Most random find of the day...

While hunting for suitcases and jackets we stumbled upond this fashion Gem!
 

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Productive Day (8/7/09) Just messing around with Posterous & m4a files.

  
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This was recorded using Voice Memos on the iPhone 3G and was intended to go out on Friday, but since the recording is just over two minutes the file size is a bit larger than Mail on the iPhone was willing to support on a 3G network. So... it goes out today. I did another test using AudioBoo on Saturday but something was off in my settings config on AudioBoo's site so that post did not get pushed to Posterous, Twitter, FB, etc. Hopefully I'll get it all sorted out before My trip to Alaska at the end of the month which is where I'm hoping this will all come in to play to capture all of the cool stuff we're bound to see while we're there.
 
-Joe

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Trent Reznor on Digg Dialog

Great interview with Trent Reznor, I like him more and more as he gets older.

Music you should hear: The Prodigy - Warriors Dance

New Prodigy, is a lot like the old Prodigy, but a bit more concise. Not quite sure why they have to burn the place down though.

The new album 'Invaders Must Die' is really good especially if you've been a fan of The Prodigy through out their career. Personally I Enjoy the ravey sounds of the group more than the "Electro Punk" sound of the last two albums, not that they didn't have gems like "Firestarter", "Breathe", "Girls" & "The Way It Is" but as a whole album I think the rave vibe works better. Bust out your Baggy Jeans, Trainers and favorite glow products! 3.5 out of 5! -Joe

Morning Links: Get Loose, It's April Fools Day Baby!

New Kasabian Single - "Vlad The Impaler", Album out in June. Grab the MP3 Here: Read more Here


Kasabian - Vlad the Impaler from Kasabian on Vimeo.

Get Loose Baby, It's April Fools Day!

-Joe

Scary Pop

Fever Ray: One half of The Knife returns with the other half and for some reason call it Fever Ray.


When I Grow Up from Fever Ray on Vimeo.




If I Had A Heart from Fever Ray on Vimeo.

The Knife - Silent Shout:


Scary.

-Joe

Morning Links: The Revolution will be Streamed!

img source: xkcd


Another Kicker from Bob Lefsetz:

"If you want to have a fulfilling, enriched life today you don’t start a band, you start a company! Is your desire to date Mariah Carey or have enough money to attract reasonable members of the opposite sex? Do you want to have people tell you what to do or do you want to be in charge of your own destiny? Tech is about innovation. What do they say, "Innovate or die"? Whereas in the music business it’s "I don’t hear a single."

Customer Service is the title of a recent blog entry by Bob Lefsetz, in it he once again draws parallels from the Music & Tech industries, both of which I'm interested in. I really like where Bob is going lately, Since I have my feet in both fields I can relate easily.

*****

TechCrunch: Jason Kincaid takes a First Look at Lala’s iPhone App which will Stream Your Music Library From The Cloud. This is an important step in what is to come for all media. When the dust settles the end result for most users will be on demand cloud stored media. Music, Movies & TV will not be owned by most but streamed and subscribed to on demand. The next couple years will see stepping stones towards this end, but the bottom line will be access to everything everywhere when you want it. But you're saying "Wait this is no good for me, I'm a DJ, I mix and match beats and tempos, I just got use to CD's I can't just stream files and mix them, My Laptop will crash!!!" No worries you'll still be hoarding files, all of your fans however will most likely not. Resistance is Futile.

*****

Dandy Warhols collaborate... with everybody.


Breathe Easy Trailer from World's Fair on Vimeo.

*****

SMK - 6 Swedes pick up where Kraftwerk left off.



John found this video 1st, which seems to be a really well done fan video. I of course liked the song, dug a little bit deeper and found the 10+ minute live jam version.



The group is called Slagsmålsklubben or SMK, according to their MySpace they're from Stockholm and Berlin and they have a new EP out called Sponsored by Destiny, which is also the name of the song in both the video's above.

Here another called Smedby Eyes



Rave!

-Joe

Morning Links - New School Pearl Jam Cover

The epitome of a bedroom producer. cool.

Off to work!

-joe

Music you should hear: Kutiman - Thru You

So John sent me this link the other day of a guy named Kutiman who grabbed You Tube clips of people playing instruments or singing and chopped both the video and audio of these clips into new songs and video's. When john sent me the link the original site was already down. I thought nothing of it, then John sent me a new link this morning. After watching all 7 videos I'm truly inspired. It's pretty amazing that Kutiman was able to make such interesting songs out of all these random bits of music. Using You Tube as your source material is a pretty savvy move as well. I'm immediately reminded of DJ Shadow & EBN, creating music solely of samples. It's refreshing and well worth a listen or two.


Related Links:
Thru-You

Unofficial Mirror Site

Other Links of Interest:

Once Banned, Monty Python Flick Returns To Town

Music you should hear: Circle Square "Dancers"

Other Links of Interest:

Solar Socialists

Only in India although I'll bet many other places looked similar when they 1st got power.

Making Music is Good

Just finished working on one of John's songs called Almost Better. I added some atmospheric layers to it, a handful of synths and tweaked the drums a bit. Think NIN's hurt meets The Cure's Lullaby. I think it's going to turn out really nice.

This makes 9 songs so far that are arranged and nearing completion that have been started in the month of February. This RPM Challenge is turning our to be pretty cool. We're under the gun now to finish these up and get them mixed be by the 28th. The pressure is on. Woo-Hoo!

-Joe

Morning Links: Something Is Squeezing my Skull... err Stomach

It's Tuesday, I've a server class to attend this morning, a wireless network to set up this afternoon, several customers to call back and my stomach is being quite grumpy. Grrr! Here's some morning reading:

Smart Cars, Smart Grid

New Music from Morrissey, Lilly Allen and Sufjan Stevens on NPR's All songs

DVD Sales on the Slide along with everything else!

TV on the Radio remix Nat King Cole This sounds really cool actually! Nice Dark and Dubby Number!

Billboard recaps NIN & Jane's Addiction Tour and Album news

Pep Talk

New Simpsons Intro

Jason Snell does a review and video onDropbox for Mac World

Enjoy!

Joe

Listening to Today: Sleepmakeswaves

For my My Music Nerds... and fans of Sigur Ros, Mogwai, Explosions in the Sky, etc.

Found these guys on Phlow Magazine. Great Instrumental music, very prog rock, great players and so on. This is refreshing to me because I've been listening to so much jazz lately that Sleepmakeswaves satisfy the complexity I'm apparently in the mood for but has enough electronics and ambience to make it fresh, modern and most of all optimistic, which is something I'm also really after in music lately.

Enjoy!

Joe

Links:

http://www.sleepmakeswaves.com/

Sleepmakeswaves - OneDayYouWillTeachMeToLetGoOfMyFears.mp3

Free Postrock MP3 Download from Sleepmakeswaves on Lost Children Netlabel | Phlow-Magazine - Free MP3 Music Culture

Collective Permanent Record

CPR lets you play with the news, Max Headroom styleCollective Permanent Record

NOSTE Installation

Very Chill Art Installation ... NOSTE installation on Vimeo

Ryan Adams Taking Hiatus From Music?

Sounds Like Ryan Adams is having a breakdown... or maybe he just needs a vacation. - Ryan Adams Taking Hiatus From Music?

It's Amazing what you can do with excessive amounts of free time...

DSP-049 House of Cards (850 Billion and Counting)

Hey Kids Whats Happening! Welcome to the another episode of Datasound Podcast, I'm your host Joe Shockley binging you the latest and greatest in alternative music from around the world.

It's been a while... I know, and to make matters worse I'm coming back with a vengeance and I'm not really going to do much talking. Today on the show instead of focusing on all things new, I'm focusing on all things Political and Critical.

When I turn on the news or even open up my browser I'm bombarded by end of the world scenarios as the worlds economy collapses and I can't help but hear Radiohead's House of Cards in my head.

Inspired by the great fleecing of America by Bankers and Politicians I've put together a mix of songs that I think really set the mood for what many people in this country and around the world are feeling. So with that in mind, grab your Head Phones, Maybe go to the Gym or better yet, turn off all the lights like you did when you were a kid, sit, listen and just think for a while.

Enjoy a little mix I like to Call House of Cards (850 Billion and Counting)

Track List:
1. The Faint - Ge Seduced - Fasciinatiion
2. Tricky - Black Steel - Maxinquaye
3. Bjork - Declare Independance - Volta
4. Nine Inch Nails - Letting You - The Slip
5. Pailhead - I Will Refuse - Trait
6. !!! - Hello? Is This Thing On? - Louden Up Now
7. The Stills - Snakecharming The Masses - Oceans Will Rise
8. TV On The Radio - Dry Drunk Emperor
9. Radiohead - House of Cards - In Rainbows


Links:
http://www.thefaint.com/
http://www.myspace.com/trickola
http://bjork.com/
http://www.nin.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pailhead
http://www.myspace.com/chkchkchk
http://www.myspace.com/thestills
http://www.tvontheradio.com/
http://www.radiohead.com/

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"Art" is everywhere... sort of.

DSP-048: Bang On

Today's show features New Music from The Breeders as well as music from bands you probably haven't heard of before but will be glad you did.

Track List:
1. The C-60s - Jerri Curl - The C60s
2. The Breeders - Bang On - Mountain Battles
3. Vampire Weekend Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa - Vampire Weekend
4. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Mama, Won't You Keep Them Castles In the Air Burning?- Some Loud Thunder
5. Grimy Styles - Duct Tape And Pancakes - Rewind
6. Easy Star All-Stars - Electioneering - Radiodread


Links:
http://www.myspace.com/thec60s
http://breedersdigest.net
http://www.vampireweekend.com
http://www.clapyourhandssayyeah.com
http://www.myspace.com/grimystyles
http://www.easystar.com
www.mostpeoplearedjs.com

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