I’ve been waiting for the iPad 2 announcement for a while; I knew it was coming and I figured I’d wait until the second generation to jump into the device with my own. It’s supposedly great for consuming but I actually plan to use it quite a bit for music production. I’ll report back once I actually get one.
I’m super excited to read the news that Battles are releasing a new album this June called Gloss Drop. If it’s anything like Mirrored, I’m already in love with this band again.
Although I don’t have cable anymore, I do a pretty good job of keeping up with the TV that matters most to me. Aside from the occasional Top Chef episode that my roommates watch, I generally keep up with three or four TV shows, all of which I can watch online. One of the newer ones to enter my repertoire is Portlandia, the new comedy on IFC featuring Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen. So far the episodes have a sense of quirk and utter childishness that’s really appealing to me in a show just introduced. In today’s landscape you’ve got to swing for the fences a bit if you want to get noticed, and this show nails it for me. You can watch a bunch of free clips over at Hulu and at IFC.com.
Two of the ones that struck home most for me thus far are the “Have You Read” video… Read more…
So, it’s been a while but I think I’m ready to officially start blogging again. Expect more updates out me soon.
It’s not my favorite from the band, but they do continue to bring the art of the music video back to the mainstream and I’ll continue to applaud their efforts.
The Oatmeal tackles the “awesome” and “horrible” about working from home.
I consider this a fair warning for own career pursuits…
Outkast – SpottieOttieDopaliscious [YouTube]
This slow jam came on at a party I was at on Saturday night and it floored me. This deep cut simply eluded me.
I’m told that I can upgrade for the reasonable price point on July 14th. This iPhone 3G can suck it.
This definitely goes down as the funniest thing I’ve seen in a while. At a party this weekend I busted out the “I Am T-Pain” app and it got some serious laughs.
I just logged into Facebook and got this in the upper right-hand corner…
When social networks really have the right data, they can really start drawing some complex assumptions about political beliefs, taste in music, and even whether or not people become addicted to the digital crack that they allow to spew forth through their network. Pretty soon Facebook will become self aware…
Sorry for the lack of posting here (to the few that still read). I guess I haven’t had too much to say lately, which can be the case when I get a little stuck in my head and not totally sure about what sort of posts I can muster together without coming across seriously negative, judgmental or downright immature in my emotional response to something that would cause me to want to write a blog post about it. I need to get off being so motivationally driven to fix injustice and right the wrongs and continue to focus on the nice side of life. Things are better over there anyway.
My friends in Chicago should check this out for Labor Day weekend.
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- Broken Bells
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- The Morning Benders
I had the pleasure of shooting the Broken Bells and The Morning Benders on Friday night and finally got my photos posted. Head over to LIVE MUSIC BLOG.com for the entire set.
My younger brother is a funny dude.
- finish the border fence and make it higher and more awesome than ever!
- make it legal for any citizen carrying a gun to request documentation from suspected illegal aliens
- make gun ownership mandatory for all Arizona residents
- mandate cowboy hats for all members of Law Enforcement
I just started watching the Saturday Night Live episode from last night with Betty White and Jay-Z, and I noticed that Hulu had a disclaimer saying that the digital short was not cleared for online streaming yet. HuffPo has the story and the video…
Those expecting Betty White to trot out and play the “cute old lady” card were in for a surprise during last night’s digital short.
This is the stuff that LOL’s are made of.
Today is a bit bittersweet for me as I’m moving out of “my” first place since moving out West two years ago. In fact, I just surpassed my two-year anniversary out here, and it’s been an eventful two years in my life and one worth reflecting on.
This place treated me well but I’m much more excited to move into my new place. I’ll be super close to Haight and Fillmore and I’ve got four, cool new roommates to hang with in the near future.
Here are photos I took when I moved in at my current apartment…
Apple has published a letter from Steve Jobs describing Apple’s reasoning behind ditching Flash and adopting open standards going forward…
Perhaps Adobe should focus more on creating great HTML5 tools for the future, and less on criticizing Apple for leaving the past behind.
I think this pretty much puts the nail in the coffin on this discussion. Kudos to Apple for the well-worded transparency.
Warning: this video is not safe for work and/or people that love gingers.
M.I.A, Born Free from ROMAIN-GAVRAS on Vimeo.
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