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Muxtape.com

Art of the Mix

Because other people’s music always sounds better. Muxtape.com could be the best online music sharing site I’ve found since Pandora annou [...]

Posted by: Graham Huber on Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Categories: Music, Pop Culture, Websites | 2 Comments »

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The Small Stakes

These silkscreened posters by Jason Munn, the man behind ‘The Small Stakes’, make me want to rack up a really big visa bill…

Posted by: Sarah Reid on Thursday, August 16th, 2007

Categories: Art, Design, Music, Pop Culture | No Comments »

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The Making of Star Guitar

A cool little demonstration of information design in action: a behind-the-genius peek at Michel Gondry mapping out the video for the Chemical Brothe [...]

Posted by: Kevin Broome on Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

Categories: Design, Music, We love | No Comments »

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When the routine bites hard

From Visual Complexity: “Using information design principles and graphical techniques, the 85+ recorded covers of Joy Division’s “ [...]

Posted by: Kevin Broome on Sunday, July 15th, 2007

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Stumbling Over An Old Inspiration

This blog was started years ago in part as a repository for our inspirations, yet I think we often drift away from that purpose a bit, so I want to s [...]

Posted by: Mark Busse on Sunday, July 15th, 2007

Categories: Articles | 4 Comments »

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New Kuba Video: Brotherman

Our friend Kuba has been on a creative streak lately, releasing a new single and a sexy music video call Brotherman, directed by Noah Davis. Listen c [...]

Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, June 7th, 2007

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Naturally 7 Singing ‘In the Air Tonight’ on the Paris Subway

Feelin’ It

As a fitting follow up to Mark’s recent post, watch how this impromtu performance of “In The Air Tonight” by Naturally 7 on a Paris [...]

Posted by: Kevin Broome on Tuesday, April 17th, 2007

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Would you recognize genius on your way to work?

If you arrived in a transit station as you hurried to work and there was a nondescript young man in jeans, t-shirt and a baseball cap masterfully pla [...]

Posted by: Mark Busse on Sunday, April 15th, 2007

Categories: Inspiration, Music | 3 Comments »

Something glorious is about to happen…

History has proven time and again that if the powers-that-be put up a wall, the people will eventually tear it down. Such was the case at last night& [...]

Posted by: Kevin Broome on Tuesday, March 13th, 2007

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“This is good!”

Young Folks by Peter Bjorn and John has a habit of getting into your head permanently. We’ve been playing the fantastic video for the song in t [...]

Posted by: Mike Withers on Thursday, January 18th, 2007

Categories: Music | 1 Comment »

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So Sick of Christmas Music

I’m usually so sick of Christmas music by this time of the year that I’ll listen to almost anything else. Of course this doesn’t go [...]

Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, December 21st, 2006

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From the Archive of Misheard Lyrics

The real lyrics were: She moves in mysterious ways But I misheard them as: Shamu the mysterious whale More aural blunders over at kissthisguy.com

Posted by: Kevin Broome on Thursday, December 14th, 2006

Categories: Music, Pop Culture | No Comments »

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Christina Aguilera never felt so good.

The latest rage for iPod gadgets is the vibrator attachment (or so I’ve heard.) the OhMiBod, the iBuzz and the Audi-Oh iPod Vibrator have all c [...]

Posted by: Steve Mynett on Friday, November 10th, 2006

Categories: Design, Fun, Inspiration, Music, Technology | 1 Comment »

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Sufjan Stevens, Live

Shifting effortlessly from entrancing accoustic banjo hymns to bombastic life-affirming-full-horn-section-anthems (usually within the same song), Suf [...]

Posted by: Mike Withers on Sunday, October 15th, 2006

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Goodinson Pays Homage to Bon Jovi

Our musical friend Clive has been mentioned here before. He’s equal parts code monkey, tortured artist and genius savant. He’s a real ins [...]

Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, October 13th, 2006

Categories: Inspiration, Music, We love | No Comments »