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April 25, 2008
April 24, 2008
Santa Barbara can get weird but not THIS weird...
PENIS THEFT PANIC HITS CITY...
Amazing stuff in the Congo - articles starts:
"Police in Congo have arrested 13 suspected sorcerers accused of using
black magic to steal or shrink men's penises after a wave of panic and
attempted lynchings triggered by the alleged witchcraft."
[My favorite part:]
"I'm tempted to say it's one huge joke," said Kinshasa's police chief, Jean-Dieudonne Oleko. "But when you try to tell the victims that their penises are still there, they tell you that it's become tiny or that they've become impotent. To that I tell them, 'How do you know if you haven't gone home and tried it'," he said."
[smart police chieft!]
read entire article here: Penis theft panic hits city...
Submarines
thanks, Daney, for pointing these guys out.
New record drops May 3. Here's one off their earlier release and one from the new one, Honeysuckle Weeks
April 23, 2008
Everyday Normal Guy
another funny for your listening and viewing pleasure - caution: some strong language for you with kids or bosses standing over your shoulder. Check out a few more of his vids - the high as $%&# one is pretty funny too. thanks Chris for pointing this out!
March 18, 2008
Food Court Musical
brilliant - love the looks on people's faces when the security guard goes off
(thanks again to VSL)
March 17, 2008
Happy Birthday, Mom!
Happy Birthday, Madre!! 65 years young. keep on rockin' grrrl. Thought I'd throw down with a few irish themed tunes for you - by the way, did you hear the Pope declared this past Saturday St. Patrick's Day (just for this year) instead of today? I guess today is the beginning of the holy week before Easter (see Catholic News Agency story here ), aka a "no drinking" day and the Pope was thinking that Saturday NIGHT is a much better drinking night anyway - Papal wisdom at it's finest... long live the Pope!
The Chieftains & Mark Knopfler - The Lily of the West
Van Morrison - Moonshine Whiskey
Kate Rusby - Sho Heen
the new MTV - 60 second version
I read somewhere that iPod commercials are the new MTV (Breaking new bands, jump starting cd sales and downloads, etc..) whoa...interesting that in some 25 odd years, we've replaced an entire network with 60 second tv spots. that said, I do find the Apple ads a bit more appealing than Kurt Loder.
A few of my favorites:
Yael Naim - New Soul
Feist - 1234
Wolf Mother - Love Train
A wiki list of the commercials with artist and song here (thanks to this Digg post )
February 29, 2008
New Music Discovery
A friend asked how I go about finding new music. Thought I would post my response here...
For new music, I’ll give you a few ways I find and listen.
Find:
- Music social networks:
This is probably the easiest way to find music similar to your tastes then broaden those tastes with suggestions. Last.fm is free. Pandora is partly free, part subscription for more functionality.
- Read music blogs. – lots of great ones out there for many different genres. I subscribe to the feeds to a few of them: Stereogum , Gorilla vs Bear , My Old Kentucky Blog , Brooklyn Vegan
- Too overwhelmed by vast number of blogs, you can go to Hype Machine (www.hypem.com), a site that aggregates all music blog data and has a cool little player to play all the tunes they aggregate. You can use this player to listen to the bands that are being blogged about the most. This site is now the cornerstone of my new music experience. Any time I hear of new band, I immediately go here to see if anyone has blogged about them and if they uploaded any tunes for my listening pleasure.
- Find record labels you like; visit their sites. I go to indie labels like Subpop, Matador, Barsuk, V2, Merge all the time to pick up on new bands, new releases, etc… Many labels now have embedded music players on their sites, so you can listen right there.
- Listen to net radio. Most radio stations now simulcast on the web. Remember that killer radio station from your old college town, find it and stream it. iTunes also has several net radio stations. I work from home, so I’m constantly listening to radio or last.fm while working.
- Watch (or dvr/tivo) late night tv. I love indie rock and nobody has better music than Conan, period. I have been turned on to a bunch of new bands by the big Irishman.
Listen:
Hype Machine (www.hypem.com) – see above
Youtube.com – once you know what you are looking for, it's a great way to check out live performances and music videos
Myspace.com – just about every band has a myspace page. Good way to check out complete tunes.
Examples
Three new (for me) bands and how I found them.
Read Fred Wilson’s blog, A VC. He recommended and I like his taste in
tunes. I went to hype machine and
listened to 4 or 5 songs; dug it. Then went to youtube to check out some
live performances. I liked
what I saw and heard. Went to
Amazon, purchased the record and used amazon’s
very cool 1-click ordering... and the tunes were at my house in two days. (SB Dave post here: Vampire Weekend
Listening to last.fm. on my home page there are recommendations from folks with my taste in tunes. One recommended Okkervil River with an interesting description that went something like, “if this record was a boy, I would want to slowly make out with him for an entire Sunday” not how I felt about the record! but I was intrigued by the review. Listened in last.fm, then went to hype machine to download a few tunes to sit with them over a few days, then purchased two of their records.
On Conan, they just killed. Went on you tube to see that same performance and read about what other people thought. Went to a few blogs, from hype machine, and listened to more of their stuff.
Things I don’t do:
I don’t pay attention to what iTunes is pushing – feels too corporate-marketing, too label induced. I only use iTunes for a library of my digital music, net radio and podcasts.
I do not listen to terrestrial radio (radio is dead in my world. I want variety and no commercials, so Clear Channel can fuck itself). I will listen to some public stations online (KCRW, KEXP, KCSB)
I don’t pay for any subscriptions. I just don’t do it. I know people love Rhapsody and other subscription services. To me that’s a waste of money.
February 14, 2008
whiggin' for these guys
The Whigs -Mission Control. don't have the record yet but this song is everything that is good about rock music - big guitars, good vocals/melodies, and absolutely ass-kickin' drums. the drummer seems to be beating the living shit out of his kit. the last quarter of this song rips, very Who-esque with windmilling guitar and crushing drums. can't play this song enough times a day.
Right Hand on My Heart
February 04, 2008
Sarah Silverman on Kimmel
thanks to my sis for pointing this out. hilarious
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnVJZkDuVBM
