2008

May

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-5-11)

ABOVE: My Morning Jacket interviews, performances and making of footage for Evil Urges

We don’t understand it completely, but we like it

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-5-4)

Jicks skywriting!

Apr

*check out the story on CHOW.

This jingle is as dynamic as the new Coldplay song, believe it

ABOVE: “Plea Bargain” by Beat the Devil, live at Pianos in 2006. The song is one of...

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-4-27)

“We’ve been observing Radiohead and Trent Reznor and in...”
— *says Metallica

ABOVE: music video for “Headhunter” by Front 242

ABOVE: Dead Confederate playing “Tortured Artist...

This is somehow labeled as a “comedy” on YouTube, but I mean come on….the chilling...

ABOVE: Direct Note Access allows engineers “to dig deep into a mix. For example, they could...

ABOVE: Wassily Kandinsky’s Impression III (Konzert),...

*above from the always enjoyable xkcd.

ABOVE: Man Man - “Doo Right” into “Push The Eagle’s Stomach” live @...

ABOVE: White Hinterland live @ Mercury Lounge - 9 April...

“95% of 18-24 year olds are illegally copying music”
— *so says THIS survey.

Man Man - “Mister Jung Stuffed” into “Hurly Burly” - live @ Cedar Street...

Mar

In this interview with David Lee Roth, “Rocco” thinks Van Halen wrote “California...

ABOVE: Ellen DeGeneres dancing and reacting to Madonna’s new single “4 Minutes”

ABOVE: 1980s Japanese Sony Cassette Tape Commercial (from Rocketboom via yvynyl)

“Dr Pepper Will Give Everyone in America a Free Soda If Axl...”
— *read more HERE

ABOVE: States mentioned in country music lyrics,...

John Mayer (apparently a lot more interesting than his music...

ABOVE: US Area Codes In Which Ludacris Claims to Have Hoes...

We’re still not sure just what exactly this is, but it’s been on repeat on the EF...

On Day One of our epic adventure, this video was taken of us on the interstate yesterday (us being...

A modern reconstruction of Bach’s head

Feb

Mancino - “Crossing Guards” live @ The Delancey - 26 February 2008

“48% of teenagers bought no CDs at all in 2007”
— *according to a new report...

Hello sexy: Justin Timberlake to induct Madonna at the Rock...

YouTube theme song by 92 year old Irving Fields

Stephen Hobley just perfected his laser harp!

GQ’s South by Southwest Survival Guide. A great...

Leaked RIAA Training Video?

GREEN JELLY IS BACK!

Happy President’s Day

the opening to Woody Allen’s Manhattan, featuring “Rhaphsody in Blue”

“Rhaphsody in Blue” (part 1) from Disney’s Fantasia 2000

“Rhaphsody in Blue” (part 2) from Disney’s Fantasia 2000

Herbie Hancock & Lang Lang perform “Rhaphsody in Blue” @ 2008 Grammys

“Slow Jam” by Midnight Star

“Like you said in that statement, if I knew the lies...

“Goes Cube Song 34” music video, shot on Super 8 while on tour with Goes Cube

“Hey, you try wagging these puppies around a while and...

British Sea Power - “Waving Flags” from Later… with Jools Holland

British Sea Power - “Canvey Island” from Later… with Jools Holland

British Sea Power - “No Lucifer” from Later… with Jools Holland

Morrissey - “Something Is Squeezing My Skull” from Later… with Jools Holland

Bowerbirds perform “My Oldest Memory” at Pullen Park in Raleigh

Bert and Ernie will rock you 10 times harder than any other group can; Bert’s like Conan,...

A lil’ preview of Friday’s post over at EF. Arrested D, Clinic, Liars, Unicorns AND PB...

“it’s LEZ Zeppelin, not LED Zeppelin.”...

American (Political) Gladiators!

This is a Super Bowl commercial. The Super Bowl is Sunday. Who is going to win the Super Bowl? Ask...

*EF agrees with the above graphical representation (larger...

“Rock journalism is people who can’t write interviewing...”
— Frank Zappa, quoted in Linda...

“Goes Cube Song 57”

Jan

“I think I have a dick in my brain. I don’t need to...”
— Madonna, from her book Sex

A preview of (some of) what you can expect in tomorrow’s 8+. That’s right, METAL and...

Why waste money on visits to a therapist when you can just...