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Okay, so, firstly, go and read this now. I posted it on Facebook a month or so back and it did the rounds on digg so you might have seen it already, or you might have opened, seen how insanely long it was, and not bothered. That would have been a mistake. Seriously, make yourself a cup of tea, print it out if you like, but read it before continuing. I just read it for the third time and it's jus ...

These are my new headphones, I got them about two weeks ago and have been enjoying them a lot. You may think it odd that I'd mention my headphones so specifically, I mean, headphones is headphones, right? Well, these are a bit different to any headphones I've had before. You may have already encountered the whole 'in-ear' headphones thing before- if so, this post will be no great news to you, but ...

This is kindo neat: a playlist generator that lets people stream music right from your site. Great if you like the idea of podcasting but don't actually want to make a podcast- just choose your tracks (it seems to have, well, everything, and if they don't have it, you can submit it), and people can browse/skip through them at their leisure. Not something I will use very much myself, but I'd love t ...

*UPDATE* Could everyone who watches the video please give it a star rating on YouTube so we can know in cold hard stars just how good it is. Cheers. A wee while ago, some friends and I entered a music video competition with a fairly interesting pedigree. The competition was put forth by a band called Loka, and they described their songs as 'music for films that haven't been made yet'. Their idea ...

I'm just about to post another exciting edition of the destruct\hour (calm down, please, you're embarrassing yourself), but I thought it might be a good time to recommend some of the other podcasts I listen to. Pretty much the only podcast that comes close to being like the destruct\hour is the Muzak for Cybernetics Mixtape, which is run by a couple of incredibly dry Canucks who have an amazing r ...

I like this: I hate those promotions that like, make you jump through hoops to have a chance at winning something. In fact I hate any kind of chance in my promotions. I'd say the best promotion was that one where you won another bottle of coke by looking under the bottle cap. That ruled. I think I won like 12 cokes off of $1 when that thing was playing. But this is a neat idea. I mean, I get a c ...

This meme, which I encountered simultaneously on several different blogs, is just too magic-eight-ball-cute not to do. I should caveat that my iTunes at work only has a couple of albums on it, and they all happen to be different to my iTunes at home, oddly. 1. What do you think of me, Random Music Player? Lighten Up, by The Beastie Boys Uhm, okay. 2. Will I have a happy life? Martha's Foolish ...

This is Grande Cobra. If you've been listening to the show recently, you will have heard them and no doubt discovered how much they rock your balls off. You're probably itching to see them perform live. Feel that itch? It's time to scratch. The Cobras are playing live this Saturday at your favourite pub and mine: The Spice of Life (6 Moor Street). Not only are they being supported by perfect pr ...

As many have confusingly noted, when Bono sings: "un, dos, tres, catorce!" at the opening of 'Vertigo', he's actually singing "one, two three, fourteen!" in Spanish. While some may simply chalk this up to Bono being drunk and/or crap at Spanish, U2 conspiracy theorists have interpreted it as an homage to Steve Lillywhite, the man who produced their first three albums Boy, October, and War and then ...

As you know, some time ago Trent Reznor released the 'source files' for his latest single 'The Hand That Feeds', allowing fans to completely remix the song from the ground up. A rather impressive online community has sort of sprung up around this concept. Talk about clever ways to get your fans to engage with a song! The remix is actually a really interesting interpretation/interaction between aut ...

This is Girlinky. Not only are they all very nice people, but they also kind of quite rock, and do a great live set. I'll be going to see them next Wednesday when they play live, and as it will be my last day in England for quite some time, you should come too as I'll probably getting really trashed and will be quite generous what with all the drink-buying and dancing and whatnot. ...

I've been in denial ever since CDs came out. CD packages suck. They can unfold 15 times, but they're still shitty little pamphlets. It's not a sleeve, there's no real estate, and there's no room for art. It's in a shitty, plastic, exploding jewel box. They're shit. So let's treat it for what it is - it's just a means of getting electronic information. - Trent Reznor Everytime I read an inter ...

Have you heard the new NIN single? Apparently there is a new vid around on the website... you seen it... I was looking but couldn't track it down... what am I saying of course you have seen it! I had to respond to my friend that I haven't seen the new Nine Inch Nails video, or downloaded either of the two new songs, even though they've both been available for some time now. Part of the reason for ...