The Web 2.0 comes to the world of low-volume printed fabric. I'm a sucker for beautiful fabric, and these are some gorgeous prints. Visitors vote on fabric, and the winners get picked to be fabricated.
Unfortunately, much of their site is flash, so I can't link to specific prints. Their loss. Regardless, enjoy the cacophony of color.
Midlake's "The Trials of Van Occupanther" kicks off with a strong Roscoe and doesn't let go until the last track.
The band highlights the lead singer's moody vocals in a manner reminiscent of Radiohead, bringing their own originality through. The album is lush with deep guitars, haunting violins, and heartfelt pianoscapes. It's the spiritual inheritance of the 70s breathing new life into the current music scene.
The album is also excessively accessible. In a world of overcommercialized music, I can't help but wonder why this album isn't.
Who would like this album: People looking for Radiohead meets Jethro Tull.
Who would hate this album: Those who dislike high-pitched male voices.
It's a disgusting video of a leather and spiked clad beefcake with abysmal hair, parading about an 80's talkshow, brandishing raphael's (the teenage mutant ninja turtle) sai. Checkout his hair and the hair of the ladies he's paid to impress. If I ruled the world, this would be the only acceptable behavior on TV. It's not safe for conservative work.
Get your Wiimote ready, dorks, cuz Starwars light saber dueling is coming to the Wii. Videogame adaptations of Starwars games have matched the success rate of the movie franchise. Some are stinkers and some are amazing. This video should whet your appetite for something that could be relatively good, if not good clean fun.
This design is pretty flippin' awesome, combining 60's sci-fi, 80's video game culture, and the modern T-shirt movement. I for one feel exactly this way when hopped up on goofballs. I'm no doctor, but I think that astronaut has Pac-Man Fever.
The Nortec Collective is at it again with "Tijuana Sound Machine", combining Tejano music with electronic know-how. The fusion is better than the sum of it's parts.
The album is without vocals for the most part, and this showcases the lush instrumental samples. Tuba, accordion, and trumpet litter this soundscape in addition to some familiar synthesizer bleeps and drums. The music isn't over-the-top, nor is it too subdued. You won't find tracks to pack the dance floor, but there is music to pique the curiosity of those who are interested in something off the beaten path.
I get tired of tejano music very quickly, and usually am long to praise instrumental electronica, but this album hits a sweetspot, combining the best of both worlds. It's a form of science fiction, predicting a melting of european and latino cultures that has yet to expand beyond the microcosm of Tijuana.
Who would like this album: Electronic music fans looking for something off the beaten path.
Who would hate this album: Accordion haters. Racists.
Every Wednesday on WLUW, the Humpday Dance Party featuring Dr. Drase and the Reverand Michal Flavor bring dance hits and mashup monstrosities to the airwaves. Check them out on the air if you live in Chicago, otherwise check out their site for how to listen on the infernet.
Please check out the http://chicagoindependentradioproject.org/, or Chirp for short. A lot of members and former members of WLUW, one of Chicago's great college radio stations, are banding together to form a new station in Chicago. In order to do that, we have to convince congress to change FCC rules on low-power FM stations in urban markets.
Apparently Dean Wormy of Loyola College, realized that a lot of great things come out of that station, so he fired the top two magic-makers and claimed that later this year, they will take back control of the station.
You've got to support these guys, because WNUR plays too many sports.
That, and their site has the same color scheme as mine.
