For a limited time only…
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- Monday 13th December 2010
My producer friend F. Olding Munny writes:
“I recently finished a remix (for a European music magazine) that was for a project that fell through. I was supposed to do a CD-length series of remixes of T** J*** H****** E*********, using bootlegs only. Pickings were kind of slim, as most of the former boots have been reissued; I ended up with just 12 minutes of stuff I was happy with. It’s…
Almost as good as reading the memos on Wikileaks: 126 customers rip Amazon a new one.
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- Friday 10th December 2010
In a perfect example of the corporate ethic at work, Amazon kicks Wikileaks off its servers because (wow!) this stuff is controversial. But now that it’s off their servers, Amazon UK is selling them in a Kindle edition. Read the comments. You best be quick about it, they’re so awesome I doubt Amazon will leave them up.
Leaked by Kev.
And while we’re on the subject: The Guardian lists…
Gig (somewhat out of the ordinary) in NYC – Saturday, November 11
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- Sunday 5th December 2010
So, Jesse calls me up and says he’s doing a presentation about Monopoly before Parker Brothers – who knew? - at this only-there-for-a-while gallery called Showpaper on 42nd St. near the UN. It’s kind of an arcade of indy DIY videogames put together by babycastles. Jesse asks if I’d like to DJ the closing party of the current exhibit, with themed sets.
To go along with the theme of…
WFMU’s end of the year one hour fundraiser and insane stunt
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- Wednesday 1st December 2010
Contribute to send WFMU Station Manager Ken aloft over Jersey City in a lawnchair suspended by huge helium balloons:
More info from Liz, the feet-firmly-on-the-ground station spokesperson:
“We’ll be taking pledges over the air for one hour on Dec 8th (11am-noon) to send Ken aloft with helium balloons. This will all happen in WFMU’s parking lot, and we’ll even host a live video feed of…
Copyright Criminals documentary airing on PBS this Tuesday
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- Saturday 27th November 2010
Before Sarah Palin and the rest of the Republican know-nothings do away with PBS entirely, take advantage of this opportunity to see Copyright Criminals, the excellent documentary on sampling by my man Kembrew Mcleod. It airs this coming Tuesday, check the schedule for times and…
Your vestigial rights regarding TSA porno security
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- Wednesday 24th November 2010
As I’ve mentioned, the Transportation Security Administration’s new make-believe safety measures in some airports leave you with a nasty choice – a full body x-ray scan, or a humiliating, under-your-clothes T&A groping. You can’t opt out, unless you can pay an $11,000US fine and risk having your name put on one of the nebulous “don’t fly” lists.
More reports are showing up;…
Do you enjoy getting paid to look at pictures of nude strangers? Do you live for the opportunity to sexually molest people at will? There’s a good job waiting for you with the TSA.
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- Wednesday 17th November 2010
I’ve been trying to moderate my anger at the world in general, but sometimes it just boils over. The latest:
Planning on flying anywhere? Get ready for a real shock; the Transportation Safety Administration just instituted new procedures (without review or public comment, natch). After you put your computer, shoes, jacket, wallet, etc. on the belt for the scanner, you may be selected for a…
And before I leave the subject of witty songs and witty singers…
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- Wednesday 17th November 2010
I’d like to spend just a moment on Mae Barnes. Not a songwriter, she was a tap dancer until an auto accident fractured her pelvis and she turned to singing. Lucky us.
Somewhere in the yet-to-be-unpacked realms of my studio I have a CD of material Ms. Barnes cut for a label whose name I don’t remember; but the most memorable wonderfulness of her performances was captured by Atlantic. They first…
Didn’t this fit together neatly? (with audio, yet)
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- Sunday 7th November 2010
So I was sitting at the dining room table the other day, reading Malcom Gladwell’s essay on plagiarism. That brought to mind Jonathan Lethem’s essay “The Ecstasy Of Influence.” A day or two later, I remembered the immensely clever, hilarious song satirizing plagiarism in the world of mathematical research; written and sung by Tom Lehrer, it’s titled after the famous (non-plagiarizing) Russian…
