Clint has inspired me to list my most-played music of 2006 (from Last.fm): Top 10 Albums of 2006 Kings of Convenience – Riot on an Empty Street The Avalanches – Since I Left You Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s – The Dust of Retreat Decoder Ring […]
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Don’t you love it when your iPod’s shuffle mode seems to instinctively know what music you want to hear? This was my soundtrack walking through campus in the pouring rain today: Theme Reprise (iTunes Store) The Cinematic Orchestra The Man with the Movie Camera River, Stay Away from My Door (iTunes Store) The Dave Brubeck Quartet Take Five High Horses Theme Dntel Early […]
Although not publicized, iTunes now has a feature to let you create your own “widgets” with an iMix you create (or one you just like). Here’s an XMU one I found: On the iMix page in iTunes, click “Publish to the Web” on the right and you’ll get the code for your own “widget”. Oh Apple, […]
Stolen from Clint… How many total songs? 23,060 songs/videos, equal to 75.9 days or 126.21 GB. Sort by song title - first and last? First: “!!!!!!!” by The Roots from their album Phrenology Last: “πr2 by Clint Mansell from the “Pi” soundtrack Sort by time - shortest and longest? Shortest: “Flip Sting (SFX)” (0:04) from the Kill Bill Vol. 1 soundtrack Longest: “China” […]
If you had to put a runway show to music, what tracks would you choose? I volunteered to supply music for Shreve’s annual “Mr. and Miss Shreve” contest and am looking for suggestions. It’s harder to find music for the guys who are walking down the runway, but all suggestions are welcome. […]
On August 15th Mint Royale will drop their new album, See You in the Morning. The entire album sounds fantastic, but the one track that I can guarantee will hit the radio hard will be their rendition of Singin’ in the Rain, as performed by Gene Kelly in the 1952 film of the same […]
Not sure what podcasting is? Curious how podcasts work? Justin tells you everything you need to know and more. He outlines what podcasting is, talks about the built-in podcasting support in the upcoming iTunes 4.9 and explains to readers how to jump into the world of podcasts. Williams has provided useful links to many popular podcasts and offers a […]
One of the best things about this winter break is that, now that I’m in Columbus, I get to visit Columbus’ new Yes Cinema. (Site’s not up yet, but should be soon). The theater’s focus is classic, independent, B-type movies. Last week’s grand opening showed White Christmas and The Motorcycle Diaries, which […]
If you have some free time this weekend (or over break, for the college kids) check out this track [control/right click may be necessary] (.m4a) from Apple’s own Indie Sampler 3 (I’d link it, but for some reason it doesn’t exist on iTMS until you punch in the code for the free copy of it). […]
All Things Chill is a great blog run by DJ Special*Dark in Chicago. His latest mix is excellent. Perfect late-nite chill mix.
