Gillian Anderson likes Feist

Stars - Ageless Beauty (video)

Pixies rarities

Black Eyed Peas

Flat speakers, iPod paraphernalia, Time interviews R. Crumb, more

• Really Flat Speakers
  I can't believe these can output any worthwhile sound.
  
  
  
• iPod handbag with built-in speakers
  Just in case you can't justify to yourselves spending 300 some odd bucks on an MP3 player. Ladies? Guys, I dunno about the man-purse, unless that's your kinda bag, baby.
  
  
  
• iTable
  This would be a nice conversation piece.
  
• Time interviews cartoonist R. Crumb
  
• The Game has a butterfly tattoo
  Click if you don't believe me.
  
• NYT: Return of big-budget horror
  
  
  
• This is apparently how much the Department of Defense cares about troops

Batman Begins full trailer, New New Pornographers, more

• Batman Begins full trailer (mov)
  Damn, this looks good!
  
• New New Pornographers
  Ok, I suppose I'm a Johnny-come-lately on this one. But here is it, a link to info on the New New Pornographers LP entitled 'Twin Cinema' with an MP3 of the title track. Sounds like it picks up where 'Electric Version' left off. And that's a good thing.
  
• Dizzee Rascal launches 'Dirtee Stank' label
  
• Soderbergh To Help Reinvent Film Distribution?
  Remember Mark Cuban's plan for digital film distribution to cut costs? It seems that director Steven Soderbergh is on board with this idea.
  

  The deal calls for six, high def video films from Soderbergh (produced and/or directed) that will be released on DVD, in theatres, and on the HDNet cable channel at the same time. Cuban and Wagner's company shares ownership of Landmark theatres and the HDNet cable channel.

  
  
• Mos Def to play opposite Bruce Willis in 16 Blocks

New Order: Jimmy Kimmel live (4/28/05)

The Radio Bros. - Papillon

Louis XIV contest closed, Winners...!

New djBC: Kenny Rogers vs. John Forte vs. MC Chris

Cradle Robber: Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, Annie interview, more

• Holmes in Cruise Control
  

  While Holmes may have been in kindergarten when Cruise first hit it big in 1983's Risky Business, the pair aren't letting a 16-year age gap get in the way of their good time. Nor does a height difference seem to matter: Holmes is about five-foot-nine (and tops six feet in heels), while Cruise is generously listed at five-foot-seven.

  
  
• arjanwrites has an interview with Annie
  I am so jealous! Here's an excerpt:
  

  Why do you think the Nordic countries put out so much good pop music?
  I think you have to make a distinction between Norway and Sweden. Sweden has a long tradition of pop singer/songwriters, starting with Abba. But in Norway we had Aha in the '80s, but not much came after that. I think now with me, Royksopp and Kings Of Convenience there is again a lot of interest in music from Norway. Bergen especially is a great city for music now. It is a small scene and many of the artist are friends. It is very easy to work together.

  
  
• Universities Don't Have To Help RIAA, Federal Judge Rules
  
• Happy Birthday, Stereogum
  
• The first real-life radio station to become a podcast station
  
• Preventing gadget theft

Mash-up: Armand Van Helden vs. Wildchild; new POP77 mix

Geeks and nerds, M.I.A. on tour, Gorillaz on the O.C.

• Why girls should date nerds and geeks
  A fun perspective
  
• M.I.A. Pushes Lyrical Boundaries, Lines Up Tour
  
• The Gorillaz track "Kids With Guns" will be featured on the O.C.
  Thursday night, April 28th.

Pixies / Bloc Party Presale

Louis XIV contest update!

Mash-up: Coldplay vs. Stonebridge

Primal Scream remixed - Screamixadelica

Go Team interview, Decemberists auction, Scarlett Johansson, more

• The Go! Team: Pitchfork Interview
  

  The samples were cut and pasted on Pro Tools then it was put through distortion and compression. When we put to tape we put the levels up so it was going into the red. It's quite rare for people to actually strive for that, most people want it to sound as good as possible in a stadium type of way. If it sounds too big I want to squish it down. I had the capabilities to make it all slicked up but no.

  
  This is inspiring. I did the same on Cool Edit Pro.
  
  
• Decemberists benefit auction on Ebay
  They did not recover all of their stolen gear and are still missing some $20k worth. (via Donewaiting).
  
• Scarlett Johansson set for Woody Allen's next film
  Scarlett Johansson has been cast as the female lead in Woody Allen's next film, Match Point, which begins shooting June 28 in London.
  
• AOL added to spam blacklist

Live Beastie Boys, live Bright Eyes, The Go! Team b-sides

• Beastie Boys live at The Wireless
  
• Bright Eyes live from 9:30 Club
  via Stairway
  
• The Go! Team b-sides
  via Stairway

Nirvana contest is closed!

Nirvana DVD contest!

Louis XIV contest!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs rarities

New Weezer leak

M.I.A. on MTV, Breathalyzers at the prom, more

• M.I.A.'s Galang to be featured on MTV's Advance Warning
  Airtimes on MTV:
  Sunday, Apr 24 @ 12:00 AM
  Tuesday, Apr 26 @ 8:30 AM
  Thursday, Apr 28 @ 4:00 AM
  
  Airtimes on MTV2:
  Wednesday, Apr 27 @ 10:00 AM
  
  
• Breathalyzers Showing Up At School Dances, Football Games
  
• Kasabian star hurt after being struck onstage
  
• Paris Speaks Out About Split With Nicole
  

  ...Richie is jealous of the media attention her blonder costar receives and resents being left out of things like Hilton's Feb. 5 hosting gig on Saturday Night Live. In fact, says the source, Richie tried to get even for that perceived slight by throwing a party to celebrate the SNL stint and then screening Paris's infamous 2003 sex video instead.

  
  
• Virus pits itself against music pirates
  
• The NYT: H&M and McFashion
  
• iTunes phone on the way
  
• Adorable 3yo North Korean girl is a xylophone virtuoso

Lollapalooza lineup

Week in Review

• Darth Vader's Blogspot blog, PSP web portal, more
  
• The Simpsons music and sounds on MP3
  
• The Shins - 4 live concerts, New Order - Live at Blossom Music Centre, Cleveland
  
• Amazon has link to top 200 downloaded MP3s
  
• M.I.A. vs Electro Pop, Run DMC vs. The Knack
  
• Celebrity news fodder, Google search history, Berkeley pwnage
  
• Missy Elliott - The Cookbook tracklisting
  
• "Simpsons" bow to Pope, M.I.A., U2 PS2 light controller, more
  
• Mashes !!!/Bjork/Smokey Robinson/MIA, Spoon/Mark Morrison/Joe
  
• Prison terms on tap for 'prerelease' pirates
  
• New Pope, Broken Social Scene new LP(s), Kelly Osbourne video, HFStival rumor mill, more
  
• Football TV change, U.S. military's hackers, Oasis video chat, more
  
• Annie interview at The Fader
  
• Playlist Philadelphia iPod DJ contest
  
• M.I.A. acapellas and remix project at XL
  
• Listen to a clip of the new Missy/Pharrell joint
  
• Mashes: Britney, Christina, M.I.A.
  
• Hello, stranger in Banana Republic
  
• DC iPod thefts, the self-repair myth, DMX crashes, more
  
• Sin City review
  
• U2 Live in Anaheim , 4-01-05

The Simpsons music and sounds on MP3

Darth Vader's Blogspot blog, PSP web portal, more

• The Darth Side: Memoirs of a Monster
  
• How-To Hacks finalist: How to set up your own PSP web portal
  
• Slashdot: Human Hibernation on the Horizon?
  
• Boing Boing: Hank Ketcham’s Complete Dennis The Menace
  
• Chili Woman On Ice
  
• YuppiePunk's interesting article on a prolific album cover designer

The Shins - 4 live concerts, New Order - Live at Blossom Music Centre, Cleveland

Amazon has link to top 200 downloaded MP3s

Top downloads are calculated every six hours from the most popular songs downloaded by unique customers of Amazon.com

M.I.A. vs Electro Pop, Run DMC vs. The Knack

Celebrity news fodder, Google search history, Berkeley pwnage

• Another reason to hate Ben Affleck
  Bennifer part 2, featuring Jennifer Garner. I didn't even know she divorced her last husband.
  
• Jane Fonda gets a mouthful
  
• Slashdot: Google Adds Search History Feature
  I hope mine is turned off.
  
• Berkeley student who stole professor's computer busted and threatened by professor in front of lecture (zipped mp3)
  The now infamous file from BoingBoing. Someone is really screwed.

Missy Elliott - The Cookbook tracklisting

Everybody here getting out of control
Get your backs off the wall 'cuz Misdemeanor said so
Everybody (step step [Ciara whispers subliminally]) (x3)

Ya'll just rookies, virgins and nookies
Now my competition, you skip or play hooky
Ain't nobody here that can turn the track up
And I ain't done rappers so shut the hell up

"Simpsons" bow to Pope, M.I.A., U2 PS2 light controller, more

• "Simpsons" Bow to Pope
  
• Xfm with M.I.A.: 'My Beats Are Worth Millions!'
  
• Boing Boing: Lighting system for U2 tour operated by Playstation 2 controller
  
• Wonkette: New Food Pyramid is Totally Gay
  
• The NYT: Cannes Selection Full of Favorites

Mashes !!!/Bjork/Smokey Robinson/MIA, Spoon/Mark Morrison/Joe

Prison terms on tap for 'prerelease' pirates

File-swappers who distribute a single copy of a prerelease movie on the Internet can be imprisoned for up to three years, under a bill that's slated to become the most Draconian expansion of online piracy penalties in years.

The bill, approved by Congress on Tuesday, is written so broadly it could make a federal felon of anyone who has even one copy of a film, software program or music file in a shared folder and should have known the copyrighted work had not been commercially released. Stiff fines of up to $250,000 can also be levied. Penalties would apply regardless of whether any downloading took place...

Invoking a procedure used for noncontroversial legislation, the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved the measure, called the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act. Because the bill already has cleared the Senate, it now goes to President Bush for his signature.

New Pope, Broken Social Scene new LP(s), Kelly Osbourne video, HFStival rumor mill, more

• CNN.com - German cardinal is elected new pope
  
• Broken Social Scene Ready Three Records, K-OS Contributing
  
• MTV Video Premiere - Kelly Osbourne
  A nifty video inspired by Alphaville and other French New Wave cinema.
  
• HFStival rumor mill...unconfirmed artists that little birdies are talking about: The Killers, Audioslave, Weezer, NIN. Any one of these would be nice, especially one of the latter two.
  
• Boing Boing: MetaBrainz launches to fund and oversee MusicBrainz
  An alternative to GraceNote for song/album IDs.
  
• Boing Boing: Seeking site urging RIAA to sue the President
  
• Gizmodo: Turntable Furniture
  
• Gizmodo: Tetris Shelves
  
• You Ain't No Picasso features The Shins @ Austin City Limits

Football TV change, U.S. military's hackers, Oasis video chat, more

• WTF?: MNF on ESPN, Sunday Night Football on NBC
  
• Wired: The hacker division of the Dept. of Defense
  
• Oasis video webchat
  

  On Friday 22 April, Oasis will be taking part in a live interactive video web cast. Guitarist Noel Gallagher will be online at 20.00CET to speak to fans around the world about the band's highly anticipated album ‘Don't Believe The Truth', which includes the brand new single ‘Lyla'.

  
  
• The 50 funkiest albums of all time
  
• Slashdot: Canadians May Face 25% Download Tariff
  
• Now I know why my golf game sucks: Movement disorder
  
  
  
• The Li'l Brudder show on Homestar Runner
  
• Drudge: Coulter laments Time making her look funny on purpose
  
• Bored of the weather? Live in L.A.? Now, you can get daily weather reports from eccentric director David Lynch at his site

Annie interview at The Fader

To be honest, i don't see the album as a pop album... When it comes to the production, I think very much [sic] pop is quite boring...

Playlist Philadelphia iPod DJ contest

Playlist Philadelphia/iPod DJ

M.I.A. acapellas and remix project at XL

Listen to a clip of the new Missy/Pharrell joint

Mashes: Britney, Christina, M.I.A.

Hello, stranger in Banana Republic

DC iPod thefts, the self-repair myth, DMX crashes, more

• IPod Devotees Rocked by Thefts
  
• NYT: The myth of an inexhaustible capacity for self-rejuvenation
  
• DMX arrested for crashing into cop car
  Train wreck would be a more appropriate analogy for his hip-hop career trajectory, but we'll take it.
  
• Hey Yankees fans,
  
  Don't choke on the dust
  
• BoingBoing: Overclocking a TI calculator
  For those with absolutely no life.

U2 Live in Anaheim , 4-01-05

Week in Review

• Britney baby shower gifts, POP77 mix, Beck
  
• N.W.A. explicit only (hilarious), Napoleon Dynamite action figures, more
  
• Kasabian contest winners!
  
• Prominent leaks: NIN, Aimee Mann, White Stripes
  
• Are we kinder to our music than to our movies?
  
• Live Bjork
  
• Update, iPod DJ mixer, Google video, more
  
• Trailer for film based on Cobain's life
  
• The Shins - Pink Bullets (video)
  
• Green Day vs. Opus III mash
  
• Britney Spears is preggers, turntable guitar, and other news
  
• Glastonbury lineup announced
  
• Cornell showdown, RIAA sues again, Apple bloggers' support, Cingular's early ringtones, Paris Hilton interview, more
  
• Fischerspooner
  
• MovieWeb's summer movie preview, America video mash-up, Annie news
  
• Kasabian Contest! - Win an autographed Kasabian poster!
  
• More fun mashed tunes
  
• Rapidshare countdown timer hack
  
• Time's Top 100, Hitchhiker's movie, P2P myths, Hackers, Tooled, DCShoe b-ball

Britney baby shower gifts, POP77 mix, Beck

• Hilarious Fark photoshop contest: Now that Britney's pregnant, photoshop some lovely baby-shower gifts for the happy couple
  
• POP77 has an excellent new mix
  

  On - Aphex Twin
  How Long - Out Hud
  M62 Song (Four Tet Remix) - Doves
  Stardust Hotel - Jaga Jazzist
  Hello Tomorrow - Squeak E. Clean ft. Karen O.
  Green Grass Of Tunnel - Mum
  Nothing Better (Styrofoam Remix) - The Postal Service
  Matinee (Zongamin Unreleased Remix) - Franz Ferdinand
  Robot Rock (Soulwax remix) - Daft Punk
  Arp Center - Principles Of Geometry
  Knowing The Things That I Know - The Blow
  Dog Day - Machine Drum
  Yeti - Caribou
  October Song - Audible
  Unseen In The Disco - Tarwater
  Surfing On A Rocket (Juan Mac Lean Mix) - Air
  Heartbeat (Maurice Fulton Mix) - Annie

  
  
• Brooklyn Vegan has pics from the [not-so-]'secret' NYC Beck show

Kasabian contest winners!

Prominent leaks: NIN, Aimee Mann, White Stripes

• Update: NIN's Trent Reznor releases song as GarageBand file
  
• NIN - With Teeth
  It seems that Trent has adopted a pop sensibility on tracks like 'Every Day is Exactly The Same'. The rest of the album seems like a mix of equal parts Broken, Downward Spiral, and The Fragile, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. It's a new spin on his old formula. Links are at regnyouth.
  
• Aimee Mann - The Forgotten Arm
  Aimee Mann's concept album recreates a 70s feel with her warm storytelling, bright and prominent guitar, and mellow keyboards. Supposedly recorded in 5 days, but it doesn't sound like it! It's one of the best albums I've heard this year and might be the best effort yet from Mann. It's not a very daring or groundbreaking album, but it's enjoyable nonetheless.
  
• White Stripes - Blue Orchid (MP3)
  Honestly, it sounds terrible.

Live Bjork

Update, iPod DJ mixer, Google video, more

• I cleaned up my CSS for lighter code, faster pageloads, and thinner columns. I have de.licio.us-ed my site back to late March for easy navigation of content-related tags (since Blogger doesn't support folders or tags) to increase the blog's navigation utility. Hopefully, I will remember to de.licio.us new posts as a habit so that you can navigate new content with ease.
  
• Reminder: the Kasabian contest is coming to a close. Winners will be chosen tomorrow.
  
  
  
• Numark introduces development of the iPod DJ mixer
  That's hot.
  
• Boing Boing: Google launches Video Upload Program
  
• FCC: Fake news must be declared
  The FCC is asking that government-produced "video news releases" should be clearly labeled as such when aired.
  
• Mark Cuban predicts the demise of the desktop PC

Trailer for film based on Cobain's life

The Shins - Pink Bullets (video)

Green Day vs. Opus III mash

Britney Spears is preggers, turntable guitar, and other news

• Britney Spears ~ The Official Site
  After all those photos of severe munchies and tabloid speculation, Britney finally confirms what everyone has suspected: she actually is preggers.
  

  Dear Fans,
  
  The time has finally come to share our wonderful news that we are expecting our first child together. There are reports that I was in the hospital this weekend, Kevin and I just want everyone to know that all is well. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers.
  
  Love,
  
  Britney & Kevin

  
  
  
  
• Vestax introduces the STC-V1
  For the turntablist rocker in you.
  
  
  
• Boing Boing: For the ladies, purses with brass knuckles
  Essential NYC gear.
  
• Boing Boing: Punk rock in the holy land
  
• Meetup.com goes pay for organizers
  Uh, hello Craigslist and Upcoming.org?

Glastonbury lineup announced

Cornell showdown, RIAA sues again, Apple bloggers' support, Cingular's early ringtones, Paris Hilton interview, more

• Boing Boing: Copyfighters versus RIAA, MPAA, Napster and Universal at Cornell this Thurs
  
• RIAA sues Internet2 users
  
• Apple bloggers who got into legal trouble gain allies: 8 newspapers and the AP!
  
• Cingular convinces bands to release songs as ringtones before singles
  Example: Coldplay will release 'Speed of Sound' as a ringtone a week before radio airplay.
  
• MTV interviews Paris Hilton
  

  MTV: Would you ever want to remake a [Marilyn] Monroe movie like "The Seven Year Itch" or "Some Like it Hot"
  
  Hilton: Yeah, there's some talk.

  
  Please, don't.
  
• Demi Moore will be new face of Versace
  
• Kylie's learning the drums, says this tour will be her last in a while
  
• Foxy Brown says she didn't do it
  
• Atrios <3 the Decemberists

Fischerspooner

• Way too many Fischerspooner videos
  
• An unhealthy dose of Emerge remixes
  
• Fischerspooner - Just Let Go (Thin White Duke Remix)
  
• Kylie Minogue - Come Into My World (Fischerspooner Mix)
  
• Be sure to check out his album 'Odyssey'.

Kasabian Contest! - Win an autographed Kasabian poster!

More fun mashed tunes

• Kasabian vs. Primal Scream
  LSF vs. Loaded
  
• Dunproofin - Rnd
  New one from Dunproofin':
  Lady Sovereign - Random
  Hyper & Dylan Rhymes - Trigger (Terminalhead Remix)
  
• Basement Jaxx vs. ODB
  Oh My Gosh vs. Got Your Money
  
• Jay-Z vs. Ween
  Change Clothes vs. Voodoo Lady
  
• Pink Floyd vs. Franz Ferdinand
  Another Brick in the Wall pt. 2 vs. Take Me Out
  
• Death in Vegas vs. The Psychedelic Furs
  23 Lies vs. We Love You

Rapidshare countdown timer hack

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Time's Top 100, Hitchhiker's movie, P2P myths, Hackers, Tooled, DCShoe b-ball

• Time's Top 100 influential people includes the following list of entertainers:
  Clint Eastwood, Michael Moore, Hilary Swank, Quentin Tarantino, Dan Brown, Dave Eggers, Marc Cherry, John Elderfield, Kanye West, Jon Stewart, Alicia Keys, Jamie Foxx, Johnny Depp, Art Spiegelman, The Halo Team, Ann Coulter, Hayao Miyazaki, Ziyi Zhang, Juanes, Miuccia Prada, Marc Newson, Santiago Calatrava, Alice Munro, Cornelia Funke
  Hmm...
  
• Slashdot: Hitchhiker's Movie is Bad says Adams Biographer
  
• Piercing the peer-to-peer myths: An examination of the Canadian experience
  An excerpt:
  

  Although the music industry seems loath to discuss the matter publicly, according to an October 2004 Economist article, an internal music label study found that between 2/3 and 3/4 of recent sales declines had nothing to do with Internet music downloads [8]. That finding was echoed in a Ministry of Canadian Heritage commissioned report which concluded that "[t]he assumption by the recording industry that demand for CDs is fundamentally strong and that Internet piracy is to blame for falling sales is a simplistic reaction to a complex problem ... to place the burden wholly or partly on illegal downloads from the Internet is to ignore a host of other reasons." [9]
  
  The "other reasons" include the growth of DVD sales, which accounted for zero revenue in 1999, but generated over C$170 million in new revenue from 2000–2004 [10]. The popularity of DVDs is surely related to the decline in CD sales and the shrinking shelf space allocated to CDs by music retailers.
  
  Moreover, U.S. census data actually indicates that the number of hours people spend listening to music is declining. Its data suggests that people now spend increasing amounts of time talking on cellphones, playing videogames, watching movies and using the Internet [11].

  
  
• Russian police: 'Our hackers are the best'
  
• Hacker High School
  
• Maynard of Tool pulls a fast one on fans and media
  Under entry dated 07 Apr 05. He fooled almost everyone, even MTV News. Suckaz!
  
• Mov: DC Shoe: Basketball tricks
  This is pretty amazing. (via BoingBoing).

Week in Review

• The Intonation Music Festival
  
• Mash-up: Ciara / Dizzee Rascal / Lethal Bizzle
  
• Blogger bummer, Friendster rant, Wilco's Jeff Tweedy on who owns culture, Shins on NPR, more
  
• The Killers - Smile Like You Mean It (video)
  
• Mash-ups: Iron & Wine vs. Alicia Keys, Gorillaz vs. Killers
  
• Rolling Stone: The Next List and Top 100 Artists, American films at Cannes, more
  
• Legal DJ Z-Trip streams
  
• You've heard of happy hardcore...this is crappy hardcore
  
• Jeff Buckley - Live Session in New York
  
• Random news
  
• Tool's frontman has found Jesus, Britney's reality, Paris Hilton / Vincent Gallo, Bravery vs. Killers, more
  
• Karen O and Squeak E. Clean - Hello Tomorrow (that adidas ad song) gets mashed
  
• Chris Price, Kid Kameleon, Mylo vs. Tegan and Sara, more mashes!
  
• Columbia Music Lab follow-up
  
• Columbia Music Lab, Peter Jennings has cancer, Vick's herpes, HST's blast
  
• Future of Blogging, Paris with PSP, Jamie Foxx LP, NYT Clubgoers, more...
  
• Mash-ups, a mix, live NIN, and Smithsonian Folkways
  
• Corpse Bride trailer, Flash tracking, Bruce Willis and Justin, A Christmas Story, DDR, Karaoke muzzle, more
  
• Mash-ups: The Killers vs. Ferry Corsten, Cake vs. Flying Lizard, Bomb the Bjork
  
• LCD Soundsystem vs. Janet
  
• Random news, including mass downloading back at universities courtesy of...record companies?
  
• Neutral Milk Hotel and Iron & Wine live/demos

The Intonation Music Festival

Mash-up: Ciara / Dizzee Rascal / Lethal Bizzle

Blogger bummer, Friendster rant, Wilco's Jeff Tweedy on who owns culture, Shins on NPR, more

• Blogger is under severe stress. I am only able to blog using Opera for some strange reason, and even that is giving me problems. Go fig.
  
• So I log into Friendster and find all these new 'features', like horoscopes, groups, and even blogs. How much more useless crap can they cram into this social network? Some new services I wanna see added:
  
  
  1. Menstrual period-o-meter - I think this would be useful for us guys.
  2. Drug log - What kinda drugs you're on and who you can share with.
  3. Poseur-o-meter - Have a feeling this will be off the charts for Friendster users.
  
  C'mon, let's actually see services that add utility to Friendster. Ok. Time to go cyber-stalk Jenny, a blond B actress from New York. She's got a nice rack blog.
  
• Who owns culture? (NYPL)
  Larry Lessig and Wilco's Jeff Tweedy talk about fair use, music, music distribution, copyrights, remixing, and sampling.
  
• Wilco's Jeff Tweedy on BBC World Service's The Music Biz
  (thanks to largehearted boy)
  
• Windows stream: The Shins on NPR!
  
• Why the DMCA supremely sucks
  
• BoingBoing: MPA/IFPI have unrealisitc ISP expectations
  
• Chris Rock will NOT host next year's Oscars

The Killers - Smile Like You Mean It (video)

Mash-ups: Iron & Wine vs. Alicia Keys, Gorillaz vs. Killers

Rolling Stone: The Next List and Top 100 Artists, American films at Cannes, more

• Rolling Stone: The Next List for 2005
  
• Rolling Stone: The Immortals (51-100)
  
• Rolling Stone: The Immortals (1-50)
  Top 100 Artists of All Time. Hmm, some of the selections are suspect.
  
• American films this year at Cannes
  Selections include: Sin City (!), new Von Trier, new Jarmusch with Bill Murray, new Van Sant, new Cronenberg, and new Wenders.
  
• What the hell is up with Blogger? It needs life support.
  
• Pope's funeral to be shown online
  
• The new Gorillaz album has been leaked. You can find it if you look hard enough. It's certainly eclectic and quirky, as you'd expect. Sadly, nothing tops 'Feel Good' or 'Dirty Harry', except maybe the funky track 'DARE' with its sing-songy 80s/neo-disco feel. Ok, I'll concede another bright spot: 'Last Living Souls' sounds like Primal Scream meets Beck. 'White Light' may be a veiled, noisy Velvet Underground tribute.

Legal DJ Z-Trip streams

You've heard of happy hardcore...this is crappy hardcore

Jeff Buckley - Live Session in New York

Random news

• Hilarious post about Apple vs. RIAA
  Here's a snippet:
  

  ...both organizations still face problems with the pesky dissemination of Internet content. Terabytes of music continue to flow freely through peer-to-peer networks such as KaZaa. The result is that today’s multi-millionaire artists must make painful sacrifices such as marrying Kevin Federline.

  
  
• EzTorrent is no more =(
  
• Cannabis Compound Slows Artery Disease in Mice
  Hmmm...
  
• Don't cry for me, Italia

Tool's frontman has found Jesus, Britney's reality, Paris Hilton / Vincent Gallo, Bravery vs. Killers, more

• Finding Jesus: Tool's Maynard James Keenan Says He's Found Jesus
  This is very surprising, if you've ever heard a Tool/Perfect Circle song.
  Flashback: Korn's Brian 'Head' Welch Talks God To 10,000 In California Church
  
• Britney Spears' Reality Show Is 'A Documentation Of Love'
  
• Video: Paris Hilton on a lazy susan spinning around and around
  By troublemaker/filmmaker Vincent Gallo
  
• NME: The Bravery Vs The Killers - round 2
  
• Mark Cuban on the impending extincion of CDs
  And why DRM sucks.
  
• Prince of Monaco is dead
  
• Shins kick off tour tomrorrow
  
• Al Gore's new TV channel
  
• Apple's next toy?
  

  Apple just licensed a chipset that is capable of not only music and video, but 3D graphics and image capturing with resolutions up to 8-megapixel...a possible video/gaming/cellphone/camera/music device[?]

Karen O and Squeak E. Clean - Hello Tomorrow (that adidas ad song) gets mashed

Chris Price, Kid Kameleon, Mylo vs. Tegan and Sara, more mashes!

• I wrote about synthpop artist Chris Price in an earlier post. His track, Charge Me Up has been newly mastered by Gavin Lurssen (who has mastered tracks by Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Leo Kottke, Bad Religion, P.O.D., Blink 182 and Tom Waits), and it sounds excellent. Check it out!
  
• Kid Kameleon
  Thanks for the shout Kid Kameleon. Check out his great site on mash-ups.
  
• Party Ben - Walking in Paris
  Mylo "Paris Four Hundred" vs. Tegan & Sara "Walking with a Ghost"
  I am digging this. Sounds like t.A.T.u. meets Gwen. I dunno.
  
• Fischerspooner vs. Scissor Sisters - We Need A Filthy War
  These go together well (via Arjan Writes).
  
• dj BC - Can't You Hear Biz Knocking?
  Rolling Stones vs. Biz Markie. I don't know how one decides to mash such different tracks together.

Columbia Music Lab follow-up

Columbia Music Lab, Peter Jennings has cancer, Vick's herpes, HST's blast

• Columbia Music Lab
  Features free downloads for participation in their listening study. I will participate and report on what happens.
  
• Peter Jennings announces he has lung cancer
  
• Michael Vick sued for transmitting herpes
  Not just fast and slippery on the field.
  
• Hunter S. Thompson's ashes to be fired from a cannon
  What was the the last thing to go through Hunter S. Thompson's ashes mind?

Future of Blogging, Paris with PSP, Jamie Foxx LP, NYT Clubgoers, more...

• CNET: The Future of Blogging
  According to the Wharton School of Business, bloggers do matter and their impact can't be ignored. But where will the phenomenon lead?
  
  
• Paris sighted with PSP
  Now, if only we could see what people were doing, like in that commercial...
  
• Jamie Foxx invites 50 Cent, Kanye West, and Snoop Dogg to contribute on latest LP
  
• NYT: Clubgoer's Guide to Looking the Look
  
• Already in line for Star Wars
  Please, there's more to life than sci-fi, ramen, anime, and wanking. At least this is for a good cause (the line-waiting, not the latter).
  
  
• Chocolate Factory poster revealed
  
• Aronofsky talks about 'The Fountain'
  
• Boing Boing: Cuitlacoche: corn fungus delicacy
  Yummy.

Mash-ups, a mix, live NIN, and Smithsonian Folkways

Corpse Bride trailer, Flash tracking, Bruce Willis and Justin, A Christmas Story, DDR, Karaoke muzzle, more

• Tim Burton's Corpse Bride teaser trailer
  His latest animated film features the voices of Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson, Albert Finney, and Christopher Lee
  
• No cookies?
  That's ok, we'll track you with Flash.
  
• Bruce Willis wants Justin Timerlake for role in Die Hard 4
  No word on whether he will have Justin reveal one of his sagging nipples.
  
• 'A Christmas Story' House On Ebay
  I want the freakin' leg lamp too.
  
• Boing Boing: Health insurers to fat kids, "Go play DDR"
  
• Boing Boing: Karaoke muzzle
  Sound awful in complete privacy.
  
• What the hell? Even Eschaton is talking about Fiona Apple's leaked MP3s.
  That is so February/March, Atrios.
  
• Salon: Aimee Mann's forthcoming concept album
  
• Eminem and 50 to tour
  
• The Pitchfork kiss of death, recent pans
  
  Hot Hot Heat: Elevator: Pitchfork Review
  Ben Lee: Awake Is the New Sleep: Pitchfork Review

Mash-ups: The Killers vs. Ferry Corsten, Cake vs. Flying Lizard, Bomb the Bjork

LCD Soundsystem vs. Janet

Random news, including mass downloading back at universities courtesy of...record companies?

• AP: Students Using New Generation of Downloads
  Are the music industry and movie industry finally learning?
  
• Slashdot: Online Business Model for a Band?
  
• Slashdot: Best Buy to Eliminate Rebates
  
• Chromewaves has an excellent post about Sin City
  
• NYT: Here's Why the Centrist Democrat Is Feeling Unloved

Neutral Milk Hotel and Iron & Wine live/demos

• NMH: includes two live shows, pre-1996 LPs 'Invent Yourself a Shortcake', 'Beauty', and 'Hype City Soundtrack', as well as unreleased demos.
  
• I&W: Live in San Francisco and live on KEXP Seattle.

Week in Review

• Kelly Osbourne - One Word (Chris Cox Radio Extended Mix)
  
• Farewell
  
• Body Poppin'!
  
• (S)ourmedia, Rockers who died at 27, Kelis vs. Iron & Wine vs. Massive Attack, whaaaa?
  
• M.I.A. vs. Squirrel Nut Zippers mash-up
  
• Random funny news
  
• Top 10 of the 1st Quarter of 2005
  
• No April Foolin' here
  
• April Fool's statement
  
• Podcast beta, Cinemorgue, 600673, Bjork, Digital movie theaters, Yahoo
  
• Evan Dando and Sabrina Brooke - Summer Wine
  
• New Eric Prydz promo
  
• Sin City, Jessica Alba, Mick Jagger's Ghost...
  
• Mash-up: New Weezer vs. Queen vs. Joan Jett vs. ...
  
• Grokster, LCD Soundsystem and M.I.A., Lollapalooza, and more
  
• Hot Hot Heat - Goodnight Goodnight (video)
  
• Hot mash-ups
  
• Mosaic
  
• Configure Winamp to use FreeDB, other random news items
  
• MGM vs. Grokster
  
• HFStival 2005
  
• Videos: Gorillaz, Decemberists, live Bright Eyes, live Death Cab for Cutie, live Explosions in the Sky
  
• Inglorious Bastards, Bloods and Crips, Aging hip-hoppers, Bhangra stabbings, Misc. electronic promos
  
• Fantastic Four trailer
  
• New unreleased M.I.A., M.I.A. and Diplo - Piracy Funds Terrorism, Dizzee Rascal, and more grime/dancehall!
  
• Another slow news day

Kelly Osbourne - One Word (Chris Cox Radio Extended Mix)

Farewell

Body Poppin'!

• MPG: Futureshock - Late at Night (video)
  Just a patrolman's typical late night beat, with everybody body poppin'! (Thanks kottke).
  
• The Electric Boogaloos! (video clips)
  Some original flava. From Mr. Wiggles' site:
  

  While the debate still continues as of who is considered the creator of this dance, in my belief and opinion, I believe that BOOGALOO SAM created the dance called "POPPIN" that I have grown to love. The style and complexity of this dance is based on continuos flexing of the muscles to the beat while executing precise and funky angles that are based on many styles created by Sam's group THE ELECTRIC BOOGALOO. these angles provide funky and rhythmic positions for a popper to hit while flexing his or her muscles to the beat.

  
  
• Stiga (video clips)
  The French don't just make electro. They're down with the body poppin' too!
  
• Update: Entroporium offers an account about the origin of the robot dance
  Don't know if anyone can definitively settle this.

(S)ourmedia, Rockers who died at 27, Kelis vs. Iron & Wine vs. Massive Attack, whaaaa?

• Review of Ourmedia
  Well, I am tempering, or rather revoking, my initial glowing excitement for the ourmedia resource with this fairly negative review. In my experience thus far, uploading MP3s (music that I've made myself) has led to empty nodes and zero files shared. I've even written them about it and received no response. I've registered at Ourmedia and Internet Archive as they've said to do. What the hell is going on? My theories: 1) Knowing that users may upload unauthorized MP3s (which I am not doing) they may have a more stringent screening criteria, 2) They may be biased against lossy formats like MP3 (as they demonstrate in their Internet Archive), 3) The whole upload process is buggered. Conclusion: This alpha is light years away from a beta. Well, the delay and the ambiguity renders ourmedia at this time a rather useless resource for serious musicians. There I said it. If they get their act together, they can let me know when they announce their beta.
  
• YuppiePunk has an interesting post on rockers who croaked at age 27
  
• Mash-up MP3: Kelis vs. Iron & Wine vs. Massive Attack
  Amazingly, this mash-up works. Most slowed-down mashes end up in the trash bin, but this one actually holds together. A pretty bold feat to mash R&B and folk, if you ask me.

M.I.A. vs. Squirrel Nut Zippers mash-up

Random funny news

• Why do I love my blog?
  Because of the volumes of erudite discourse in the comments section: like this battle of great minds in the Jadakiss post.
  
• BBC asks Marley Foundation for Bob Marley interview
  ...forgetting the important fact that Bob Marley died 24 years ago. I mean his music lives on in bars and frat parties with such vibrance that it can be so hard to forget this. (via Boing Boing; I can't believe this is not an April Fool's gag.)
  
• Salon Album Review: Moby's "Hotel"
  Salon's Audiofile confirms what I warned you about in February, that Moby does indeed suck.
  
• Pat Buchanan gets sauced
  Salad dressing attack!

Top 10 of the 1st Quarter of 2005

No April Foolin' here

• I'm sure you've already seen boringboring, sixfoo 660, and Google Gulp so I won't re-tread that here.
  
• Mitch Hedberg dead at 37
  R.I.P.
  
• Notorious B.I.G. movie next year
  "It's going to be challenging to cast a B.I.G." Names they've thrown around: Waverly W. Alford, Anthony Anderson, Guerilla Black, and Cedric the Entertainer. Ok, I'm kidding about Cedric, but they actually did mention Anthony Anderson, which is just as funny.
  
• Andre 3000 of Outkas sick of music

April Fool's statement