Archive for July, 2009
How it feels to be sued for $4.5m
Monday, July 27th, 2009Trial starts today for Joel Tannenbaum in his file sharing case. He’s written a piece for The Guardian about How it feels to be sued for $4.5m
Somerville Rock & Roll Yard Sale
Friday, July 24th, 2009August 1 Somerville MA. From 3 to 7 (Farmers Market in the morning) Union Square Plaza SOMERVILLE ROCK & ROLL YARD SALE
There are 75 Bands in this picture (or so we are told)
Friday, July 24th, 2009Here is an ongoing list of nominees: http://friendfeed.com/eskimo/0c7c46f9/there-are-75-bands-depicted-in-this-picture-let
These noises frighten me…
Thursday, July 16th, 2009Latest Odds on Winner of Mercury Music Prize
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009The Mercury Music Prize is a “prestigious” prize awarded to an album made by a British or Irish act in the previous year.
Current top 5:
Florence And The Machine 5.00
Lily Allen 6.00
Bat For Lashes 8.00
Doves 8.00
Little Boots 8.00
I’m a little surprised by Lily Allen and Doves being so high up. Their stars had seemed to be [...]
NYT – Collectors of 78 R.P.M. Discs Have Those Hard-to-Find Blues
Monday, July 13th, 2009It’s always nice to know that there are people on earth who are even more oddly obsessed than we are…. right?
Collectors of 78 R.P.M. Discs Have Those Hard-to-Find Blues – NYTimes.com.
Ultimate Limited Edition Record = Too Cool
Sunday, July 12th, 20091 copy.
Glued to a working turntable.
TT lid inscribed with lyrics and monogram.
Nuts!
Bob Hund – Fantastiskt.
VLC player hits 1.0 – Best multimedia player anywhere
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009The single best media player for your computer, VLC, just hit version 1.0 today.
If you have ever had trouble playing media on the web, this is the one for you. It plays everything. I’ve never hit anything it can’t play. Also, it takes up waaaay fewer resources on the computer. It does not load a [...]
Remarkable collaborative video – Sour “Hibi no neiro”
Friday, July 3rd, 2009I cannot imagine the planning and work that went into this…