March 2008
25 posts
WatchHoly shit! - This video for Kap10Kurt - Dangerseekers is awesomer than awesome! Watch.
audiopimpstress: Home Video - “I Can Make You Feel...
WatchWhenever a conversation goes to conspiracies and secrets, I can’t help but think of this clip in the Cube (a must-see, btw). The reality is usually simpler and more disappointing than the grand plans people imagine. Though I agree, some of the theories out there would make excellent films.
Can we stop talking about NIN / Radiohead and...
At SXSW, it was hard to avoid a conversation about the new models of distribution/sales/etc demonstrated by the new NIN and Radiohead records. Those conversations would usually disregard the actual music (that’s important right?) and that what NIN and R have done is of limited significance to nearly all other artists and music-related businesses out there. Very few other acts have sold...
SXSW Reminds me of What's Possible
Wanted to write this post for days, but couldn’t put my finger on exactly what one thing made SXSW worth it all. As I was telling friends about it, I caught myself explaining that SXSW is a powerful reminder of what’s possible. Powerful, because the people doing amazing things are right next to you, you can meet them, talk, get drinks and see amazing music with them. You really get...
New Domain / Twitter
This tumblr now lives at fascinated.fm and I post twitter updates at http://twitter.com/fascinated Hooray for consistency! We now return to our scheduled tumbling.
Future online music business model
taylor: emmy the great is beating NIN and MIA
taylor: did she give you her # in exchange for a bump in the charts
me: it's easy, she returns calls, MIA and NIN don't
taylor: haha
me: i have these popular page knobs on my desk
me: they look like audio equipment
taylor: thatd be so great
me: but they actually adjust an artist's place in charts
tayatjob: thats what radio ppl do right??
me: yeah this is an old system from CBS
taylor: Universal sends a check for $10K and that knob swings to the right
me: I got it off CL
WatchAnd back on G4 TV nearly 3 years later! Their video embedder wasn’t working properly, so I used Vimeo, here is the original page.
WatchHype Machine on Attack of the Show on April 29, 2005. We’ve come a long way, baby, as FBS would say.
Last night, Hannah and Matt introduced me to My...
“There’s a sweetness in clumsy efforts
Stubborn hope always trumps lazy...”
– From a pamphlet given out by Godspeed You! Black Emperor at their shows. It’s about the war, but the quote beautifully applies to much much more. The most inspiring 3 lines I’ve ever read.
The world's 50 most powerful blogs →
Normally, I’d hate a list like this, but this is a good read if you ignore the order.
SXSW
is 500% of what I expected and more. So many thoughts about authenticity, passion, balance and creativity, so many incredible people, so many conversations and we haven’t even gotten to the music.
SXSW 2008
Will be there tomorrow afternoon until Sunday March 16th - can’t wait to party, meet great people and listen to amazing music. This is my twitter and sched both of which are likely to help you find me. You can also email, see header.
On the way home, sitting across from a young woman in black high-top Nikes with the orange swoosh, ripped faded black jeans, a short fake-fur coat and flowing black hair playing on her DS with a stylus, holding it like a book.
Sat across from her earlier this evening heading into Manhattan. She was on her DS with the same relaxed but focused poise.
This must be a bug in the system.
Gave up trying to download the NIN release from their site, getting it from a torrent, even though paid $5 — a polite reminder on scaling
Watch#3 in Said the Gramophone’s video contest!
