Archive for January, 2007

Links for 2007-01-25

CROSSING THE LINE | Unofficially Sundance
Crossing the Line expertly provides an in-depth portrait of the last American defector still residing in North Korea after 40 years.
SEO World Championship
Oh man…Welcome to the first annual SEO World Championship. We are launching this competition with the intention of starting a new tradition within the Search Engine Optimization field.
Sneak [...]

Band of the Day: Charlotte Hatherley

NAME: Charlotte Hatherley
HOMETOWN: London, United Kingdom
WEBSITE: http://www.charlottehatherley.com/

NYC Record Shop Other Music to Sell DRM-Free Digtial Music Online in February…and Thom Yorke Likes Spank Rock

Lets face it, DRM MP3s suck because they ball and chain you to a music playing device. I rather buy CDs and rip them myself instead of buying stuff off the iTunes store. But now music geeks and devoted fans of indie record store Other Music will have a chance to buy DRM-free music off [...]

Links for 2007-01-24

Wired News: A Real Music Store Sprouts Online
Located at digital.othermusic.com, the site will stock high-quality MP3s from Pitchfork-friendly bands, without using digital rights management of any kind. Hallelujah.
ohnotheydidnt: TOP CHEF MARCEL ATTACKED!!
You read that correctly: The man was attacked not for his political beliefs, not because he supports the wrong football team, but for being [...]

Band of the Day: Pull in Emergency

NAME: Pull In Emergency
HOMETOWN: London, United Kingdom
WEBSITE: http://bandwagon.co.uk/band/+Pull+In+Emergency

Photo by Flash Louis Photography

Ryan Donowho–Not as “Unknown” as Sia Michel May Think

I was just reading the story in New York magazine on artist Doug Aitken’s new video installation at the MoMA, which looks totally wicked, albeit weirdly timed seeing as how you must stand outside for the entire movie. (Maybe they were counting on that July/January weather we had been experiencing.) But something struck me as [...]

links for 2007-01-23

Vynil Wall Graphics
How easy are these to get off, and where can I buy them?
(tags: design vinyl)

ikea hacker
Hack your Ikea wares to make them look even better
(tags: blog decorating design home howto reference shopping)

Today: Blue Monday: the most depressing day of the year
Bad weather, credit card bills and the failure to keep up those good [...]

Blue Monday, The Most Depressing Day of the Year

Feeling sad? It’s time to listen to New Order’s “Blue Monday” all day long because today is officially THE MOST DEPRESSING DAY OF THE YEAR!

The LP for Michael Pitt’s Band Pagoda Finally Sees the Light of Day

So I’ve been writing about Michael Pitt’s band, Pagoda, since 2005 and last year it was mentioned that he and the band were working on a full length album on Thurston Moore’s label, Ecstatic Peace.

Well the time has come–the release is coming on FEBRUARY 27th (pre-order here for $7.96) and here’s your [...]

links for 2007-01-22

V MAGAZINE | MUSIC | BAND PRACTICE
V TAKES A TOUR OF THE PRIVATE PRACTICE SPACES OF SOME OF NEW YORK’S MOST INFLUENTIAL BANDS TO SEE WHERE THE MUSIC REALLY GETS MADE
(tags: music nyc)

V MAGAZINE | ART | McGINLEY’S MORRISSEY
FROM FRANCE TO MEXICO, LATELY WHEN THE MYTHIC MORRISSEY TAKES CENTER STAGE, NEW YORK PHOTOGRAPHER RYAN McGINLEY [...]