chaircrusher commented on Songs: You Downloaded 'Em, Now Tell Us About 'Em, at 5:28 PM on Oct 6 Bitone Troupe "All Is Full Of Love" [www.cornwarning.com] I jacked that from their myspace page [www.myspace.com] If you can't love Ugandan kids covering Björk, you have a heart of stone. more »

chaircrusher commented on Joe Walsh Saves Eagles Concert, The World, at 3:17 PM on Sep 26 You like "Take It Easy" because it's actually a Jackson Browne song. more »

chaircrusher commented on Whose Hype Machine Is It Anyway?, at 9:05 AM on Sep 25 That track really is a DJ tool, and a brilliant one. more »

chaircrusher commented on Once More, With Feeling: It's Time For Another Drum & Bass Revival, at 8:52 AM on Sep 25 Drum and Bass never really went away, but it focused down into a narrower and narrower sound, with a smaller and smaller following. more »

chaircrusher commented on Did David Foster Wallace's, at 8:43 AM on Sep 16 I can't see it. more » [io9]

chaircrusher commented on Who's Your Musical Sacred Cow?, at 12:45 AM on Sep 13 This is so tough. more »

chaircrusher commented on Home of the Future: Lots of Plastic, Steel, and a Table That Turns Into a Range, at 5:37 PM on Sep 8 I lived in an Eichler when I was a kid in San Jose, and I don't care what anyone says about them, they were great houses to live in. more » [io9]

chaircrusher commented on Your Chance To Provide The Content Around Here, at 11:56 PM on Sep 5 Extremely local -- Kelley who put the compilation together rode over to my house on her Schwinn 3 Speed -- and yet national -- "Jugs Across America" which is a compilation of contemporary Jug Band music from around the US, including contribution from Jim Kweskin -- the elder statesman of Jug Band Music. [www.myspace.com] Weather Is Happening -- a Wichita band -- still do my head in. more »

chaircrusher commented on Remember a while back when, at 11:31 PM on Sep 3 Carl & Moritz are a couple of my most loved musicians in Electronic music. more »

chaircrusher commented on Bye-Bye "Indie," Hello Again "Alternative", at 9:59 AM on Aug 28 Eeech. more »

chaircrusher commented on Is Techno In A Holding Pattern?, at 10:04 AM on Jul 28 Philip Sherburne gets paid to write, and this particular think-piece came down to his subjective taste, a slight frisson of ennui floating around his pied-a-terre, and the need to pull something out of his butt on deadline. The fact is, great records keep getting made, in the face of a down-swing in the economy, a downswing in the American consumer's acceptance of underground dance music, and a rapidly shifting economic model. more »

chaircrusher commented on Is Microsoft Abandoning the Zune? Zune Guy Smells So, at 8:54 AM on Jul 28 I am not going to watch that video. more » [gizmodo]

chaircrusher commented on Mercury Prize Shortlist Offers A Glimpse Into Used-CD Bins Of The Future, at 1:20 PM on Jul 22 Burial, coz izza London fing innit? Seriously, the only thing that would make the Mercury Prize worthwhile is if Burial won, and like Thomas Pynchon did for his National Book Award, sent Professor Irwin Corey to accept the award. more »

chaircrusher commented on Your Opinions, We Care A Lot, at 4:50 PM on Jun 6 Weather Is Happening Imagine if you will some crazy kids in love with 80s vintage SST and Homestead bands, who managed to channel some of that energy and still sound original? And I got a good live recording of them too. God bless the Zoom H4 and it's ability to withstand dangerous sound pressure levels. more »

chaircrusher commented on Which Author Should Replace Philip K. Dick As Hollywood's Idea Spigot?, at 10:43 PM on Jun 5 You left out Nancy Kress, and Robert Sawyer. more » [io9]

chaircrusher commented on Idolator's Summer Jam Tournament Implores You To Shake It And Stop Smoking, at 10:15 AM on Jun 5 Annie should win. more »

chaircrusher commented on Idolator's 2008 Summer Jam Tournament Gets A Bit Hands-On, at 12:59 PM on May 30 IMHO both these songs make baby jesus cry. What's could possibly be more annoying than Kid Rock pulling a Tim McGraw, whose "Kristofferson" is exhibit A for endstage meta-wanking in country music? more »

chaircrusher commented on Just Asking: So, Um, Who's Going To Headline Coachella In 2013?, at 1:32 PM on Apr 29 Coachella is the festival for people who came of age 15-20 years ago and only now can afford to take off a weekend, pay for lodging and a stiff ticket, in order to see all the acts they couldn't see when they were actually current. There are plenty of places to see interesting music -- often for $5 and all the $2 PBRs you can drink, but you have to actually learn something about your local music scene, and occasionally sit through someone who's complete shite. Me, I splurge on going to Detroit for the Electronic Music Festival every Memorial Day Weekend. more »