8-bit Nails

My friend Sylvia sent me this one, from Trent Reznor's twitter page

Morning music links

Mac USB Audio: M-Audio Says Avoid the Left-hand USB Port on MacBook Pro, All Ports Not Equal

Best Buy May Start Selling Vinyl Records

9 Flavors Of "Popcorn", The Synthpop Classic

Afternoon music links!

VIDEO: Kings Of Leon's guitar rigs revealed

Throbbing Gristle Soundcheck Jam

Patrick Stewart finally jumps the shark and becomes Shatner?

Allmusic thinks not... five stars?!

Patrick Stewart does Richard Strauss Melodrama

His subtle and nuanced telling is far more effective than an overtly impassioned one would have been, and the naturalness of his reading is hugely compelling and moving.

He had me at 'melodrama'.

Sigh.

This blog: popular with the Google

A previous post has spiked the number of hits to my blog, bringing me well into double digits per day territory. Thanks all you random surfers, you're making the world a better place.

Note to self: Write more posts about how great songs are used to disappointing effect in film trailers.

The Day The World Went Away - Nine Inch Nails

Viral check-up

In case you missed it, here's your feel-good clip of the year:

Susan Boyle sings "I Dreamed a Dream"

Recession blues

Simply Red - Money's Too Tight to Mention [1985]

10 of the Geekiest Music Videos of All Time

@ Gizmodo

I especially enjoy the Pharcyde video.

A note on Twittering

I still don't really 'get' Twitter... maybe I'm just old school. But one thing is for certain: Trent Reznor sure is fun as hell to follow. Especially if you bleed NIN black like I do. He's got a sense of humour too.

Performance Rights Bill explained

Here's an interesting article about a piece of artist rights legislation being considered by the U.S.

Inside the Performance Rights Act, And Deciding Who Gets Paid on the Radio

"The Performance Rights Act is a bill before the US Congress that would require terrestrial radio stations to pay royalties to the performer of a track... Aside from the issue of “fairness,” the United States is one of the few countries that does not require payment to the performing artist when her track is played on the radio."