Radiohead have broken up the track “Nude” into pieces for you to remix.
You buy the separate components or ’stems’ (bass, voice, guitar, strings/FX and drums), remix your own version of the song and upload where it will be judged by the public.
If you purchase all five ’stems’ from iTunes during the first week they’re […]

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Trees are crops. I have a friend who hates it when I say it, but it’s true. Cut down a tree, replant a tree, wait 25 years, cut it down — repeat. But if a tree falls in the woods with 30 loggers and a TV camera around, can you win a prize?
The first ever […]

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“I want to give the radio back to the kids. That’s one thing I’d like to see. I remember a time when you could turn on the AM radio and just set there all day and listen. Now I keep punching the button and hope something will come on that’s worth listening to. There’s nothing. […]

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Lou Reed refuses to fade into a VH1 “1969 - Best Year Ever” episode, and that’s a very very good thing. Recent collabs with The Killers and Bright Eyes show just how tuned in the godfather of distortion, high volume feedback, and nonstandard tunings is to today’s music.
And after seeing the Sundance film Nanking, […]

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Last week Mark Oliver Everett (aka E) and his revolving lineup of bandmates known as The EELS unveiled their first “best of” compilation, Meet The EELS: Essential EELS Vol. 1, 1996-2006, and its first collection of rarities, EELS Useless Trinkets: B-Sides, Soundtracks, Rarities and Unreleased 1996-2006 (Label: DreamWorks/Geffen).
Meet The EELS offers 24 tracks that showcase […]

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How to Draw a Trolley:
Scanned from my personal copy of the March 1955 issue of Jack and Jill Magazine - “The Better Magazine for Boys & Girls”

Try your hand at drawing the trolley, upload to Flickr and send us the link!
UPDATE:
From Alison:

From Leah:

From Jenny (who should know not to use a highlighter if she has […]

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Nobody’s really working this week. Personally, we took vacation from the day job, but we know for a fact anybody sitting at work this week is surfing the Web just killing time to the tryptophan hangover known as Thanksgiving.
So while you’re scouring the series of tubes known as the Web, why don’t you put your […]

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Great Northern’s Sleepy Eepee is the prequel to the acclaimed full-length Trading Twilight For Daylight. Available on iTunes on Nov. 6 and slated for mass distribution on Eenie Meanie early next year, it’s a definitely “must” download if you’re into the mesmerizing LA sonicisms.
However, “This is a Problem,” which you can stream below, showcases more […]

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The Hottest State [Soundtrack]
Jesse Harris
Release Date: August 7, 2007
Label: Hickory Records
The Hottest State film soundtrack features sixteen songs, plus two score passages, recorded exclusively for the film some big names in tribute to Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Jesse Harris.
TRACK LISTING

01 Rocha “Ya No Te Veria Mas (Never See You)”
02 Willie Nelson  “Always Seem to Get Things […]

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Hey kiddos, we’re helping promote a concert coming up next Tuesday, July 17 featuring Great Northern, The Comas, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone and The Donkeys at Minneapolis’ First Avenue’s 7th St. Entry.
This isn’t just any concert stopping off in the Twin Cities. We’ve personally seen both GN and The Comas at SXSW and even […]

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