Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
I shot and edited this heinousness.
The music is by Leo Kottke, The Old 97's and, I believe, an instrumental by the Beastie Boys.
If anybody is wondering about the title, "Fatwater", I guess it is kind of a play on Blackwater and "Fatroll" which is a nick name of one of ...
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Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
Author Tom Moon has assembled a book called 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die: A Listener's Life List. I first heard about this project on NPR's All Songs Considered podcast.
The title pretty much explains the book, but the idea behind it and the title itself seem both hugely ambitious ...
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Friday, October 3rd, 2008
Three more examples of digitally distributed music.
Bloc Party. Looks like you can snag the new album "Intimacy" now, in mp3 form, for $10. You can also pre-order the CD plus get the mp3s immediately for $20.
Girl Talk. His new(ish) album "Feed the Animals" is available at a Radiohead like price. ...
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Monday, August 25th, 2008
David Byrne and Brian Eno take a cue from Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead and release their new album -- Everything that Happens Will Happen Today -- online at http://www.everythingthathappens.com .
There are three packages, three ways to get this album: as a high quality digital only download for $8.99; a ...
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Muxtape allows you to make and share mixtapes, only without the tape and in mp3 form. Create a free account, then upload and arrange up to 12 tracks. You'll then have a custom URL to share. Users can also subscribe to other user's RSS feeds and become "fans" of muxtapes.
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