February 2008
26 posts
WatchThis is #6 in the contest.
WatchSaid the Gramophone has been running the “Wonderful Video Contest” where they asked readers to create videos for songs they love. They’ve posted some of the top entries and the final winners will be posted soon. This is #7
Emmy the Great - 24 (live on WTOTS Jan 08) via the...
WOW - Twin Peaks is INTENSE
“The study showed that the volume of blog posts led to future sales, but that...”
– NYU Study from Oct 2007 via hypebot Just sayin’, music blogs are neat… :)
To speak to the Hype Machine, press 1 now
Caller: Hi, I am looking for ... the Hype Machine?
Me: The Hype Machine is speaking! Hi it's Anthony.
Caller: Do you have anyone who is responsible for the editorial on the site?
Me: Well, the way the content shows up on the site is automatic.. but we do have a team that looks at what blogs to index... We don't write any content... What's your name?
Caller: Oh yeah, my name is ----. I am doing research for ---- gathering online editorial contacts.
Me: How did you get this number?
Caller: Uhh... well, we do a lot of research.
12 Angry Men (.ru)
Just saw a Russian version (wiki) of the 1957 classic, 12 Angry Men. Somewhat lacking in depth (as IMDB commenters note too) but executed well, not a given for much of recent Russian cinema. Really bizarre to watch a familiar plot with all details localized, though.
“Every time you sniff and say somebody has ‘too much free time,’ the part of you...”
– twitter / merlin mann (via nikography)
Nights in the Country
Always impress me, even when I expect it.
It’s so quiet that you can hear yourself thinking, and so dark, you are never really sure if you closed your eyes.
Spotty cell phone coverage and dialup Internet all add to this too.
Maybe it’s a demand to slow down and live.
Aggregators make sense of wild Web →
UCLA’s Daily Bruin gives an overview of Metacritic and Hype Machine. Hooray for February press blitz!
WatchHype Machine on NBC4 in Washington, DC yesterday. via Kelly (can’t reblog with a video post!)
“MANIFESTO: To make your getting together with each other something different,...”
– Todd P. (wikipedia), NYC’s king of DYI shows. Beautiful.
How to have a packed Blockles game
You know that feeling when you are a kid and everyone is excited and wants to play with you? Blockles allows us to relive this experience on-demand. Here’s how to do it: Get a big site with a large young audience. Wait until a hard drive in a RAID set on a key system fails. File a ticket to replace the drive and wait for a while until the RAID set rebuilds. While the RAID set rebuilds,...
Z: what do you think about genghis tron
Z: they're a metal band, but a lot of people seem to like them
Vinyl, a profitable growing niche →
Check out the media feature about how vinyl is made too, this is awesome. via L
The Fountainhead, p 37
Reading the Fountainhead is like taking some odd drugs that justify your selfish mistakes, bring satisfaction to the slightest rebel inside and make you smile at estabished societal norms. It’s attractive, inspiring, wrong and dirty all at once.
This is only 37 pages in.
Tumblr Dashboard Paging is Hot
Taylor and I have talked plenty about the issue described here:Consider this scenario: You get to page 2 on The Hype Machine, your Tumblr dashboard, or search results in a service like Terraminds. Then you go and do something else for a bit, or you read the page for a little while. When you click to go to page 3, you often see stuff you’ve just read. This happens because there have been updates...
