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Apr 1st

LeftNutt - Five Count New stuff from LeftNutt,...

Apr 1st

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Mar 31st

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-3-30) →

Bedouin Soundclash Alan Braxe & Fred Falke Danko Jones Beastie Boys Jamie Lidell Imported from Last.fm Tumblr

Mar 31st

Flickr set: The Teenagers Album →

awwwwwwwwkward.

Mar 30th

“From your 114 subscriptions, over the last 30 days you read 1,989 items,...”

– Google Reader, telling me that even with taking a full week off in the last month, I spend way too much time reading blogs.

Mar 30th

well played Ryan Catbird →

Mar 29th

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Mar 28th

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Mar 28th

“People want to connect with an artifact, something real and physical, and...”

– Why do people buy records?, a really nice post over at Matador Records.

Mar 28th

from zero to book deal in 3 months →

The Stuff White People Like guys just annouced they’ve got a book deal. Wow. That’s gotta be the quickest move from obscurity to payoff ever.

Mar 28th

Oasis and Foo Fighters to headline Virgin Festival... →

If it were March 1996, this would be totally kick ass news. But, it’s not.

Mar 27th

dj set: siik - bangups deux →

90 minute party mix featuring ”all sorts of 80s / booty bass / electro / bmore / nurave”. whoot!

Mar 26th

“Billy Corgan says Virgin Records has no respect for the work of the Smashing...”

– PTW bullhorn

Mar 26th

U2's Achtung Baby Outtakes →

Can someone do through these 3 disks offered for download, and pick out 3 - 5 that are actually worth listening to? I’m all for digging in the crates, but I’ve got things to do.

Mar 26th

My Id vs. Ego on the Subject of New Amerykah →

A solid deep dive Erykah Badu’s new disk… with mp3 goodness too.

Mar 26th

Failsafe: History of a Song →

a CBC radio 3 podcast The story and evolution of a little-known but superb Carl “AC” Newman song… from its first performance in session here at CBC Radio 3 several years ago, to its inclusion as a cover on the Choir Practice album, to the completely re-worked version on the latest New Pornographers album Challengers.

Mar 26th

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Mar 26th

Mar 25th

mp3: Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere [12" Maxi-Single] →

There’s even a dub version! Whoot!

Mar 24th

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-3-23) →

Robyn Adam Green Coconut Records Rebekah Higgs Portishead Imported from Last.fm Tumblr

Mar 24th

Watch

Mos Def discusses presidential candidates, while sitting on the set used in the opening credits of The Fresh Prince of Bell Aire. MegaLOLZ - and - he’s kinda right.

Mar 24th

the new Raconteurs album has leaked →

So much for your bold new business model.

Mar 24th

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Mar 24th

VOTE FOR MY ONION SHIRT!

thomspace: So one of my pals said I should submit a shirt design to Threadless.com. I did, and it got accepted, so be cool and vote for it! :D Thom, that’s really cool you got picked up. Well played sir.

Mar 24th

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ryanadams: Before the Montego Bay Blues and Cornbread Cookoff in Deerhoof Kansas, Utah, 1986. I love how consistently pleasing Ryan’s singing voice is… even when goofing off. Also, “like Wiilco, but in designer clothes” = LOLZ.

Mar 20th

21 History of Hip Hop compilations chronicled by... →

pinder:I’m starting at 1986 I’ve been following these podcasts and they’re real solid. Also, they’ve confirmed two things for me: Hip hop really got itself together in ‘89 Hip hop fell apart in ‘95

Mar 20th

Five cues that Robert Plant is ready to have... →

Mar 19th

“I suppose we typically take you to breakfast places where it’s acceptable to run...”

– Tk, explaining to Dave why he’s never been to Fuel for brunch.

Mar 18th

All nighters.

morganpile: Sometimes I really like them. I like the thrill of being up all night; the happy, drunken feeling you get in the very late hours; the idea that your living in stolen time. It’s also totally gratifying. You work harder than you think you can, become totally enthralled in what your writing, however mundane it is, then, finally, when you’re close to finishing and running on fumes, for the...

Mar 18th