Saw the Prodigy at the E Factory last night. They tore that stage apart. Holy crap ( Read more... )

Pretty cool video:

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Remember all that hullaballoo a while back about Snoop Dogg making a ruckus at Heathrow Airport, and since being denied entry to the UK?

A UK Judge has come to the conclusion that it wasn't his fault.

The Guardian: Snoop Dogg cleared over mass brawl at Heathrow AirportMore highlights ( Read more... )

DE World: This Symphony May Be Dangerous to Your HealthThey were talking about this on NPR this morning, but I couldn't find an NPR article. The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra commission this piece, and it is apparently so loud that it was giving orchestra members tinitis for hours. 2nd rehearsal they _all_ wore earplugs. The manager finally cut ( Read more... )

If you're not clear on what this whole nerdcore thing is, Nerdcore topdog MC Frontalot sez it like so:
Nerdcore Hiphop is like regular hip hop, except instead of being all freaked out about how cool you are, you just dork it out completely.

The movie's website:
Nerdcore Rising: The Movie

Oh, and here's the trailer for it:
Youtube: Nerdcore Rising ( Read more... )

He was feeling cabin fever-ish last night. He's much recovered (although still coughing a bit) from his bout of flu, but I was discouraging us leaving the house 'cause (a) I was still feeling a little under the weather, and (b) I'm sure we're still contagious. So, he puttered about and set up the some of the AV so he could play video games.

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Ran into a neat web service today:
PandoraIt's sort of a radio station ( Read more... )

So,

bought myself a Handel's Messiah from amazon yesterday. Just got the mp3 version of the album. It was a good deal - 9 bucks for 2 CDs worth of music. And classical music has the most bizarre pricing model. Some things are just really expensive. On the other hand: you can get things as cheap as $6 if they're really old (but still remastered) ( Read more... )

Trent Reznor told Austratlian fans at a concert to steal his music.
Highlight:

STEAL IT. Steal away. Steal and steal and steal some more and give it to all your friends and keep on stealin'. Because one way or another these motherfuckers will get it through their head that they're ripping people off and that's not right
Slashdot Reports, and ( Read more... )

Went to a concert last night.
It was a great time.

Bitmonger, The Bard, and I met up in Chinatown, and then wended our way over to Johnny Brenda's, a neat bar/restaurant/club-like space in Fishtown ( Read more... )