LINKS: POiNK'D!

Ahhh what a week... first TV-links taken down and then my absolutely dear, beloved OiNK. It's almost a blessing that the site got taken down, considering how much time I spent on it. Still, I can't wait for the rumored BOiNK to get rolling...

If you're going to read about it, I suggest taking a lot at DJ/Rupture's take. Also of note is Arthur Russell featured in The New Yorker, clap's lyrical analysis of "North American Scum", and... Patrick Stump was on Law & Order.

• YouWorkForThem | Halloween Mix
  From our very own Mike Cina, we present the first ever YouWorkForThem mix! You can also download the MP3 and Podcast.
  
  
• Arcade Fire discuss the bitter taste of success
  They've crashed into the mainstream and Hollywood adores them, but Arcade Fire aren't happy. Alexis Petridis meets a band trying to make sense of their ascent to stardom...
  
  
• mudd up! » archive » DEFENDING THE PIG - OINK CROAKS
  DJ Rupture on OiNK
  
  
• Ebony and Ecstasy - Los Angeles CityBeat
  After nearly two decades in separate corners, hip-hop and e-music are back together on the dance floor
  
  
• Pitchfork Feature: Guest List: Queens of the Stone Age
  Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme goes grumpy old man on us, waxing nostalgic about his old bands' material, bemoaning the death of the record shop, and refusing to buy an iPhone.
  
  
• Pitchfork: Goldfrapp Wrap LP; Gregory, Portishead's Utley Collab
  Just in case you'd gotten to worrying Goldfrapp rode a white horse off into the sunset, put those fears to rest; they may not have graced the Pitchfork news pages in a little while, but truth told, the pair has been hard at work on their fourth LP...
  
  
• Oink founder: We're just like Google - Telegraph
  An IT consultant suspected of operating one of the world's biggest pirate music websites from a Middlesbrough bedsit said he had done nothing wrong.
  
  
• RA: DJ Chart - A-Trak - October 2007 Top 10
  
  
• RA: Under the gun: Todd Terje
  "I like my music very fruity. Lots of percussion, lots of silly effects," explains Todd Terje. "But I still need that dubbiness and spaciousness. It's a strange combination."
  
  
• Do The Dog « HOT SAUCE!
  This point was rammed home when I got hold of Minneapolis resident Jonathan Ackerman's Double Doggin' mix, 60 minutes of sublime disco (not disco), penthouse soul and new wave joints with the absolute dancefloor bomb It's A Kind of Magic right in...
  
  
• XLR8R - Podcast: Starkey
  Philadelphia's PJ "Starkey" Geissinger is no stranger to club action.
  
  
• Patrick Stump Wrapped Up In Murder Mystery On 'Law &; Order' - News Story | Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV News
  'I've been begging forever,' band's frontman says of his guest stint on the drama.
  
  
• RA: Justice - Event Review
  Metro/ Illinois, United States of America
  
  
• British and Dutch police raids shut down the world's largest pre-release pirate music site
  British and Dutch police today shut down the world's biggest source of illegal pre-release chart albums and arrested a 24-year old man in an operation coordinated between Middlesbrough and Amsterdam.
  
  
• OiNK.cd Servers Raided, Admin Arrested | TorrentFreak
  The servers of OiNK.cd - one of the most popular private BitTorrent trackers - are raided and the admin, a 24-year-old man from Middlesbrough, is arrested.
  
  
• The OiNK Fallout: Should Its Ex-Users Be Watching Their Backs?
  First, I chatted with an American intellectual property litigator...
  
  
• An Idolator Real Talk Special Report: The Black Kids Hype Must Be Stopped
  One of the worst things about the earnest nature of music blogs at the moment--whether giants like Stereogum and Brooklyn Vegan or some kid happily posting up uncleared MP3s, where most copy amounts to recycled press releases or "OMG! Music is so awesome!
  
  
• The Party / Central Booking
  tough man town
  
  
• Let’s Go Swimming: The New Yorker
  Arthur Russell's gentle revolutions.
  
  
• clapclap.org is the pivot chord: North American Scum
  Matthew's post today discusses the greatness of LCD Soundsystem's "North American Scum," which I've been meaning to write about for a while.
  
  
• Savage Beauty: Musical Events: The New Yorker
  Animal Collective's feral sound.
  
  
• twentyfourhours: Professor Genius interview
  We thought we'd catch up with Jorge, the man behind the music, to find out a little about his past as well as his future.
  
  
• V MAGAZINE | BLOG | 10.03.07 THE SHAPE OF OUR LIFE
  Geordon Nicol and Scott Meriam count down the top 50 Misshapes looks ever
  
  
• A Boy-Band Grad’s Next Act - New York Times
  A memoir of life and times in a major boy-band.
  
  
• Shunning the Bright Lights
  Suburban bands once flocked to the city. Now many seek success closer to home.
  
  
• Western Digital My Book™
  My Book Editions
  
  
• TV Links shut down for linking | Technology | Guardian Unlimited