Tunes: Music Video on Demand
Posted November 19, 2008 
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Tunes: Lily Allen is the next big thing
Posted February 13, 2007 Comments(0) 
Listen to Lily’s music after the jump. Also, SNL video after the jump. Watch it, before it’s pulled.
Tunes: Mika, the new (queer?) sensation
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Tunes: Chester French and “The Jimmy Choos”
Posted February 8, 2007 Comments(0) 
From the Chester French MySpace page:
Chester French is the creative partnership between Maxwell Drummey and D.A. Wallach, two 21 year-old seniors at Harvard. The duo has been writing and producing gorgeous pop records for the past 3 years, and is currently readying its forthcoming full-length album, “Love the Future.” Maxwell is from Boston and D.A. lives between Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Nevis, a tiny island in the West Indies. They study social anthropology and African-American Studies, respectively.
According to ArjanWrites:
The duo combines ’60s style songwriting with a sense of soul, intelligence and wit that is rarely found in pop music these days. Take for example the catchy “The Jimmy Choo’s,” a perky tune about “Miss Pristine” who keeps her man close at hand to buy herself pretty little things, like shoes. “She grabs all the cash from my paper stash. Yeah, she takes it all. Cheesecake, fake bake, disco ball. But she’s got me,” Wallach sings.
The song mixes up a myriad of styles and instruments to create a whole new brew that is invigorating and straight up fun. The duo even dares to experiment with the traditional pop structure of verse, chorus and bridge, which makes the song somewhat unpredictable and a joy to listen to far beyond your first few spins.
Arjan always is a great source for new talent and sounds. He also provides us with a download link for ”The Jimmy Choos.” You can also download more tunes from the Chester French MySpace page.
Tunes: Scissor Sisters cut it up!
Posted January 30, 2007 Comments(0) Scissor Sisters - Take your Mama Out
More:
Latest video after the jump.
Tunes: Regina Spektor
Posted January 29, 2007 Comments(0) 
As seen on Plaboi blog. Sounds pretty good.
I will be looking for more. Her albums are here and her site here.
Listen to Fidelity on her radio player.
You Tube playlist by jruckman.
Wikipedia article here.
Video: Imogen Heap - Speeding Cars
Posted June 30, 2006 Comments(0) 
Tunes: MTV’s Urge is the latest entrant to online music delivery
Posted May 17, 2006 Comments(1) 
MTV’s URGE set to launch on May 17th.
From AP Business:
At launch, URGE will have more than 2 million tracks, which can be purchased individually at 99 cents or as full albums starting at around $9.95.
The service also will offer unlimited downloads at a monthly rate of $9.95, or $14.95 for the ability to transfer songs to any of more than 100 compatible portable music players.
URGE is entering a tough field, but one that needs more competition. I wonder how this will compare to current programs offered by Real, MSN and Yahoo!
I am tired of being “tied” to my iTunes and iPod. We need more flexibility as consumers to move our music from place to place and from player to player. I think we will see some antitrust examination in the next adminsitration. The French had the right idea, for once, in bringing their action against Apple’s iTunes (otherwise I am usually appalled by their attempts to regulate the Internet).
Nowhere else is the kind of complete ownership of a vertical market allowed in this fashion. It reminds me of the old example of the movie studios owning the actors, the production, the distribution and the movie theaters.
Street: The Love Parade is back
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Tunes: Droplift.org
Posted May 10, 2006 Comments(0) 
Pat, What is Droplift? Please don’t leave comments with just a link. We may in fact be interested.
I love culture outside of the mainstream. Give me more to work with. We are here to help; please don’t troll us.
