What follows is a post I typed up a few months ago, during a long flight from California to Rhode Island. Typed on an iPhone. I've really wanted to post it, but I've been looking for the right music-hosting software ever since. It's a long one, but you'll see why ( Read more... )

Speaking of hip-hop, I stumbled upon this Aesop Rock track yesterday, and I can't stop listening to it.
Crazy, considering the shit I usually listen to. Would Ellis Paul approve?

A couple of months ago, I got a bit discouraged when I heard a talk radio show centered around the "the state of hip-hop," and they were talking about the current kings: 50 Cent and Kanye West. Fuckin' no-talent hacks ( Read more... )

I've got my music on shuffle, and the song listed above just came on. I had to stifle a laugh, because throughout the tune, we hear a young asian woman pretty much having an orgasm to the beat.

Everyone in the office is really casual, but I still think I turned a little pink.

I was listening to WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show today, and they had a feature about the Radiohead "pay what you think our album is worth" thing. Brian had a guest on the show, some dude who supposedly was a market analyst and had some valid points to make. Brian asked him if he had downloaded the album, and if so, how much he had paid ( Read more... )

I was thinking the other day, while hearing Frank Sinatra on the radio, that I kinda wish I could get into the old-time musicals. But, as you've probably surmised from my recent blog entries, whimsy and mirth are not exactly my strong suits these days. Well, I'm no real stranger to contemporary musicals, but it's been a long time since I've seen ( Read more... )

There are tons of tricks in music to just really draw people in, but I think the one that works best for me is "letting the beat drop" for a second, and then picking it up again. Frickin' gets me every time. I stumbled upon this song by Regina Spektor the other day, and I can't get it outta my head. And she lets the beat drop right around the one ( Read more... )

It's funny to think that if I had more time on my hands, I'd kill it. I'd destroy it. And I'd enjoy every minute of it ( Read more... )

Halfway through the movie High Fidelity, John Cusack says "I will now sell five copies of The Three EPs by the Beta Band." Truth be told, I'm very curious to know exactly how much of an up-tick in sales there was in the wake of that movie. I'd be surprised if he didn't actually sell 50,000 or more copies of The Three EPs, simply by saying it ( Read more... )

Occasionally, Fake Steve Jobs has something insightful to say. And it's not too surprising, since there are (I'm sure) millions of us out here who think the same way...but FSJ is pretty articulate, whereas many of us aren't so much. Today, it was about the dinosaurs who run the entertainment industry, a topic that's come up a lot in the last few ( Read more... )