Archive for the ‘Junk Drawer’ Category
Neurotic Mix CD Making
Having made a lot of mix CDs over the past decade — especially for the various PDP exchanges – I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about ways to improve how I make them. My main goal with mixes has always been to make the listening experience better and as effortless as possible. I’ve refined [...]
Viva la iPod!
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I don’t remember my youth as being ‘folky’.
Went to Jericho beach on Friday night with some friends and ended up catching some of the Vancouver Folk Festival. We weren’t in time to see Iron & Wine but we did manage to hear the final act of the night, Arrested Development. It was a little strange that more than half our group didn’t [...]
Bad hipster, bad.
There’s been a lot of bad press about hipsters lately. The funny thing is the only people that hipsters hate more then anti-hipsters are hipsters. As Carl Wilson notes, But for all its internal conformism it’s still a mode of flamboyant aesthetic display and that still makes a lot of people uncomfortable and resentful in [...]
Acoustic, Intimate and Awesome…
I’m always a big fan of artists singing in unusual spots. I recently saw someone post a link to this Bloc Party song, which even though I’ve seen a number of times I’m always willing to watch again. Acoutstic and just in the alleyway with a bunch of fans (and a camera). I really should [...]
Saluting the Ferguson sisters!
Even though I’ve taken over the PDP brand, I still always think of myself as just running the group, simply a facilitator. Carmen as the founder of the Procrastination Dance Party mix CD club still plays a critical role in my view, and it was her infectious spirit that got me so excited about the [...]
More breaking news from The Onion.
Two Hipsters Angrily Call Each Other ‘Hipster’ March 29, 2006 | Issue 4213 AUSTIN, TXAn argument between local hipsters Dan Walters and Brian Guterman has devolved to the point where each is angrily calling the other ‘hipster,’ those close to the pair reported Monday. ‘Hey, hipster! Here’s 12 buckswhy don’t you go get yourself a [...]
Onion-y Goodness.
Franz Ferdinand Frontman Shot By Gavrilo Princip Bassist March 17, 2006 | Issue 42•12 GLASGOW, SCOTLAND—Lead singer and guitarist for pop band Franz Ferdinand, Alexander Kapranos, is in critical condition today after being shot by a man identified as the bassist for rock group Gavrilo Princip. ‘We ask fans to cooperate with Interpol to find [...]