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The Avett Brothers - The Perfect Space (live performance on...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:55:37 -0500

The Avett Brothers - The Perfect Space (live performance on Spinner’s The Interface)

Wow! This is an incredible performance. The Avett Brothers I and Love and You is a strong contender for my favourite album of ‘09. But Rick Rubin’s sparse production strips away the Avett’s to their bare essentials. This video shows what they can do if you let them plug in and set up a drum kit.

I need to see these guys live.

The Interface has a great looking library of live performances. But why do they geo-block us Canadians out? Arrgghh. Oddly, I can see these Avett Brothers vids, but not others.

Thanks to ECEU for the pointer.

Ben Harper - The Drugs Don’t Work (The Verve) Great cover...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:01:22 -0500

Ben Harper - The Drugs Don’t Work (The Verve)

Great cover of a great song.

Funny exchange on Aardvark. Found on TechCrunch.

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:33:24 -0500

Funny exchange on Aardvark.

Found on TechCrunch.

Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man I’m loving Mumford...

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:39:03 -0500

Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man

I’m loving Mumford & Sons album Sigh No More.

Why do I do this? I somehow miss or ignore a recommendation from one “music friend” that I trust. But then react to another one. David Noel (and I think others) pointed us to these guys back in September. But it was Bijan’s post of Roll Away Your Stone a few days ago that made me listen to the song and then buy the album. Oh well. I’m on it now. Heavy rotation the last 3 days. Had a hard time picking a song from the 12 wonderful ones that make up this album.

Cracker (w/ Patterson Hood) - Friends This is wonderful....

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:59:49 -0500

Cracker (w/ Patterson Hood) - Friends

This is wonderful. Patterson Hood (Drive-By Truckers) playing Friends with Cracker. Friends is from Cracker’s latest album, Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey.

“Friends” is an earnest and amusing ode on the airtight bonds of a pair of drinking buddies.

I love Cracker, but haven’t given this album much of a listen. Will have to revisit it.

Found the video over at No Depression.

"It’s an all-in wager on the economic future of the United States. I love these bets."

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:27:49 -0500

“It’s an all-in wager on the economic future of the United States. I love these bets.”

- Warren Buffet on Berkshire buying Burlington Northern railways for $34 Billion - NYTimes.com

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-1)

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:51:07 -0500

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-1):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

The Low Anthem - Charlie Darwin The Low Anthem’s Oh My...

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:54:45 -0400

The Low Anthem - Charlie Darwin

The Low Anthem’s Oh My God, Charlie Darwin is one of my current heavy-rotation albums. Simple, beautiful, haunting.

Here’s a wonderful animated video for the album opener, Charlie Darwin.

(found over at stereogum)

Guitar lessons from The National’s Aaron Dessner A while...

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:35:10 -0400

Guitar lessons from The National’s Aaron Dessner

A while back I posted video from The National’s appearance on CBC’s Q. But I missed this gem: Aaron Dessner giving a couple little guitar tips for how to play Fake Empire and Slow Show.

One thing that always strikes my about The National’s music is the rhythm. Many of their songs seem off just a little bit, but in a beautiful, perfect kinda way. Aaron shows how he plays Fake Empire using two rhythms simultaneously (one with the thumb, one with the index finger). Maybe this is standard stuff for a half-decent guitar player. I’m poor-to-mediocre and I simply don’t have the coordination to handle this.

Found over at Heather’s blog.

Florence & The Machine on Letterman What a voice!

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:18:18 -0400

Florence & The Machine on Letterman

What a voice!

"…and “Joshua Tree” was the soundtrack to their college years."

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:48:31 -0400

“…and “Joshua Tree” was the soundtrack to their college years.”

- Joshua Tree was the soundtrack of my college years (senior year, anyway).

Lefsetz Letter » U2 At The Rose Bowl

"In American politics, it should be considered a good thing when, after you have won a Presidential..."

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:37:58 -0400

“In American politics, it should be considered a good thing when, after you have won a Presidential election by more than nine million votes, your chief critics accuse you of filling your Administration with Nazis, Maoists, anarchists, and Marxist revolutionaries. That is the voice of the fringe, and the fringe is exactly where you want the opposition to set up permanent shop.”

- The White House’s War with Fox News, The New Yorker

(found at Give Me Something To Read)

Remarkable artwork. Sad but true? via www.newyorker.com

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:12:12 -0400

Remarkable artwork. Sad but true?

via www.newyorker.com

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-25)

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:08:18 -0400

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-25):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Ben Gibbard and Jay Farrar - California Zephyr This is...

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:01:32 -0400

Ben Gibbard and Jay Farrar - California Zephyr

This is wonderful. I just bought the album here.

bijan:

California Zephyr - Ben Gibbard and Jay Farrar

Going to California this afternoon for Jeff Pulver’s 140conf. I’m on a panel with Howard Lindzon and Ron Conway and moderated by Robert Scoble. Should be fun.

U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name Still a great video, one of...

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 07:48:00 -0400

U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name

Still a great video, one of U2’s best songs, and one of the best album openings ever. Sure, Bono’s full of himself, but that’s Bono. The real star of this song is Edge. That guitar sound gets me every time.

Hat tip to TechCrunch, of all places.

Easily find the relevant part of a Google result

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:51:50 -0400

Great Mac tip.

finermac:

If you’re ever looking through a website that you found from a Google search, but are having a hard time finding the relevant part of the page, try this:

Perform a Google search in the Safari toolbar.

Click a link in the results page.

Press Command+G.

Voilá! With one command Safari will find the first word of your search term in the page for you, making it much easier to find the part you were actually searching for. If you continue to press Command+G, it will find the next occurence of your first search term word.

William Shatner - Common People (original by Pulp/Jarvis...

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:49:15 -0400

William Shatner - Common People (original by Pulp/Jarvis Cocker)

This is one of my all-time favourite covers. This isn’t the usual Shatner camp. This is a great rock song featuring wonderful 2nd vocals by Joe Jackson.

“Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world and...

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:38:08 -0400

“Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world and I’ll stand on Bob Dylan’s coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that.” Steve Earle

“I’ve met Bob Dylan’s bodyguards and if Steve Earle thinks he can stand on Bob Dylan’s coffee table, he’s sadly mistaken.” Townes Van Zandt

via whitneymcn: yvynyl:motionsensorsoundtrack:herestothehalcyon:trackaghost

Hosting Your Windows 7 Torrenting Party Pretty funny.

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:27:37 -0400

Hosting Your Windows 7 Torrenting Party

Pretty funny.