Some guy making Pez dispenser mp3 players. Interchangeable character heads. A novelty indeed.
This week three standouts from this years' SXSW music conference in Austin Texas. Be on the lookout for big things from these pop gems.
AMPOP -Iceland
Echoes of other recent Icelandic exports.
"My Delusion" live from Austin.
Ghosty -Lawrence Kansas
Sondre Lerche has called them a "U.S., nineties, gutar-based alt-rock Prefab Sprout"
Big Surrender from "Three Pop Songs"
More on the burgeoning Lawrence scene.
Friends of Lizzy -Austin Texas
Pop quartet bridges the gap between Weezer and Ben Folds Five.
10:1 from "Perfect Little Pieces"
Hell's HighwayThe True Story of ...
Hurry a download of Fiona Apple's- Extraordinary Machine The album has finally leaked in its entirety. Thank god.
Damn, Sony is truly missing the boat on this one.
Here is the Torrent as well.
From PublicRadioFan comes a Podcast directory of syndicated radio programs
PodShanking:
to transfer music between iPods directly via headphone ports with a minimum of equipment and preparation.
OK so I heard this really doesn't work that well and certaimly sounds like crap but it brings up a great point/gripe/bitch directed to the folks at Apple. There remains no quick and easy way to share (think beam) files between two iPods.
"Hey Darin, I got this great podcast with Malcolm Gladwell on his new book Blink. I gotta hit you with ...
Moleskine @ March 20th, 2005
A short description from wikipedia
Here is a peek inside submitted Moleskine notebooks
Moleskinerie: The Wandering Moleskine Project
A Map to Your Fix Yet another reason to move back to the Puget Sound region."Caffeinated and Unstrung" is a website devoted to independent coffee shops with wireless internet access in the Seattle area. Check out their interactive Google map of wi-fi java spots.
From the Alaskan Alpine Club comes this 100+ foot kick-ass Ice Wall
W3rd to "A VC". Ben Folds Does Dr Dre's"Bitches aint shit" Quite lovely actually.
Here's the video
I'm sure everyone is all jacked on the new Jack Johnson CD. I like "Breakdown" off the recent release White People by Handsome Boy Modeling School
@ March 16th, 2005
Marla Olmstead "Wunderkind Artist" Fact or Fiction?
@ March 16th, 2005
Fest4Pod - SXSW On Your iPod Heres a Torrent of all the acts playing at this years South by Southwest Festival Add the entire SXSW 2005 Showcasing Artist mp3 library to your iPod. This is a huge download... it's over 750 full-length, high-quality mp3 files!!!
HEIKKI from Sweden
is Maria Eriksson (The Concretes) and Jari Haapalainen (The Bear Quartet) and this is a wonderful record. Fans of Neko Case/New Pornographers, The Concretes and Nancy Sinatra/Lee Hazelwood will find much to admire here.
Listen to: "Former hero"
EARLIMART from California
Somewhere between the intriguing introspection of Elliott Smith and the lush indie pop of Grandaddy.
Listen to:"The Hidden Track"
The Crabs from Portland OR.
These guys make pop songs so catchy they deserve their own special dance moves and craft music that ...
@ March 14th, 2005
From Sound Money - a great story about a Record Shop Owner (remember those?) owner in Pittsburgh w/ a personal collection of 30,000 slabs of vinyl.
WTF Moment of the week - at the drive-in
For those of you asking me the "Why" questions about blogging, a nice article by Michelle Megna at internet.com.
Also of interest is Susannah Gardner's blog and soon to be released book Buzz Marketing with Blogs for dummies.
@ March 12th, 2005
"Miles from Monterey" by West Indian Girl
"Why won't you talk about it?" by the Radio Dept.
"Love Acion" by the Human League