January 2012
34 posts
Raconte-Moi Une Histoire by M83 The happiest 4...
Never Tear Us Apart (INXS Cover feat. St. Vincent,...
“The hackers and engineers of Y Combinator are doing what hackers and engineers...”
– On the Evolution of Investing — Matt Mullenweg
Okkervil River - Westfall
Over the weekend we...
WatchThe Avett Brothers - One Too Many Mornings (Bob Dylan)
Brilliant! Like Mark Olson & Gary Louris, two voices that were meant to be together. This song is from the upcoming 4 disc Dylan tribute, Chimes of Freedom.
Hat tip to Music vs Misery.
“Chris Dodd, lobbyist-in-chief for the MPAA, who is watching the thick end of a...”
– Pick up the pitchforks: David Pogue underestimates Hollywood « Clay Shirky
“With 150 million registered users, about 50 million hits daily and endorsements...”
– New Zealand police seize shotguns, money, cars in raid in US online piracy case - The Washington Post
Clay Shirky: Why SOPA is a bad idea | Video on... →
“The 20th century was a great time to be a media company because the thing you...”
– Clay Shirky in his brief TED Talk on SOPA & PIPA.
“The company isn’t, at all, transforming educational norms; what it is...”
– A Brief History of Textbooks, or, Why Apple’s ‘New Textbook Experience’ Is Actually Revolutionary - Megan Garber - Technology - The Atlantic
“You’ve gotta grok it before you can rock it.”
– Jay Rosen as quoted here: A Brief History of Textbooks, or, Why Apple’s ‘New Textbook Experience’ Is Actually Revolutionary - Megan Garber - Technology - The Atlantic
Willie Nelson - The Scientist (Coldplay cover)
I...
Destroyer - Leave Me Alone (New Order cover)
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“Instead of unloading our dough on electronic gadgets from phones to tablets,...”
– Yep. When I was 13, I got my first summer job and I saved all my money to buy my first stereo. My 13 year-old son Alex has his first job and it is to pay for an Android phone and his monthly phone bill.
Lefsetz Letter » Blog Archive » Sound Quality
WatchM83 - Baby Missiles (live on Jimmy Fallon)
Great stuff. M83 on Jimmy Fallon a couple of nights ago. And The Root’s Questlove on drums.
RAC vs The Hype Machine - 2011 Music Blog...
This is fun. RAC (Remix Artist Collective) did a remix of the top 50 songs of 2011 for Hype Machine’s 2011 Zeitgeist.
December 2011
52 posts
Frightened Rabbit - Fuck This Place
I missed this...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-25) →
M83 (29)
Vince Guaraldi Trio (16)
The Roots (14)
Wilco (13)
James Vincent McMorrow (12)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Fuel/Friends favorites of 2011 | Fuel/Friends... →
Heather Brown is one of my favourite music bloggers and she’s just posted her Best of 2011 list. There are two here that are among my faces of the year, and there’s a bunch of stuff that’s new to me. A couple that I really like on first listen: Frank Turner and Typhoon.
“If the average American family still got the same share of income they earned in...”
– Raise Taxes on Rich to Reward True Job Creators: Nick Hanauer - Businessweek
“Industry analysts are closely observing the fate of RIM (Reverse in Motion),...”
– If Car Companies Were Run Like Tech Companies … - NYTimes.com
“Has this place become so dysfunctional that even when we agree to things, we...”
– Obama on the payroll tax cut debate. Too true.
Congress takes up payroll tax after GOP retreat - CBS News