. I write a lot about Audacity. I've checked out programs like Reaper (sadly no longer free) and Wavosaur. I would gladly ditch Windows were it not for a small (and shrinking) number of programs that I need to use.

Enter Open Source Living, a web site dedicated to collecting and cataloging Open software. Right now the collection is a little lean, but already has some great software finds, a few of which I had never heard of but will be downloading soon to try out.

Their Audio Section is already pretty formidable with Players, Podcasters, Recording software, Mastering, MIDI, and Rippers.

If you're looking for some great software (and hey the price is right) I would highly recommend checking this out!

Sub Pop Jumps into the MP3 Retail Arena

Not much to report here, but your favorite neighborhood fanzine turned record label, Sub Pop has started up it's own MP3 retail site.

The selection isn't huge (currently about 200 albums), the bitrate is low (192Kbps), and right now you can only purchase full albums (not singles), but they are working on updating all of that.

What's nice is that they include album art, and when they increase the quality of the rip, you will be eligible to re-download the track for free (I'm looking at you iTunes).

What I'm most excited about is the idea that they'll be focusing on rare and out of print albums a staple of their catalog. With iTunes, Amazon, etc focusing on more commercial catalogs, this move really appeals to the "long tail" theorist in me.

Check out their announcement here.