The future is already here, I'm just trying to aggregate it.

The early days of MTV were all about epic narratives and the dazzle of rapid fire cuts, but the more my life and average workday starts to look like something out of Minority Report— constant clicks from browser tab to browser tab; imploring IMs and Gchats and email prompts— I have noticed a shift in what I consider to be a good music video. I still want to escape, but escaping looks different now. Maybe this is why a lot of my favorite videos from the past couple of years— Robyn’s “Call Your Girlfriend”, Grimes’ “Oblivion”, Tyler the Creator’s “Yonkers”, Zebra Katz’ “Ima Read”, Beach House’s “Wishes”, Kanye West’s “Power”, Jessie Ware’s “Wildest Moments”, and of course Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies”— feel either suspended in slow motion or brazenly low-concept. Slow and simple becomes rebellious in a world that’s anything but.

Lindsay Zoladz considers the past, present, and future of the music video in her latest Ordinary Machines column. (via pitchfork)

The new escapism? 

parislemon: Agro-reading. I’ve never thought about reading as an angry activity but somehow I think it is for some people. 

parislemon:

Agro-reading.

I’ve never thought about reading as an angry activity but somehow I think it is for some people. 

(Source: roxsays, via jeffcarroll)

Turntable.fm announced a new feature to their music service:

Today he’s launching Piki, a Pandora-like free radio service for the iPhone and web backed by your friends tastes instead of algorithms. After all, he built Turntable to quench his thirst for human-curated music and playlists, yet a lot of the people he liked the most didn’t have time to DJ a Turntable room.

Which I totally called last year:

There is a lot of value in DJ crafted radio stations and I think it would provide a unique experience that could draw in listeners as well as more potential DJ’s. Having a two layered approach, like having an app that just plays music but then lets people go to the site for the more immersible experience is something unique that the other streaming services can’t provide.

The service is much more robust than I imagined. Glad to see the Turntabe crew still swinging for the fences. 

The tiniest electronic band in the world: An Awesome Music Video Of LEGO Robots Rocking Out

And they’re not even scientists. They just love science.  (via ‘Particle Man’ to ‘Nanobots’: They Might Be Giants Discuss Their Favorite Science Songs)

And they’re not even scientists. They just love science. 

(via ‘Particle Man’ to ‘Nanobots’: They Might Be Giants Discuss Their Favorite Science Songs)

I was downloading a Cut Copy album In Ghost Colours from Amazon MP3 when they gave me the option to either pay $9.49 for the MP3 or pay $8.87 for the CD and still get the MP3 version free from Amazon AutoRip. Music licensing is so messed up but thanks to Amazon for watching my back. (Yes I work at Amazon but I was a die hard user before working here).  Update: I received the CD today and decided to turn around and sell it on Amazon for 6.99. If it sells I’ll have paid less than $2 for this album. - I just listed: ‘In Ghost Colours’

I was downloading a Cut Copy album In Ghost Colours from Amazon MP3 when they gave me the option to either pay $9.49 for the MP3 or pay $8.87 for the CD and still get the MP3 version free from Amazon AutoRip. Music licensing is so messed up but thanks to Amazon for watching my back. (Yes I work at Amazon but I was a die hard user before working here). 

Update: I received the CD today and decided to turn around and sell it on Amazon for 6.99. If it sells I’ll have paid less than $2 for this album. -

I just listed: ‘In Ghost Colours’

pitchfork: Watch the oddly touching new How to destroy angels_ video for “How Long”, directed by Shynola. Here’s a little dystopian, post-apocalyptic(?) music video. Watch to the very end for the double twist. 

pitchfork:

Watch the oddly touching new How to destroy angels_ video for “How Long”, directed by Shynola.

Here’s a little dystopian, post-apocalyptic(?) music video. Watch to the very end for the double twist. 

Here’s what I’m listening to this morning. There’s some really good stuff here.  pitchfork: Andy Beta rounds up the best of BK’s thriving DIY dance culture in our new feature, “The New Electronic Brooklyn Underground”, highlighting DJs, labels, and parties that are cultivating a new kind of NYC nightlife.

Here’s what I’m listening to this morning. There’s some really good stuff here. 

pitchfork:

Andy Beta rounds up the best of BK’s thriving DIY dance culture in our new feature, “The New Electronic Brooklyn Underground”, highlighting DJs, labels, and parties that are cultivating a new kind of NYC nightlife.

Traditional musical instruments (like those sold to young school students) is a multibillion industry that hasn’t seen a major inovation or disruption since, uh, the electric keyboard(?). It’s a very stable industry about to come under fire.

Why buy an instrument that costs thousands of dollars and your kid will play for one semester and then quit? Sure you can rent and there’s lots of used equipment but now you can print your own. If they don’t like it? Recycle it and print something else. 

un:

dreamsin8bit:

3D printing will change so many things. So excited to see musical instruments as part of that.

You cannot buy one anywhere…but you can download and print one.

Fight Club vs Comfort Eagle. Tyler Durden eats Cake. [Music Video]

via youtube.com

If you didn’t know - I love Flight Club. Seriously my favorite book. Every male member of Gen X should read it and definitely every would be entrepreneur.

And this? This is an amazing fan made music video/mashup. The song is perfect.