Shine On
Singer, songwriter, guitarist and artist, Syd Barrett, died peacefully just a few days ago on July 7th (link). He was one of the founding members of the band Pink Floyd, and will forever be memorialized by the song Shine On You Crazy Diamond written by Roger Waters. I hate to get all sentimental on you, but I'm posting the lyrics
History of Turntablism Exhibit
I have few pieces of artwork in this exhibit, which is now on display at the Sloan Museum in Flint, Michigan.
God is a DJ
Need proof? link
Rock Posters
The Art of Modern Rock Poster Engine… you gotta see this site! It's not interactive, it's not navigatable, it's just pure eye candy. It's a well-put-together tribute to the usually-cool-sometimes-sucky artistic statements of today's modern rock. Related sites: Concert Posters Peace Rock Poster Planet Rock Posters
A Good Omen
Wow, what are the odds? My favorite band, Pink Floyd and the word “fractal” are mentioned in the same paragraph! *swoon* “Black-light wishes and marijuana dreams: This week, Billboard pays tribute to Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, the winningest album in chart history, which has spent a huge chunk of its 33-year existence on the bright side of
Downloadable Silence and the Desktop Blues
Man wins a free song download from Pepsi and uses the credit to buy “Silence” by Ciccone Youth. DRM makes it impossible to transfer the song to another MP3 player so he strips it using a cross-platform application that unlocks DRM’ed songs but keeps original sound quality. This sound of silence is now available for download on his site. Will
Bored?
Visit this flash site, sure to beat the boredom blues with funky music, bright colors, nonsensical animations… what's not to like? And if you're still bored, try these fun interesting web pages: Superbad Nothing for Sale My Favorite Word Java Zip How to give Yourself Cancer in 5 Easy Steps
The RIAA – "We Suck AGAIN"
Here's a must read blog for ya. It's devoted to the RIAA's lawsuits of intimidation brought against ordinary working people. Boy, did the RIAA mess up royally. This time, they are suing a home health aide who has never bought, used or even turned on a computer in her life. The post links to a legal document from her attourney
iPod My MTV
That's the way you do it, get your money for nothin' and your videos for $1.99. That's right, iTunes has added MTV programming to their video repitoire. Now users can pay $1.99 to download episodes of shows like “Beavis and Butthead”, “Jackass”, and “Punk'd”. The downloads can be viewed on the new iPod that can hold up to 150 hours
Say “Hurrah!” for Nettwerk Music Group
“Canada's biggest record label, publisher and management company is helping out a family sued by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)for copyright infringement. The privately-owned Nettwerk Music Group is intervening, it says, because the songs downloaded by the Gruebel family include Avril Lavigne, a Nettwerk management client. Nettwerk will fund the Gruebel's defense. “The current actions of the RIAA
Clothes that Rock
The hip new thing in fashoin right now seems to be items of clothing that let the person wearing it get their groove on. Before Levi's came out with their iPod compatible jeans, a US company, SCOTTEVEST (SeV) has been offering “technology enabled clothing” with pockets that are designed for iPods, cell phones, PDAs and much more! Steve Wozniak, co-founder
Detroit, Rock City!!
Rock is still alive in Detroit! Check this out: It Came From Detroit Also from Plus One Productions, The Dirtbombs Teaser Trailer
Freeware Review – Video MP3 Extractor
I just reviewed a neat little application that allows you to extract the audio from a video and save it as an MP3. The program is called Video mp3 Extractor and is offered as freeware from the good folks over at GeoVid. The program installs quickly and easily. Though it doesn't have help files, it's very easy to use. Simply
MMPlayer for Palm
I recently downloaded and installed MMPlayer on my Palm and I like it so much I had to share! MMPlayer serves as an MP3 player for me, but it can do so much more. It is a media player for the Palm OS5 and it's capable of playing a number of standard audio and video files. Movies can be compressed,