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The New York Times Is Using Facebook Is Using You.

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:36:51 -0500

The New York Times Is Using Facebook Is Using You.

Aphex Twin @ Ilosaarirock 2011, Finland (by K2nsl3r)

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:08:51 -0500

Aphex Twin @ Ilosaarirock 2011, Finland (by K2nsl3r)

iTunes is infecting everything.

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:29:37 -0500

iTunes is infecting everything.

kennethreitz / OSX GCC Installer

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:35:57 -0500

kennethreitz / OSX GCC Installer:

Downloading and installing the massive Xcode installer is a huge hassle if you just want GCC and related tools.

The osx-gcc-installer allows you to install the essential compilers from either pre-built binary packages or helps you create your own installer.

Upgraded to Lion yesterday, typed make, it doesn’t exist. Installed this, problem solved.

awesomepeoplehangingouttogether: Jay-Z, Rashida Jones, Kanye...

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:29:17 -0500

awesomepeoplehangingouttogether:

Jay-Z, Rashida Jones, Kanye West, Kid Aziz Ansari, Justin Bieber, Kid Cudi and Tyler the Creator

It’s like one of those awful photos that get taken at clubs, with people pointing vaguely towards the middle and pulling faces they didn’t realise they could make. Except here, everyone, minus Bieber, is at least 50% cooler than you could ever be.

#awesomepeoplehangingouttogether

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:09:00 -0500

#awesomepeoplehangingouttogether

"It’s piracy when the RIAA lobbies to change the bankruptcy law to make it more difficult for..."

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:38:00 -0500

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It’s piracy when the RIAA lobbies to change the bankruptcy law to make it more difficult for musicians to declare bankruptcy. Some musicians have declared bankruptcy to free themselves from truly evil contracts. TLC declared bankruptcy after they received less than 2 percent of the $175 million earned by their CD sales. That was about 40 times less than the profit that was divided among their management, production and record companies.

…

Artists want to believe that we can make lots of money if we’re successful. But there are hundreds of stories about artists in their 60s and 70s who are broke because they never made a dime from their hit records. And real success is still a long shot for a new artist today. Of the 32,000 new releases each year, only 250 sell more than 10,000 copies. And less than 30 go platinum.

The four major record corporations fund the RIAA. These companies are rich and obviously well-represented. Recording artists and musicians don’t really have the money to compete. The 273,000 working musicians in America make about $30,000 a year. Only 15 percent of American Federation of Musicians members work steadily in music.

”

- Courtney Love does the maths for us. A great article outlining the artists side of the music industry in the fight to get payed.

Photo

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:13:47 -0500

We’re close. It seems Gocompare totally missed the ad...

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:23:32 -0500

We’re close. It seems Gocompare totally missed the ad skipping boat and just came in with their interpretation of the flaming baby skull.

Didn’t realise God was writing lyrics for metal bands now.

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:02:13 -0500

Didn’t realise God was writing lyrics for metal bands now.

Bryan: I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for a ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you.

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:37:00 -0500

Bryan: I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for a ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you.

Marko: … Good luck.

3 Albums for 2011

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:34:59 -0500

We’re New Here by Jamie xx & Gil-Scott Heron

Don’t get me wrong I’m New Here was great, but this took it to a whole new level. It single handedly (almost) laid the ground work for the rest of the year’s electronic releases.

Black Up by Shabazz Palaces

A hip-hop album which sounded nothing like it’s peers, after the infiltration of “club” beats and big synths in the genre, Shabazz Palaces turned around and ran in the opposite directions producing the freshest hip-hop album for the past decade(?). Minimalist, bassy, jazzy in equal measure, easily my favourite album released this year.

summvs by Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto

Not much to say here, breathtakingly beautiful as their previous collaborations have been; though this was possibly the most melodic.

… and for 2012

Portico Quartet are releasing a new album, entitled Portico Quartet. It’s going to be amazing. To quote kisharang on Portico Quartet’s last.fm page (scroll down):

So I saw them live yesterday (Gaume Jazz festival) and they played all new material, which was radically different from their older stuff, much more electronic, even leaning towards intelligent dubstep in moments. Duncan even played mostly with electronic pads, didn’t even have a real bass drum or snare. Still really good stuff though, they’re just way less “jazz” now. New album just might be their Kid A!

Oh and with any luck Deltron 3030 will release Event II, don’t hold your breath though it has been coming out for the past few years and still hasn’t materialised.

Inspired by Frank Chimero’s Eleven Albums for 2011.

So it’s one of those days when people post Jimmy Wales...

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:15:23 -0500

So it’s one of those days when people post Jimmy Wales photos. See exhibit a) and b)

Video

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 05:35:15 -0500

"They say if Europe goes ahead with it’s solution then Britain will be left on the sidelines...."

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 05:20:00 -0500

“

They say if Europe goes ahead with it’s solution then Britain will be left on the sidelines. While the middle collapses. That’d be awful; we’d be left there watching everyone else, collapse.

I hope that doesn’t happen.

”

- Ian Hislop on last week’s Have I Got News For You

Black Up by Shabazz Palaces has got to be the album of 2011. I...

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:55:03 -0500

Black Up by Shabazz Palaces has got to be the album of 2011. I don’t think there’s enough time left to better it. They brought a totally different vision to hip hop.

Bradley Wright: Using Dropbox as a Git repository

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 08:56:36 -0500

Bradley Wright: Using Dropbox as a Git repository:

So last month I wrote a bit about setting up your own personal Git repositories on a Linux box, and how to use that for sharing code.

I’ve had a slight epiphany since then: what if I just used the awesome Dropbox (my referral link, if you’re likely to sign up) to share Git repositories…

This is great for when you’re working with someone who doesn’t want to sign up for an account on Github, but you still want git. I’ve made a ruby script which does all of the steps called gitboxify.

And Tumblr of the week goes to MOUSTAIR.

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 07:06:45 -0500

And Tumblr of the week goes to MOUSTAIR.

Paco De Lucia & Al Di Meola - Mediterranean...

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:00:00 -0400

Paco De Lucia & Al Di Meola - Mediterranean Sundance

I’m totally obsessed with this song at the moment. Mind blowing.

It’s almost like someone melded jazz and electronic music...

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 04:49:00 -0400

It’s almost like someone melded jazz and electronic music (to some small degree) into something of pure beauty. Portico Quartet, how is it that I only found out about you two weeks ago? ‘cause I’ve been missing out.