Double Reading

I’ve avoided posting YouTube videos in the past, but I’ve literally been watching this one at least three times a day lately, so I couldn’t resist. The song is “Tony the Beat (Push It)” by the Swedish band the Sounds and it’s remixed by one of my all-time favorite remixers Rex the Dog (checkout his [...]

So basically if you want to hear about my thoughts on “2006 in Remixes,” checkout Good Weather for Airstrikes post on Best of 2006: The Remixes.
I literally have each and every one of those tracks posted, and I must say that I love them all. (My least favorite, if you must know, is the Field [...]

I don’t really hate to admit it, but I feel like I should, but the day I’ve been waiting for all year has finally arrived: Pitchfork has posted their Top 100 Tracks of 2006. For the past two years I’ve followed this list and downloaded/found/purchased each and every track they recommended. The Top 50 Singles [...]

I sent an email to Mute Records (The Knife’s US label) asking about whether we’d be getting a region-1 DVD release of The Knife’s new DVD Silent Shout - An Audio Visual Experience (check out a clip from the performance of “We Share Our Mothers’ Health”).
Here is their (very good news!!) response:

Hi Jason
Thanks for writing. [...]

If, like me, you are sometimes overtaken by nostalgia or find yourself wondering how your life was different (not necessarily better or worse) last year at this time (I always become much more introspective and whatnot once the sunny days end and it gets darker earlier and rainy here in Seattle), then I have a [...]

Yikes, a bit behind am I? So Seattle Gay Pride was something like five months ago (almost half a year!) and I am just now getting around to posting my “Gay Pride 2006″ mix.
Compared to Music Make You Lose Control and Destroy Rock (And Roll), this mix is tremendously better. I have a few theories [...]

Every few months I end up posting a sort of “calendar” of events/things that I am looking forward too (it seems that last fall was good, too). Eventually I do intend to write or find some sort of WordPress plugin that makes this easier and less table/post-ish, but there are just so many things on [...]

From the “Too-Weird-And-Awesome-To-Be-True” department:
While searching around the interenet last night, I found a tracklisting from Justin Timberlake’s “SexyBack” single. Of note, it appears that Linus Loves is going to be remixing the song!!!
Ever since remixing Mylo’s “In My Arms,” I’ve absolutely loved Linus Loves. Their mixes have a very slick, dancey, futuristic feel to them, [...]

I hate to say this, but I’ve been in a bit of a CD buying funk lately. I went to Tower Records down by the Space Needle last Thursday and, despite spending way too much on CDs, didn’t really come home with anything all that exciting. The last CD I’ve been genuinely excited to get [...]

First, checkout “I’m Bringing Back Sexy” from The Observer Music Monthly which touches on topics such as Justin Timberlake’s drug use, his thoughts on tabloids, and what why “‘music’s gone to such shit.”
If that doesn’t fill your daily need of pop music writing, Slate has an excellent article titled “Paris Hilton, Anti-Hero.” Despite the headline, [...]