Music

Brad Sucks is Out of It (in a Good Way)

In Geek, Internet, Music on 8 September 2008 with 2 comments

Brad Sucks is the name of a one-man band by a guy named Brad. He makes great music, full of catchy electronic loops, acoustic guitars, and sardonic lyrics delivered with a slacker vibe. Imagine if Beck kept smoking pot instead of becoming a scientologist and you’re halfway there.
Brad’s also a geek success story, because he [...]

Fly Monkeys Fly

In Music on 14 October 2007 with Comments Off

Winged Monkey Corps!

Yeah baby!

Scott Andrew, you make a monkey out of me.

SXSW to MPAA: STFU

In Apple, Conferences, Geek, Internet, Movies, Music, Politics, SXSW on 15 March 2006 with Comments Off

One of the most interesting panels at SXSW Interactive 2006 was The Future of Darknets, moderated by JD Lasica. And while the concept of Darknets – communities using private subnetworks to communicate and collaborate out of view of the larger internet – is indeed fascinating, the panel was not interesting because of the intended topic. [...]

Playing iTunes to Multiple Speakers

In Apple, Music on 8 February 2006 with Comments Off

Hot on the heels of my iTunes conversion comes this great post (brought to my attention by this fine gentleman) with this great news.
iTunes can now broadcast to more than one set of speakers at the same time. Previously, you were limited to sending your tunes to the speakers in your computer, or to the [...]

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

In Life, Music, Stories, iPod on 4 February 2006 with Comments Off

I’m 32 years old. That means I missed reel-to-reel. I never owned an 8-track. But I remember vinyl. In this modern world of MP3s and iPods, there’s something romantic about records.
It’s the ritual that I miss. I remember flipping through my dad’s albums until the immense cover art of one drew me in. I remember [...]