Nintari man won the Philadelphia laptop battle! Congrats Mikey!
Global Goon (ex-flatmate of AFX) seems to have released his new album Family Glue online prior to its official release. And he seems to be encouraging people to share it on Soulseek. Odd.
Earth Stories by David Abram (Author of the wonderful book The Spell of the Sensuous)
It will be a sad, sad day for the United States of America if this comes to pass.
Today is Grey Tuesday, and The Chisa Man is participating. Get your download on here: Danger Mouse - The Grey Album
Come out on Wednesday and support my boy Nintari Man in the first ever Philadelphia Laptop Battle.
Beatbox Harmonica <- Brilliant!
Lesbian couple wedded at SF City Hall / Women had been together for five decades
The wedding came just two days after Mayor Gavin Newsom announced that he wanted San Francisco to take the lead in bestowing the same marriage rights to gays and lesbians as are awarded to straight couples, saying he is duty-bound to fight discrimination.You go San Francisco!The landmark wedding, the first of many expected to be held at City Hall today, is sure to set off a legal challenge. City officials, in fact, rushed to issue the first marriage licenses to same-sex couples as quickly as possible for fear that opponents would seek a court injunction to stop them. Officials alerted only a handful of people that they were ready to act, wanting to keep it secret until the papers were signed and the "I do's'' were spoken.
...and on a related note:
Love That Dare Not Squeak Its Name (NYTimes article on gay animals)
The Sound (Timbaland and The Neptunes)
When I told him Timbaland's theories, Williams shook his head vigorously. ''No way,'' he said. ''That's cancerous to my spirit. Knowing how many times a song got played on the radio? No. I'd much rather be in the studio, listening to a Burt Bacharach record, listening to chord progressions, studying them and teaching myself to go somewhere else. I want to pull energy from other worlds into my music. Life, love, science, religion, history, that's what I want to pull into my music. Let's face it -- you make a certain amount of money, and after that, no matter how much money you make, it all feels the same. The only real true joy that is new to me every day is discovering music. I don't know how Tim thinks about sales and then goes and makes a beat. That ain't my world. Tim's a genius, though.''
US blocks Cuban Grammy nominees (Retarded)
New Transient album (I can't keep up!)
Great News Network (Positive news!)
Some interesting (free) audio program finds:
...another site to keep up on the latest software/gear:
Stephen Wolfram's book A New Kind of Science is now free online in its entirety.
Wow! It looks like Miss Waldron's Red Colobus may not be extinct after all.
Yet another positive Vibon 2 review. You got it yet, chumpy?
Hackers and Painters by Paul Graham
This looks like a pretty cool electronic music geek-out event in NYC.
This guy is pretty damn good. So far I've listened to the first two tracks and the Telefon Tel Aviv remix down at the bottom. Impressive stuff.
UPDATE: Ok, after listening to some more, I take it back. This guy is REALLY damn good.
The Grey Album is an art project/experiment that uses the full vocal content of Jay-Z's Black Album recorded over new beats and production made using the Beatles White Album as the sole source material. Danger Mouse insists he can explain and prove that all the music on the Grey Album can be traced back to the White Album and its musical content via sampling. Every kick, snare, and chord is taken from the Beatles White Album and is in their original recording somwhere.