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  • R.E.M. posted on their website that they have broken up: “To our Fans and Friends: As R.E.M., and as lifelong friends and co-conspirators, we have decided to call it a day as a band. We walk away with a great sense of gratitude, of finality, and of astonishment at all we have accomplished. To anyone…

  • My music of choice has always been hip hop and r&b. That’s the stuff I grew up with but I can’t really stand any of the junk on the radio these days. I really do appreciate artists whose work focuses on topics that matter. Check out Bono and K’naan’s interview on CNN: And I never…

  • So I’ve been playing with Spotify, the new music service that will let you stream all you want from a library of 15 million songs for free (for the next six months, after which it will be capped at a limited number of hours TBD). But to add features, like listening to music on the…

  • Turntable.fm

    Anyone try turntable.fm yet? You can chat and DJ for each other in a room. I’ve been on and it seems pretty interesting. I believe it’s still in beta right now and open only to those who have Facebook friends who are already on. So all my facebook friends can log on now. Let me…

  • Cinemetropolis by Blue Scholars Remember when I posted a video by these guys? I wanted to title this post “what I’m listening to” but I should just write “what I want to listen to.” Because I’m still unemployed, I’ll have to listen online for now. But all you working people can get their new album…

  • For the next 24 hours on the Google homepage will be celebrating the birthday of musician and inventor Les Paul. You’ll find an interactive, playable logo inspired by the guitar developed by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee that made the sound of rock and roll possible. From the Google blog: “As well as his guitar…

  • Who Is KT?

    An intro video from one of Jin‘s friends. It’s pretty entertaining. Heads up though, it’s in Cantonese. Find out more at whoiskt.com. Presented by catchadventures.com (some of you might recognize the guys there). Via Gar‘s google reader feed. Posted here by JT, that’s me. :)

  • Get $2 of free mp3 credit from Amazon when you enter code VDAYMP3S. Click here to add the coupon to your account or enter it at checkout.

  • Not sure why one of my former students sent this to me. She said she thought of me when she saw it. So random.

  • Norwegian Recycling’s latest: (Owl City vs. Train). Download the mp3: Norwegian Recycling – Soul Of Fireflies Random side note: I really miss my ukulele that my father gave to me when I was little.

  • Mozart Forever

    Taken outside the SF Symphony. See the inside or Brad’s fish-eye version. Like Brad, I also wonder what type of person would carve this into the street?

  • Yay, another one from Norwegian Recycling called Viva La Viral.

  • Youtube video from mobius32 explains, “This fascinating, brilliant 20-minute video narrates the history of the ‘Amen Break,’ a six-second drum sample from the b-side of a chart-topping single from 1969. This sample was used extensively in early hip hop and sample-based music, and became the basis for drum-and-bass and jungle music — a six-second clip…

  • Wow.

  • Rock guitar pioneer Les Paul dies at age 94. I only know who he is because my dad has one of his guitars.

  • Free Coldplay Album.

  • A shout-out to Stepho for the link.

  • High-five to Garrett.

  • Free Elixir Guitar Strings