Yes: Critical coolness (excerpted from the recent Minnesota Monthly article but VETTED by a 23-year-old reporter for the Wall Street Journal).
The key criterion seems to be available jobs at Target. But still.
*Missed this from earlier in the summer: The New York Times wrote about a found phonograph recording from the 1890s that contains all kinds of smutty, vulgar, obscene content. COOL.
Check out “Actionable Offenses: Indecent Phonograph Recordings from the 1890s,” which includes audio samples of 100+-year-old filth! (Tracks include: The Whores Union and and The Lady’s Friend.)
*The Air Guitar t-shirt from Busted Tees. [notes]
*Also: Kick-ass video game guitars. [Kotaku]
*TechDigest.tv calls out the Top 5 YouTube Starlets: Marie Digby, Mia Rose, Esmee Denters, Terra Naomi, Ysabella Brave. Lots of video (most of it meh, but can millions of views be wrong?).
*What does Amy Winehouse require for each concert she plays? The Smoking Gun has the answers. (One requirement: sober roadies.)
*The Record Flattener: The machine to fix your warped vinyl. [Crave]
An incredibly SOOTHING video of a phonograph playing.
This one, however DOES NOT EVEN SPIN A RECORD. So I guess it could be more soothing.
An Erbert and Gerbert’s ad, made by Colle+McEvoy. I remember when one of the dudes from Atmosphere used to work at Erbert and Gerbert’s. Great times.
[The Deets]
*Around here there is never a FTW. Not even once in awhile.
*Avoid black mead. Whatever the costs. No matter the price. (I know I’m repeating myself, but please trust me).
*The three rules for conference call participation: clarity, levity, brevity.
GOODBYE.
…and it kind of sucks! The premise is that they go behind the scenes at real-live tour venues – the first one being the California’s Canyon Club.
Checking out venues without the noise and people is cool, but:
1) the podcast has a dumb pre-roll ad by Visa
2) The video’s not embeddable, as far as I can see.
And that’s a particularly maddening combination of complaints! What’s the point of having a pre-roll ad (that stays with the video wherever it goes) if you aren’t going to set the damn thing free?Bad web practices make for a dumb waste of decent content.
