July 2008
48 posts
June 2008
40 posts
Cloud Cult - Journey of the Featherless
I know, I...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-29) →
The Dodos
The Chemical Brothers
Kanye West
Jay Farrar
Death Cab for Cutie
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Best Things About Being a *Retired* Cyclist
I went for a KILLER ride through Wissahickon Valley in Philadelphia today. I’ve gone on some great rides in the last few months, and on almost every one, I’ve thought about how much I love to ride my bike — and what, exactly, I love about being a former roadie. Here’s my running list of reasons it’s awesome to be a weekend warrior.
Leaving the gadgets at home - no...
Jay Farrar - Damn Shame
I’m leaving Sonoma...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-22) →
The Books
Bright Eyes
Calexico
Boredoms
Broken Social Scene
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Public Service Announcement - Jay-Z + DJ Danger...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-15) →
The Verve
Wilco
Death Cab for Cutie
The Hold Steady
A Sunny Day In Glasgow
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5:15 Train - A Sunny Day in Glasgow
The hype...
Staralfur - Sigur Ros (Mojib Break of Dawn Remix)
fred-wilson:
He Doesn’t Know Why - Fleet Foxes -...
WatchAwesome and hilarious. Clinton makes some scary faces!
charlietodd:
The Democratic primary in 8 minutes.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-8) →
Death Cab for Cutie
Shocking Pinks
Yo La Tengo
Cut Copy
Otis Redding
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Landslide - Fleetwood Mac
“The opposite of talking is not listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.”
– Fran Lebowitz
Sigur Ros on a Friday morning. It doesn’t...
“When we launched, we launched with over a million titles. There were countless...”
– Jeff Bezos in a recent Vanity Fair article about the early days of the web. (via strelau) (via bijan)
Handshake Drugs - Wilco
Wilco is one of the great...
Menomena's Muxtape →
muxtape:
Menomena is one of my favorite Portland bands and I’m very excited that they’ve posted some of their B-sides and rarities on Muxtape. They’re playing the Capitol Hill Block Party on July 26th alongside Vampire Weekend, Les Savy Fav, and others.
Distributed Microblogging
Joe Cascio led a discussion of distributed microblogging at the Berkman Center tonight. If you want to get in on this conversation, join the google group and follow Joe on Twitter. Thanks to Pistachio for the heads up.
Twitter is a very popular so-called microblogging service. It allows you post short (140 characters max) messages that answer the question “What are you doing?”. These messages...
The Seed (2.0) - The Roots feat. Cody Chesnutt
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I’m a sucker for the original, but this is...
Sweet Thing - Van Morrison
One of the most...
M Ward / Jim James / Conor Oberst -- Live in 2004 →
daryn:
Great concert with sets by M. Ward, Jim James of My Morning Jacket, and Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes, and an encore set with the three together.
From my favorite music blog: I am Fuel, You are Friends.
Pandora Presents... the Musicology Show →
My brother is a musician. He makes dubstep, which I didn’t really understand until I discovered Pandora’s Musicology Show. These short podcast episodes explain the elements of singing, rhythm, styles, composition, and instruments in fun and understandable ways.
“If you ain’t got no money,...
The New Year - Death Cab for Cutie I just bought...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-1) →
Mates of State
The Roots
The Dodos
Ratatat
The Books
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Summer Babe - Pavement Yes it is!