jamie on October 26th, 2007
Earlier this week, famed audiophile and newmusicaphile (I just made that one up) site OiNK was shut down by British police. Today, another in-the-news file sharing site, The Pirate Bay (thepiratebay.org) announced it will work to revive the OiNK community with BOiNK, a similar site. Read more on TorrentFreak.
jamie on October 26th, 2007
It finally feels like October in the ATL- just in time for one of my favorite holidays. In past years, I’ve gone all-out on costumes, spending weeks devising and building them. Sometimes, I get really imaginative and spend ages building the costume. I was a postage stamp once (”how do you dress as a stamp?” you ask… wouldn’t you like to know?), and a taco another year (just like the Verizon commercial). Some years, I go for authenticity (I researched all the parts of a traditional Samurai costume last year, and made it from scratch). This year, I’m drawing a blank. No ideas. No plans really, but I’m sure I’ll find a party to go to. So, I’m asking for your help: leave me ideas for a simple, quick costume that rocks!
Music: I saw a review of The Pangs’ single Fighterplane on musicOMH.com, and was really impressed when I heard it, so I thought I’d lead off the mix with that. Foals have been around for a while, but I forgot about them, and then I heard them on the radio this week and decided to slip them into the mix. I haven’t mad eup my mind about Until June yet. Katie Herzig was a Grey’s Anatomy this week, and you should know by now that I’ll listen to anything that runs on that show. Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy is on the I’m Not There soundtrack with his cover of Simple Twist of Fate, which is also the title of a favorite Steve Martin film. Random? I’m in a random mood. Earlimart is another band that I had locked away in the basement, and have only decided to let out this week, but Bowerbirds were new to me, and I really like them. I threw in another track from Laura Marling for good measure, and a mellow minute (or three). The Last Town Chorus is Megan Hickey, who plays lap-steel guitar- giving this track an ethereal quality that I really dig. Forever Like Red are a new four-piece from London that are starting to generate buzz across the pond. The Deadly Syndrome are from LA, and I should have included their track I Hope I Become A Ghost for the holiday, but I missed it. So, You’ll have to go listen to it elsewhere. There ya go- a full track-by track rundown of this week’s mixtape. Hope it was enjoyed.
Kieran Connellan snapped this week’s photo - a plume of smoke, swirling with vortices. I started out looking for something holiday-appropriate by searching with the word ghost, but came across this first, and just went with it. So what if it’s not ghoulish or creepy, it alludes to something hidden, or maybe something sinister- just out of frame. Use your imagination- after all, Halloween is this week!
Download it here while you can!
Tracklisting:
The Pangs - Fighterplane
Foals - Mathletics
Until June - What I’ve Done
Katie Herzig - Sweeter Than This
Jeff Tweedy - Simple Twist of Fate
Earlimart - Happy Alone
Bowerbirds - In Our Talons
Laura Marling - New Romantic
The Last Town Chorus - It’s Not Over
Forever Like Red - Inhibitions
The Deadly Syndrome - Winter In You
Matthew Sweet - Wild
admin on October 26th, 2007
An 18 year-old student from Leeds, Nick Haley, put together a 30-second spot for the new iPod Touch using images and footage available from apple.com and CSS’s Music Is My Hot, Hot Sex, and posted it on YouTube (below). Apple took notice, and contacted him about coming to Los Angels to re-make his commercial in full broadcast-ready format. Haley’s new commercial will run during the World Series. Read more on the New York Times site.
