Great interview with Sub Pop’s founders on the ups and downs of running a label for 20 years.
Includes yet another mention of the phantom third Zumpano record. Come on, Newman.
Great interview with Sub Pop’s founders on the ups and downs of running a label for 20 years.
Includes yet another mention of the phantom third Zumpano record. Come on, Newman.
Trailer for a documentary on Showbiz Pizza’s Animatronic Rockafire Explosion Band.
Looks like they have vintage factory/testing footage. Animatronic drummers is a topic near and dear to me (it's what originally got me writing on the internet, though I never finished the article) so I'm ALL OVER this.
A good article on joke thievery among stand up comics.
The first page or so rehashes the standard Robin Williams stories, but expands into a number of modern feuds, with quotes from some of those involved.
The story of a New York home laden with secret compartments and coded messages.
This would be my dream-home.
Mr. Zach Curd pointed out that at 1:00 and 1:49, there are some pretty blatant pitch correction artifacts on the vocal. Good job guys.
Jeffrey Brown designed a transforming vinyl toy based on his ‘Change Bots’ book.
You don't see too many independent transformer designers.
The Whitburn Project Analysis.
Waxy discusses and mines an obsessively detailed dump of pop chart metadata. Unhealthily time-intensive coding ideas: sparked.
Emitt Rhodes’ Self-titled 1970 LP posted in full.
One of my favorites, not currently in print.
The short premiered at TAL's distributed 'live event' in movie theaters nationwide last week. The story is told by Radio Lab's Robert Krulwich.
Instant Album Party ’08 bears fruit.
The results of randomly selected groups of four people tasked with writing and recording a song in an hour.