“We promise not to screw it up,” Marissa Mayer wrote on her own Tumblr site.
She was talking about Yahoo’s acquisition of Tumblr last week. She didn’t say anything about Flickr though—have you seen the new interface today? Was there any advance notice?
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Yahoo’s move aims to make up for years of missing out on the growth of social networks and mobile devices.I like how Yahoo is described as “the faded Web pioneer” in this article.
Wordpress, anyone?
The pace of today can get the best of even the best of us. The need to be connected, to be always available. It’s an expectation that we can’t live up to. James Gleick calls it “hurry sickness” in Faster: The Acceleration of Just About Everything (though I don’t think he was the one who coined the term).
I call it “silicon sickness.” There is no cure, but there are salves. One of mine is dub reggae. The kick drum is my heartbeat. The bass is the blood in my veins. It’s elemental, medicinal.
Now, I can’t create the magic of the great King Tubby or Augustus Pablo, obviously. But this piece is informed by it. A relaxed, take-your-time-type-of-tempo, an easy backbeat, and the instrument that reminds me of the beach. The under-appreciated ukulele.
Makes me feel better, hope that it will make you feel better too. Remember that you have to downshift to gather more power.
Special thanks and a shout-out to Chako Kanyon and his dub-a-day blog for the inspiration! http://dubaday.com
Equipment: Fluke Ukelele (made here in Massachusetts!), Garageband for iPad
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“Endless economic growth” as a goal makes it easier to embrace technologies that “cure the worst effects,” like the catalytic converter. Source: A Deeper Shade of Green by Bill McKibben.
“Although catalytic converters are effective at removing hydrocarbons and other harmful emissions, they do not reduce the emission of carbon dioxide (CO2),” and in fact, need to burn more fuel, resulting in “relatively more CO2 emissions from the vehicle.” Source: Environmental impact of the catalytic converter from Wikipedia.
Equipment: Fender Jaguar through Swart STR, Garageband for iPad
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Tea&Comics Dub
Dub 030
I realize finally that some of you may not be seeing the clever images that accompany my daily dub track posting. (you need a Tumblr account!) If you can see today’s image, you’ll note
the Boston music mag that has been around for years — The Noise. It’s a local musician’s source for gig info, gossip, and reviews of recordings and live shows. I stop by J.P. Licks each month just to read it.And a highlight for me is the brilliant comic series by Crispin Wood — Rock School. Crispin is wicked talented for certain. He also plays the Stratocaster guitar like a madman with his infamous and revered three-piece rock group, The Bags.
Find their records out there somewhere and be rocked!
The other day I discovered another local artist, Brian Connolly, and his very cool comic strip, Nothing Mattress. Find his work here on Tumblr, in other local Boston mags, such as DigBoston, and his online shop. Great stuff!
People are clever — I want to be clever too.
Thanks for listening!
In eight years, we went from nobody having smartphones to capture the new Pope, to everyone having them. Pretty mind blowing change.
This quote seems relevant “When the sun burns out we’ll light the world with tiny glowing screens” - Watsky
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I have to ask:
“What if the sun don’t burn out like it’s supposed to?” http://soundcloud.com/controlmouse/why-me-look
Happy Tax Day, everyone! “Shiver like you mean it!”
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The Selectmen / Shiver
From the 6-song EP: Introducing The Selectmen
Available on iTunes: http://bit.ly/cmm-002
Meet the band: http://selectmen.com/Band
Album credits: http://selectmen.com/Credits
“Like” on Facebook: http://facebook.com/selectmen
Follow on Twitter: http://twitter.com/selectmen
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SkinnyLeatherPantsDub
Dub 018
And now I’d like to present an edit from a demo by a group that never made it out of the studio, Thee Head Aches (Boston). One might say they went “straight to video” as all tracks were posted directly to SoundCloud and never officially released as a consumable recording.
Inspired by Julian Cope (not only by his music — but by the very fact that he is on the planet!) in my mind this group was to be one part Suicide (Alan Vega), two parts Julian and one part Alien Sex Fiend or perhaps Bauhaus.
Today’s track, SkinnyLeatherPantsDub, stands by itself as a whacky dance floor mess of head-trippy delay settings and two bass guitar thumping. Fun for a boy and a girl or more… enjoy as dub number 18 of the Dub a Day Blog.
*Disclaimer: There is a “Fuck You” or two in the lyric. Visit the original track, SkinnyLeatherPantsForMen on SoundCloud for details. It’s hilarious!
“It’s all I’m wearing from now on.”
