Shouts to my main man “Tim”

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A note to my tens of readers. From now on, when I’m credited on hip hop or other types of records for my rhythmic vocal contributions, I shall go by the stage name of Push Button MC.

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Reason number 634 that having an iPod rocks. I can shut out all the noise at work. Reason number 635 that iPod rocks. When one listens to “Filmore Jive” by Pavement (from Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain) while working on a document titled “Software Candidate Matrix for Project POC”, the little piece of your soul that [...]

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Don’t forget: tonight is the big premiere of Brass Tacks. Find out more about it Rialto Theater. 9:30. blah blah. You should go. I’m serious. You’ll be sorry if you don’t. After party at The Earl. Also, how sad is it that I can’t think of one bar at which to meet people downtown that [...]

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Ray Charles: Dead at 73 Shit! Bums me out a lot more than Reagan’s death, that’s for sure.

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Metafilter” just sent me to this great Frontline interview with David Crosby during which he touches on the future of the record companies: Now they’re going in the tank, because the world has changed, and they did not change with it. They bit the poison pill, without realizing it, when they went digital. Once a [...]

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I have always had musical shit going on in one form or another. I just found a buttload of really old school songs improvised by a bunch of youthfully exuberant (read: likely baked) folks in the late 80s and thought it right that I torture you with the output. “Chained To The Zlov” 128K MP3 [...]

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The future of music is healthy according to this article By Dan Brown ofCBC News Online. (link via DECAFBAD That’s my take on it, and then some. The double-edged sword side of it all is the sheer volume of content we’re going to have to sift through. The winners will figure out how to do [...]

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Please enjoy a smattering of various visual notes from recent weeks: My friend Tinsley sucking down a Gosser in the Twelve Apostles Wine Cellar, Vienna , Austria.

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One of the best parts about being old, married and giving no more than a single shit about anything remotely related to coolness is that one can, with impunity, like things that are enjoyable rather than confrontational or trendy. Wearing this freedom like a cape, I purchased “Thank U” by Alanis Morisette on iTunes the [...]

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Last week, Jay-Z, The Beatles, technology, an unknown DJ, and a little-understood media form called “blogs” collided. The explosion destroyed the music industry as we know it.

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Why didn’t anyone tell me that the new computer was going to be a gateway drug for the iTunes Music Store? Fela Kuti is my bagain purchase on iTunes. What other performer gives you a solid twenty minutes for your $0.99 U.S.? As my buddy Kenny points out, “that’s a whole side of an old [...]

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No wonder I my ears still ring some ten years after seeing Dinosaur Jr. for the last time. Check out the horsepower behind his setup. Be sure to scroll all the way down. The amps just keep on coming. Being in the front of the audience was like standing in a strong wind created by [...]

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I did some iTunes Music Store shopping today with my bottle caps, and just received my invoice. I love an invoice that has an item called “Move Bitch” on it. You just have to love that Ludacris.

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After being tipped by Robert over at bump.net, I’ve been rocking the Grey Album by DJ Danger Mouse, which is a mashup of The Beatles’ “White Album” and Jay Z’s “Black Album.” This is, of course, old news , but I’d like to say that it pretty much rules. I guess mashups/remixes are just another [...]

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