Beck + Mimoco Extravaganza

Posted on November 28, 2006 Under Music

We have been listening to Beck's newest album, 'The Information' for about two months now, and we're not sick of it yet. We have been given the opportunity to give you, our readers, a crack at some free Beck and…

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Sufjan Stevens: Songs for Christmas

Posted on November 27, 2006 Under Music

As a young lad, I became accustomed to those tortured Christmas Carol albums-- you Christmas observers out there know which ones I am talking about. Your parents would dig them out and play them over and over, year after year.…

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Musicovery: Smart Radio

Posted on November 22, 2006 Under Music

When Pandora came out, I was instantaneously addicted and I'm not afraid to admit it. I loved that I could type in a certain artist or song name, and it would analyze my choice and spit closely-fitted music back at…

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The Shins: Wincing the Night Away

Posted on November 17, 2006 Under Music

There's no telling how our top-secret-industry-ninja-spies landed this one on our desk, but we have been listening to The Shins' new album, 'Wincing the Night Away' all afternoon, and it's safe to say we're in love with it. There are…

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Lost Formats Preservation Society

Posted on November 17, 2006 Under Music

When it comes to music, most of us now deal solely with digital-only formats: mp3, mp4, wav, acc, and the like (CD's are even becoming obsolete), but the people at Experimental Jetset do not want all of the old music…

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Gorillaz: Rise of the Ogre

Posted on November 17, 2006 Under Books

As soon as the 'Clint Eastwood' video came out in 2001, I was impressed by the Gorillaz-- in my mind, they really are the pioneers of the visual integration of digital arts into the musical landscape. The Gorillaz are, to…

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Grizzly Bear Got Robbed

Posted on November 13, 2006 Under Music

I posted Grizzly Bear last week because I really like their chill and spaced out music. In a sudden, unforeseen, and dastardly turn of events, the band has had to cancel it's Europe tour this weekend. From the message that…

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Bateria, Piano, Y Stop Motion

Posted on November 13, 2006 Under Music

Lasse Gjersten is not a proficient drummer; nor is he a good pianist. This fact becomes apparent after he drops his drum sticks on the floor after only a few moments of playing. But after a little stop motion editing…

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Grizzly Bear

Posted on November 7, 2006 Under Music

If you haven't heard Grizzly Bear, trust the guys in this year's indie rock sensation TV on the Radio that this band has some real talent-- they did, after all, invite fellow Brooklynites Grizzy Bear to join them as an…

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Wow. Kurt Cobain is Really Rich

Posted on November 6, 2006 Under Music

This morning I was reading the most recent issue of RollingStone Magazine and ran across quite the interesting statistic. Kurt Cobain has just surpassed Elvis Presley on Forbes Magazine's 'top-earning dead celebrities' list. So although Cobain has been dead for…

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