December 2008
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Bjork, Icelandic Singer and…Venture Capitalist? -... →
The Bjork fund will invest in early-stage businesses concentrating on green technology, with the goal of helping fuel a recovery of Iceland’s economy, which was devastated by a financial crisis this fall.
Just when you forgot what a cool lady Bjork is.
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Naked 'Nirvana baby' still chasing dollars -... →
The Nevermind baby is now 17 and working for Shepard Fairey. There’s a comment on subcultures and commercialism somewhere in there.
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Dial "M" for Musicology: Blog fail →
“But there’s an awful lot of stuff in my head that never gets written because whatever anyone says, blogging isn’t about keepin’ it real — it’s about the meticulous preparation and presentation of an artful rhetoric of keepin’ it real. At one point in Nashville I ran in Jim Hepokoski, who expressed surprise that I would confide so much about myself to a...
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click opera - Notes on the Marketing Personality →
“I think we all have to recognize the Marketing Personality as at least a partially-accurate description of who and how we are. It’s certainly drummed into self-employed people that we have to market ourselves as a commodity in competition with other commodities (in other words, people). The faddy changes of my adolescent hero, David Bowie, could be seen as endless product re-launches,...
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Explode Into Colors →
New (to me at least) Portland band, jamming on some kraut/no wave/tribal mode. It’s been done before, but I’m digging it. Bummed I missed them live last week.
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I think it is fairly easy to rock the house, but so hard to look out of the...
– DJ Koze
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Perfect end of workday mix, courtesy of Múm. ... →
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Eine Kleine Nacht Musik →
Click this link, wait for the movie to load, and get your mind blown. Plus bonus free ambient/kraut/kosmiche mixtape!
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Sinden mix on Fairtilizer →
Awesome weirdo electro party jams, courtesy of Sinden. Good for bouncing in your office chair. Or on a dancefloor, I imagine!
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Kermit vs. LCD Soundsystem →
This is genius.
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Super stripped-down Blitzen Trapper radio... →