Double Reading

If you aren’t aware of my obsession with the film 2046, well, do a search for “2046″ on my blog and you should get an idea of how much I love this movie.
That said, I was sad (though not surprised) that 2046 wasn’t mentioned anywhere when it came time for film award season. I understand [...]

I’ve completed my first “DJ mix” project: “Destroy Rock (And Roll).” I’ve had the idea of doing a project like this for quite a few months now, but never had the software or confidence or whatever to finish it. So for about a month I’ve been playing around with MixMeister (thanks to Johan at Pop [...]

Everyone: Go and download the iTunes song of the week: “Ooh La La” by Goldfrapp. It’s from the upcoming album Supernature (out in the U.S. on March 7). I’ve heard a few of the songs from the album, and although “Ooh La La” isn’t my favorite, when it’s for free, how could you lose?
And if [...]

I must admit that ever since Homogenic, I’ve felt that Bjork has gone a bit downhill. I know a lot of people think that Vespertine was her best work, but with songs like “Bachelorette” (one of my all-time fav songs) and “Joga,” how could you go wrong?
I thought that Medulla was a step-up from Vespertine, [...]

I’m always interested in finding out where a song gets its samples from. I remember when I first got into electronic music I would hunt down the original songs so I could hear what changes were made and what parts were taken, etc. I specifically remember going through the linear notes to Moby’s Play and [...]

Now that I have revealed where I download free MP3s, I figure I should highlight some more cool MP3s I’ve found lately.
First up, thanks to The Prettiest Pony (and today Big Stereo) is “Caller” by Codebreaker. I loved this track so much that I purchased their album What Is This Earth Love? this weekend from [...]

I saw this posted to Slate the other day:

Attention! Deficit Disorder

I didn’t read the article about overspending the the U.S. economy (yet), but the headline sure caught my attention.

Although I still have yet to see why podcasts are “the next big thing,” within the past few months I have regularly listened to four podcasts:

The Majority Report (on Air America Radio)
Pop Is Now King (PINK)
The Official Lost Podcast
The Transmission Enhanced Podcast (an unofficial Lost podcast)

This morning, I learned that two of the four podcasts [...]

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has a pretty thorough article on “alternative” (i.e. not just one-passenger cars) transportation in the Seattle area: “A drive toward fewer cars.”
I wouldn’t say that the article has anything terribly profound, but it was an interesting read, nonetheless, especially for someone like me who uses only non-car methods of transportation.
Highlights:

The Pike-Pine neighborhood [...]

In October 2005, I was searching for remixes of songs by Annie and came across the Mylo remix of “Chewing Gum” (despite the fact I was really looking for remixes of “Heartbeat”). I was so impressed with Mylo, however, I ended up doing some searches for his stuff on LimeWire and was pleasantly surprised.
(For the [...]