Ooh ... shiny.: Archive

Feb 13th

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Feb 13th

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Feb 12th

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Complete Shangrala discography for free →

Shangrala was not only one of my favorite local (Jacksonville) bands, but also one of my favorite bands in all the world. They’ve made their complete recordings available as a free download. Please do me (and yourself) the favor of downloading them. For free. The ear you save may be your own.

Feb 11th

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Feb 11th

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Feb 10th

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Feb 10th

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Feb 9th

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Feb 6th

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Feb 6th

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Feb 6th

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From Founders to Decorators, Facebook Riches →

“The graffiti artist who took Facebook stock instead of cash for painting the walls of the social network’s first headquarters made a smart bet. The shares owned by the artist, David Choe, are expected to be worth upward of $200 million when Facebook stock trades publicly later this year.”

Feb 2nd

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Publishers destroy Scary Stories to Tell in the... →

“But if your child couldn’t handle Gammell’s paintings, they’re certainly not going to be able to stomach a short story about a scarecrow who skins a farmer alive and dries out his skin sack trophy on the roof.”

Feb 2nd

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Feb 1st

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Jan 31st

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The Crowd-Choir Project →

CrowdChoir is a potentially cool sampler instrument that is being crowdsourced. When you visit the site, it gives you a randomly generated guide pitch. You record yourself singing the note (using “Ahh”) for at least ten seconds and submit your file. Every participant gets the sampler for free. We are going to build a unique sampler instrument—a choir/vocal ensemble made with...

Jan 30th

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Jan 28th

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Jan 27th

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Jan 27th

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Jan 26th

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Jan 25th

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Official B.P.R.D. Training Camp (AKA, Hellboy... →

Hellboy-themed summer camp? In PORTLAND?! Can I please be 12 years old again?

Jan 23rd

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Venues, Promoters, and Bands →

All musicians, promoters, venue owners, and people who like to go out and listen to live music should read this article by Dave Goldberg titled “Why LA Club Owners Are Totally Lost and Some Advice for Them from a Professional Musician.” The article is about the author’s experience in Los Angeles, but I got the link from Three Trapped Tigers, a London band that had similar...

Jan 21st

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Jan 20th

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Fairness and Competition in Cheap!

neil-gaiman: Seeing that Barnes and Noble dropped the price of AMERICAN GODS 10th Anniversary Edition to $1.99, Amazon has just matched it for the Kindle. I don’t know how long it’ll be that price for, probably another 6 hours. Here’s the link to the $1.99 (93% off) Amazon Kindle edition. American Gods for $1.99? Yes, please. I love American Gods and have a signed first edition, but you...

Jan 20th

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Jan 19th

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Wikipedia has gone dark to raise awareness about #SOPA. About a second after visiting a Wikipedia page, you are redirected to a temporary page titled “Imagine a World Without Free Knowledge” with a ZIP code search to help you find your representatives. It also has a Learn More link. Clicking on that link takes you to a Wikipedia page with information about its SOPA initiative …...

Jan 18th

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