N.A.S.A's Spirit of Apollo not only has a silly album cover, but also some of the weirder collaborations I've heard of.

Tom Waits
and
Kool Keith.

YYY's Karen O
and
Ol' Dirty Bastard.

It seems the internet really liked D.A.N.C.E. when it came out; then I heard Waters of Nazareth in GTAIV, and now -- actually I have nothing of importance to say other than I've got Phantom parts 1, 1.5 and 2 (from A Cross the Universe) in sequential order playing right now. Roughly 18.5 minutes of live electrohouse which I am going to enjoy as ( Read more... )

Yeah, I guess I like Justice. It makes me want to get up and dance , but then I realize I can't (think Truffle Shuffle, only terrible) and i just stay seated and bob my head ( Read more... )

...all I hear is "It's an azn". Hurr.

Some people keep everyone around them at arm's length.
Some others hold them close to their chest.
What I thought I'd do is hold people at half-cocked-arm's length; that is, where I can easily bring you closer to me, but I can also give you a hard shove away if I need to.

--A while back, I was talking about cutting down my music collection to just ( Read more... )

I'm on a quest to tidy up my iTunes Library; I've written about it before but this time I'm thinking about trimming down what's stored on my computer to stuff i actually listen to, instead of just tossing whole albums into the library and then only listening to 1 or 2 tracks from the damn thing ( Read more... )

For some reason I find Rick Ross' Hustlin' to be really catchy.
That or it goes really well with zipping around San Vanelona in skate.

360 FLIP TO CROOKS, HOW DIFFICULT? NOT VERY. In videogames.

Speaking of videogames, helloo Uncanny Valley:

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Oh no! Oh no? Oh yes!
To be completely honest, I've heard perhaps one or two Rilo Kiley songs; I liked them! But alas, much like the second Futureheads album I have never really gone and sought out their CDs.
Maybe I should break out of that slump and go get it. Or should I get something from the back catalog ( Read more... )

The Eisenhower Power Hour (yes, that's what I am calling it) - new shows every Thursday
Apologies in advance for destroyed speakers and dead air. I'll try to do better next time.
WDCR's website, where you can get all the other shows...
...and on myspace.

• Ok, I got it now, the Bright Eyes song I mentioned a couple posts back, it's called Four Winds. It is, I suppose, ironically upbeat considering the subject of the song; on the other hand his trademark goatlike voice isn't too dominant on this song.
• Questionable Content's Jeph Jacques posted about a group called !!! (pronounced chk chk chk) a week ( Read more... )