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So the second episode of Soundloading should be up in about two days or so. We included a little skit in this one that we all think is pretty funny. It stars our friend and correspondent Diana as a...well, I don't want to spoil it. But it's funny. We'll have a stand-alone version of it, dr pepper outtake and all. We're really excited about the upcoming Foxfire interview. They're a great local band and they've blown us away both times we saw them. That'll be coming up next week too. I'm about a… Continue

Hi all, I'm about to put out the 10th New Sound Now video, and I thought that was reason enough to make a new post. I do hope everyone has a chance to check it out. For anyone not familiar with the show, New Sound Now is a video blog done once a week about the state of the music industry, music news, and spotlights on cool ideas in the music world. NSN spotlights 3-4 music videos per show, as well, so there's lots to take away from each episode. It's sort of a free-form independent and critica… Continue

Two things I'd like to advertise as publically as possible: My book, which is available as a free download for the at-risk tech-savvy youth, is also on sale as a traditional, old-fashioned book. It's available at my website.

Also, I began a music blog. It's called New Sound Now. Unlike most music blogs, it'll actually have few mp3s available on it. Instead, it's mostly going to be a place for commentary. At…

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At the end of the month, my book No Chinook will be available for purchase. You’ll be able to buy it online and from me personally. Over the next few months I’ll be doing my best to get it into bookstores and other online stores like Amazon. I’m really excited about putting it out. The book has been my baby for the past two and a half years, and I feel really good about it. The book is also going to be available as a downloadable ebook in PDF form. Because the cost of producing an electronic co… Continue

So I'd already seen The Darjeeling Limited two weeks back and loved it. It has everything one loves about Wes Anderson movies without that impending sense of dread and failure. I mean, the last three movies were more or less about postponing the dread and failure, whereas this one was more about forcefully picking up pieces after the dread happens, which generally makes for a brighter film over all. What stands out most about it, though, and this is true for all of his movies, is the soun… Continue