Links for 7.29.08: Jay-Z’s ring, a shark’s failure, a Zimmerman release…
*Good music: The Walkmen’s new album, “You & Me,” is available on Amie Street for $5. That is pretty cheap. [universal] *SHARK ATTACK: American Idol’s Ryan Seacrest was bitten by a shark recently....
View ArticleVideo: Rihanna’s “Umbrella” remixed with Tay Zonday’s “Chocolate Rain”
Uploaded last year, but pointed at recently by the indefatigable Waxy.
View ArticleLinks for 8.27.08: Jay vs. Noel, Okkervil YouTube and SMOKING…
*Music videos: If you want more Okkervil River music videos like Bon Iver’s cover of “Blue Tulips,” you should probably subscribe to the band’s YouTube channel. [filter] *Mashups: Jay-Z vs. Oasis...
View ArticleVideo: “Reasonable Doubt” documentary on Jay-Z from BBC
more about "Video: "Reasonable Doubt" documentary…", posted with vodpod It’s long. And Jay-Z is linguistically brilliant. [max fun]
View ArticleLinks for 9.20.08: Blink crash, Jay-Z’s label, Saramago’s movie…
*Crash: DJ AM and former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker were in a South Carolina plane crash on Friday that killed four people. They’re both being treated for burns and are in critical condition....
View ArticleLinks for 10.5.08: MySpace Music’s billionth, Latifah’s Touch, Weird Al’s...
*Streaming: MySpace Music streamed a billion songs within days of its launch. Whatever this MySpace Music monster is, it is LARGE. I had a fake MySpace page once. I thought I should admit that....
View ArticleLinks for 12.3.08: Last.fm’s Best of List, Obama’s Zune, Richardson’s beard…
*Lists: Last.fm’s Best of 2008 list reveals what users have scrobbled over the past year. I still love the word “scrobbling.” Bon Iver! *Politics: Barack Obama uses a Zune. Is this the first crack?...
View ArticleLinks for 1.2.09: Prince’s albums, torrenting records, vinyl bling
*Labels: Open Your Eyes Records distributes all of its new music via BitTorrent. This may come as a shock to you (geek that I am probably perceived to be), but I have never torrented anything. Because...
View ArticleLinks for 10.1.09: Floating Logos, Hove’s occultism, Nabokov’s bald head, the...
*Photography: Matt Siber’s Floating Logo series has me mesmerized. It’s that or the 2/3 of a bottle of white wine I just drank very quickly out of tiny jam jars. Or both. (I should add that due to an...
View ArticleVideo: PS22′s “Empire State of Mind”
I’ve linked to this school choir before. (A bit hammy, but they’re KIDS.) They are now giving the Carleton Singing Knights a run for their money. I hope I’m the only one who gets that reference....
View ArticleLinks for 12.10.10: The way of all flesh
*Delirium in prose: It seems like there’s been a wealth of compelling writing floating around in front of my eyes in recent days. This thing from Pitchfork Reviews Reviews goes three different ways on...
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