Video: Death Cab for Cutie’s Black Cab Session
A new Black Cab Session: Death Cab for Cutie. One song, one take, one cab, one etc.
Video: Rivers Cuomo’s YouTube channel
Links for 5.15.08: Apple’s DRM plans, The Beatles’ machinima…
*The Guardian: How is Apple changing DRM? Subscriptions rising?
*Extending album art: What your favorite albums look like beyond the cover… Did no one mock up that one Sugar Ray album? [tobs]
*Bloggers can feature Amazon MP3 tunes on their blogs now thanks to a widget. In boring news, I haven’t blogged about widgets in a long time. [coolfer]
*The New York Times writes up Kanye’s space alien aesthetic and his ego. Sure, he can pick on Entertainment Weekly, but what will Mr. West have to say about the paper of record?
*The Office’s Creed has a platinum album to his credit with his band, The Grass Roots. [earfarm]
*FlyTunes: Add streaming video from the likes of Comedy Central and NBC to your iPhone. [listening post]
*Video: Machinima music video for The Beatles’ “I’m Only Sleeping” made with World of Warcraft. [urlesque]
*They may give Jammie Thomas, the Minnesota woman busted for music filesharing, another trial.
*Also: The RIAA is on Limewire like crazy. WATCHING YOU.
*Off topic. BusinessWeek on Twitter. If you want to understand social media, read this. [buzzwatch]
Video: Digital Randy Moss does the Soulja Boy on Madden
OK. This is long. But if you fast forward to the last 20 seconds you can see Randy Moss do the Soulja Boy.
Video: Flight of the Conchords’ “Ladies of the World”
Video: Bill O’Reilly flips out – the dance remix
[reddit]
Links for 5.14.08: Imeem ascends, Qtrax signs, Sally Forth rocks…
*Qtrax, the legal P2P startup, finally actually signs their 4th major label, Warner. [listening post]
*Vote: Cover vs. Original. Please make sure your voice is heard. This is almost as important as American Idol or Barack vs. Hillary. [mefi]
*Vulture pulls a great quote from Lil Wayne. On staying away from cocaine: “It’s just about the acne.”
*Sally Forth (the comic strip) references Vampire Weekend. Up next: Garfield eats lasagna off Santogold’s belly.
*Imeem is now the top music streaming site, passing AOL and Yahoo. Also, they’re opting in to OpenSocial.
*The top 20 superhero songs. [pop candy]
*Songs that are both anti- and pro-drug.
*The Listening Tree: Would you like to hear a tree grow? [good]
*Video: Leonard Cohen, back on stage. Everybody hates it when I try to sing Leonard Cohen. [daily swarm]
*Off topic: Who needs boobs with an ass like this? Sad. But I’ve read it eight times. [nevenmrgan]
*Note: I am declaring May 14th to be Nicole Eggert day (kinda SFW). Please help spread the word. It’s a long story.
Video: Scarlett and Penelope Kissing
Well, Scarlett *did* just put out that album.
Update: Nate Dogg is fine
XXL gets the scoop: Nate Dogg’s manager has issued a statement making it clear that he is alive. That is all. [xrrf]
Video: N.E.R.D.’s “Everybody Nose”
Video: Death Cab for Cutie + Daytrotter
A segment from Current TV: With special talking-on-cellphone footage!
Video: Mike Doughty performing “I Just Want the Girl in the Blue Dress”
For The Current.
Found prose: Some sentences I have recently enjoyed
“HRO [Hipster Runoff] is the only blog on the internet that is compatible with linksys wireless routers.“
-The estimable Hipster Runoff.
“A resident arriving home on the 2600 block of Spruce Street on April 15 did a double-take when he saw a couple of guys coming out his back door while fondling his narcotic prescription.“
-From the police report of the Roseville Little Canada Review of suburban Minnesota, 5.13.08.
Links for 5.13.08: Madonna covers Pantera, ?uestlove mocks Kanye…
*The Roots’ ?uestlove mocks Kanye West in blog form. Well played, sir. (Effing bloggers.) [nah right]
*Salon calls out Soulja Boy as the beginning of the end of hip-hop. [ypulse]
*Last.fm Playground: Check out Last.fm’s in-the-works projects. From the Last.fm blog via Waxy.
*Video: Madonna covers Pantera’s “A New Level.” Pantera fans don’t love it. Pantera fans.
*Outdoor slow dance parties: Go to Buenos Aires.
*Jack Black has recorded his own version of the song “Kung Fu Fighting” (with Cee-Lo). [cinematical]
*A Fraggle Rock live-action feature film will soon be coming out. [parent dish]
*Nate Dogg is not dead, despite what Google trends may try to tell you. He had a stroke earlier this year.
*Wear it: A Wacko Jacko Michael Jackson Mask. [bb]
*Local (Minneapolis): The Basilica Block Party lineup. Editorial: There are a lot of negative people in the world. Also, the Star Tribune sucks ass. [mnspeak]
*Yes, music blogs are the new record labels. But this needs more talking about.
*Girl Talk + Taco Bell = Diarrhea. (Trick equation. ANYTHING + Taco Bell = Diarrhea.)
*I should note that I would post all these items much earlier, but I have a 60-hour-per-week day job to worry about also. I feel like kind of a dick. Apologies. Ugh.
