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Youssou N’Dour announces Senegal presidential bid
Monday, January 2nd, 2012“It is a supreme patriotic duty,” Mr N’Dour said of his candidacy. “It’s true, I haven’t pursued higher education, but the presidency is a function and not a job. BBC News – Youssou N'Dour announces Senegal presidential bid. Share
There are two interesting things about this NYTimes.com article about Rock Music in 2011
Sunday, January 1st, 2012The first is that Jon Caramanica has written a very interesting and well-considered piece about the mainstream US* rock scene in 2011. I’ve had quibbles with some of his pet projects over the years, but here he hits a home run. It really is difficult to overstate the malaise in US mainstream rock this year. [...]
OT – The White House Asks: Whats Blocking Innovation in America? – Answer: IP Laws
Saturday, February 12th, 2011Groklaw is a very useful, very dense site covering the intersections of law and technology. PJ’s work has been invaluable in advancing understanding of the complexities of the ways in which law, and IP law in particular, influence the world we live in, the culture we consume and the technology we use to do it. [...]
NYC Subways making music – mta.me
Monday, January 31st, 2011Conductor: www.mta.me from Alexander Chen on Vimeo. Impossibly cool! NYC Subway trains API describes art on screen and has a fun musical surprise too. Speeds up over time and is different each time you launch. Run it in multiple tabs for even more fun. Requires scripting, flash, HTML 5 and sound. MTA.ME. Share
For the true vinyl fetishist: cool turntable laptop skin
Sunday, January 30th, 2011We don’t know anything about Perpetual Kid and this amazing skin appears to be out of stock at the moment, but we are sooo tempted… PerpetualKid.com: DJ TURNTABLE LAPTOP SKIN – TURNTABLE INSPIRED LAPTOP SKIN. Share
Off Topic: A quick checklist of ways to surf without being tracked, advertised to and leaking your self all over the web
Monday, November 1st, 2010OT: The most disingenuous TV spot ever?
Sunday, August 22nd, 2010I saw this spot during the Fulham / Man U match on Fox Soccer Channel today. I think it ran next to the ubiquitous Katy Perry ProActive spot. Anyway, the point is that there are plenty of youth oriented ad buys on the English Premiere League on FSC. And we know that soccer is a [...]
Has the internet killed local music scenes?
Friday, June 11th, 2010Interesting think piece : Has the internet killed local music scenes? Could this be said to explain the sameness of the Nike/Fader mixes we mentioned the other day? Share
LP lover items from Etsy
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009One quite reasonably priced: The other just niiiiiiice: Share
1000 songs everyone must hear
Monday, March 16th, 2009Including sections on “Love”, “Heartbreak” and “People and Places”. If you have Javascripting on you can check off the ones you like and then generate html to insert into your own blog etc… 1000 songs everyone must hear | Music | guardian.co.uk . Share
Beyond Gossip, Good and Evil
Monday, March 16th, 2009Jay Smooth over at Ill-Doctrine gives space to Elizabeth Mendez Berry to expand on the remarks she made when he interviewed her about the Rhianna / Chris Brown idiocy. The video interview from several weeks back is worth a look, but the new piece she just wrote is even better. Nuanced, clear, well researched and [...]