September Playlist: 10 Songs Under the Influence of Music
Check out our monthly playlist that chronicles some of our favorite songs at the moment. These are the songs we can’t get out of our head–some of them are old favorites and some are newly discovered loved tracks. Here is our inaugural list. Enjoy! Twin Sister- Lady Daydream Active Child – Take Shelter The Swell...
Coincidental Rap: T-Pain Soundalikes Snatching People Up
“Obviously,” the infamous autotune digitally enhances the musical qualities of sound, and the Gregory Brothers invaded Youtube with it. Auto-tuning is most effective for transforming voices into electronic singers, but it could be used for anything, such as a national news segment of Antoine Dodson’s account of a rapist in Lincoln Park. The autotune effect...
Computer Science meets Motion Design
Something Cool is going on in the brotherhood of technology and graphic design: collecting 3D information from single plane images by mapping the dimension for movement. Other projects from the same team have come up with a multi-screen sync for iphones that align next to each other to create a single larger viewing area. And...
Review of Arcade Fire’s “The Suburbs”
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Arcade Fire’s 2010 album, The Suburbs, is a truly delightful piece of musical drama. It takes the band in a refreshing direction by leaving out the orchestration that was evident in Neon Bible. While Neon Bible had a power to it, the newest album steers in a more melancholic direction,...
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Mp3
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, “Round and Round” Rating 4.5 out of 5.0 My iPhone is stuck in the 1960s– or at least that is what someone might think if they listen to my recent playlist. With the wave of ’60s inspired tracks that have been reaching my radar lately, I really have been flooded with...
CoCoRosie gets Daytrottered
Shuffle on over to Daytrotter to download some fabulous recordings of CoCoRosie. Their refreshing tune to listen to first is the mis-titled track “R.I.P. Burnface” which is really the beautiful “Lemonade.” Often times CoCoRosie gets slammed as a worse version of Bjork. I don’t usually care for Björk, so the argument doesn’t stick. I would...
Lykke Li Trumps on Live Street Performances
It’s not often that an artist can jingle a chain necklace against the floor and somehow turn it into a tune, yet that is exactly what Lykke Li does. Whether she is jamming with Bon Iver in a park or getting her groove on in the back of a cab, she never disappoints. She manages...
Best Coast Free mp3 Download…and lolcatz!
Exclusive free download of “Boyfriend” by Best Coast. The album “Crazy for You” was released three days ago. Score: 4.5/5.0 Best Coast has been popping up on most cutting-edge music blogs. Why? Who knows… The song is good though. Not too good, just good. Download it and hear for yourself. Does it meet your standards?...
Going GaGa for Nada? Meet The Knife.
I find the Lady Gaga mania that is gripping our nation to be quite odd. Fans act like she is the most innovative performer since Ziggy Stardust. Well I take that back. It’s a bad comparison, because I doubt the majority of her fans actually know who Ziggy Stardust is (although she claims David Bowie...
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Post rock from http://temporaryresidence.com/, perfect for lounging on a cozy modern Knoll-style chair.
Optimize Craigslist with Boolean Search Operators
09/2011 Update:Â Craigslist seems to change their booleans every now and then. Parenthesis and apostrophes at one point were for phrases and OR operators. Just like the renowned Google search engine, Craigslist.org has their own technical search term operators that will alter the parameters of your search. If you are looking to add special conditions...
What Windows Misses that Macs Have
Before you get the idea that this will be fanboy activism, realize that I could care less about the Microsoft/Apple debates, politics, and the social innuendos and biases surrounding the computer world. This is just my experience and in no way will it reflect that better alternative exist. Since my purchase of a used MacBook...
