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Posted by on Oct 4th, 2005 | 0 comments

More of What Nobody Wants

Clear Channel has a problem. Nobody really wants to listen to any of their content. Their stations are loosing listeners as their audience slowly breaks from captivity and finds more alternative options. Clear Channel is claiming it can not compete with satelite radio, for instance, and that this is entierly unfair. Their solution? – less regulation of course. Clear Channel wants to be allowed to serve up the...
Posted by on Sep 14th, 2005 | 1 comment

Pop sketch

Jake Elliott has figured that he can transform pop songs into information graphics by translating the auditory information into something visual algorithmically. After an extensive survey of music, perhaps this might be telling as to what a hit looks like. Maybe someone should try taking these drawings and translating them back into sound, maybe something gets lost, or even added in...
Posted by on Aug 7th, 2005 | 0 comments

Kravitz in the details

The phrase “Rock star architect” is no longer just an expression referring to the elitist jet-setting globe-trotting architectural big shots. It turns out that Lenny Kravitz has found his new passion; architecture. Perhaps this is what we might dub ‘indie-architecture‘? Maybe Mr. Kravitz has just seen too many episodes of Trading Spaces and Pimp My Ride, thinking he can combine the two....
Posted by on Aug 7th, 2005 | 0 comments

iPod of Doom

iPod of Doom
If you can afford an iPod but not a PSP, you may be able to compromise now and play (yes, play with a p) Doom on your iPod directly. You heard me… Doom. The same Doom you know and love. No need to thank us, we tell you this because we love you. Sharing:
Posted by on Aug 5th, 2005 | 0 comments

iTunes versus the big idea

It turns out that the current iTunes model might be detramental to musicians trying to push conceptual albums and works with ideas or themes larger than a single track. The Los Angeles Times is discussing this problem with respect to Pink Floyd and Live8, but the problem, as they aknowledge, goes beyond that one artist. Many of the most interesting albums in the past have been conceptual or thematic in nature. The...
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