Musings on the Superbowl

Well, It's the day after the big game.

I'm riding a hangover that would kill most carbon-based lifeforms and nursing a heart shattered by the emotional curb-stomp that was the Patriot's unprecidented and epic failure.

Oh how the gods have forsaken us, Patriots fans, and doomed us to weeks of badgering by the mouth-breathers wearing Giants jerseys who at this very moment bark at the moon in praise of their egregious and dishonorable victory.

Carl's Pleased, Though.

But really. That game sucked from start to finish. At no point did the patriots ever get any momentum, and frankly they looked in no way as professional or skilled as their rivals.

But let us remember that the Superbowl is not all about Football. Who could forget the hilariously phallic light display before the Tom Petty concert?

New Mixtape:

Track List:

1.) Green Grass of Tunnel - Múm
2.) It's Personal - The Radio Dept
3.) Precious - Minipop
4.) Lover's Spit - Broken Social Scene
5.) The Stroll - Duplomacy
6.) Ghostship - Menomena
7.) Telling Me (Acoustic Demo) - Halloween, Alaska
8.) Seven States Across - J. Tillman
9.) Going Away - M. Ward
10.) Grandfather's Nursery - Pulp
11.) Day After Tomorrow - Tom Waits
12.) Fake Empire - The National
13.) Omaha - Tapes 'n Tapes
14.) The Soldier - Toy Fight
15.) Claxxons Lament (frog eyes) - Wolf Parade


Download it here: (80MB)

Last.Fm is now streaming full songs and albums... FO FREE

You might notice on the left hand side of the window here, I have posted my Last.FM playlist for all to enjoy. I do this not only as an avenue to share new music with you, but also to advertize one of the best music-related sites on the web. Last.FM brilliantly reccomends songs and albums to you by examining a list of your favorite artists and the music you play though iTunes. However, you were never allowed to search for a specific song and play it online. Instead, you were merely presented with a list of songs which played through automatically.

As of yesterday however, they have upped their ante, allowing their users to listen to songs in the Last.FM library for free. Here is the text from the official Last.FM Blog:


As of today, you can play full-length tracks and entire albums for free on the Last.fm website.

Something we’ve wanted for years—for people who visit Last.fm to be able to play any track for free—is now possible. With the support of the folks behind EMI, Sony BMG, Universal and Warner—and the artists they work with—plus thousands of independent artists and labels, we’ve made the biggest legal collection of music available to play online for free, the way we believe it should be.

Full-length tracks are now available in the US, UK, and Germany, and we’re hard at work broadening our coverage into other countries. During this initial public beta period, each track can be played up to 3 times for free before a notice appears telling you about our upcoming subscription service. The soon-to-be announced subscription service will give you unlimited plays and some other useful things. We’re also working on bringing full-length tracks to the desktop client and beyond.

Free full-length tracks are obviously great news for listeners, but also great for artists and labels, who get paid every time someone streams a song. Music on Last.fm is perpetually monetized. This is good because artists get paid based on how popular a song is with their fans, instead of a fixed amount.


Sign up for Last.FM here

Enjoy this:

Track Listing:

1.) Forts - The Boggs
2.) Lights And Music - Cut Copy
3.) Faze - Bondage Fairies
4.) I Get Around - Dragonette
5.) Bounce That - Girl Talk
6.) Lost Time (Pictureplane Remix) - HEALTH
7.) The Next Collarbone - Dr. Dre (feat. Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg) vs Fujiya & Miyagi [DJ ABX]
8.) Knife [Girl Talk Remix] - Grizzly Bear
9.) Everyday I'm Ghosthustlin' - Rick Ross vs Ghosthustler [DJ ABX]
10.) Poppin' Bottles Of Soup - Birdman (feat. Lil Wayne) vs Tunng [DJ ABX]
11.) Crambodia feat Ghostface Killah - Plastic Little
12.) Heartbeats - The Knife
13.) Seventeen Years - Ratatat
14.) Sweet Talk - Spank Rock

Download it Here. (68 MB)

Black Cab Sessions: One Song. One Take. One Cab

"A CHALLENGE HAS BEEN LAID DOWN. FORGET CHART POSITIONS, FORGET TICKET SALES, OR BRAND-EXTENDING TOILETRIES OR MYSPACE FRIENDS OR ANY OTHER MEASURE OF SUCCESS. FROM HERE ON IN, IT'S ALL ABOUT HOW WELL YOU CAN ROCK THE BACK OF A CAB."

BBC RADIO 1 ONLINE


The Idea is simple. Get various artists to play a song in one of London's ubiquitous black cabs, and record it. Check out this clip of one of my faves St. Vincent performing Dig A Pony on a tiny Marshall amp.

P.S. It's almost criminal how adorable this woman is.



Check the rest of the videos at blackcabsessions.com.

All you hipsters out there. Prepare to have your minds blown.

Here is a standalone mp3 player that is not only shaped like an analog casette, but is ACTUALLY FUCKING PLAYABLE in a tape deck. How awesome is that? The best part: less than $22. No doubt i'll be buying one very shortly.

Skills to (hopefully) pay the bills.

SJNDesign.com Coming Soon.

Check out these early mock ups of the splash page and template (click the images to view full res):



...relied heavily on public domain botanical illustration, to great effect.


Previous work seen on meisterarts.com: