NPR has done a great job of summarizing the loudness wars in this article. The infographic [.pdf] is beautiful, even if it documents the degradation of audio quality over the last thirty years. The backlash against excessive compression and loudness has already begun (see: fans petition remastering of Metallica’s Death Magnetic). Hopefully in time we […]
read moreMusic from Melanaster will be featured in the upcoming soccer documentary Pelada. Check out the (awesome) trailer below, and be sure to follow them on Facebook and Twitter for information on the final release date! The filmmakers are still seeking donations (it’s almost done!) – here’s how to help: “ If you’d like to help […]
read moreThe New York Times just posted a really insightful article exploring the algorithms employed by Pandora to customize listeners’ playlists. It also delves into the discussion of music taste based on social and cultural context rather than the music itself, which is one of my favorite thinking points (see: this post from about a month […]
read moreAnd now for something completely different. This week I’ve been feeling completely overworked, co-opted, sickly, and cold (the temperature in Asheville has taken a swift nosedive on the way to “wintry”). I decided to forgo what probably would have been a fantastic night of music on the town (both Bonobo and Bassnectar are playing next […]
read moreSolo DJ set this Thursday, October 15 at The Hookah Bar in Asheville. $3, 10PM. Advanced DJ techniques, challenging music and and an inviting atmosphere!
read moreGarfield Minus Garfield is a concept comic by Dan Walsh in which Garfield (the character) is removed from the strip, revealing Jon Arbuckle’s troubled inner life – his paranoia, loneliness and existential angst. The comics are alternately bizarre, hilarious and thought-provoking. The sampling provided here doesn’t really do it justice; click on the strips for […]
read moreJosh Nimoy is an artist, designer, technologist and digital thing-maker that creates innovative aesthetic tools with custom software. He develops the code for use in his own commissions (music videos, ads, installations, performances) and makes some of them freely available for use and modification online. His CV is encyclopedic and includes things like writing custom […]
read moreI don’t usually write like this, but I felt like to putting this up because it invites interpretation and discussion. “Movie making is a trick. Songwriting is a trick. If a song is done really well, the trick works. If not, people can see through it right away.” – David Byrne Sometimes I feel like […]
read moreThe Perry Bible Fellowship is an Eisner-winning comic strip by Nicholas Gurewitch.
read moreThe perpetuation of “shreds” videos is one of my favorite ongoing Internet memes. The basic idea goes like this : take a music video by a well-known band and overdub it with something hilariously awful (typically accounting for lip sync, but not necessarily). As far as I know, the phenomenon started with a handful of […]
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