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A great example of live dub mixing from Adrian Sherwood.

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The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of the Conservatives is to prevent the mistakes from being corrected.
Marshall McLuhan
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KYOT Drops Quietmusic

Very sad news. KYOT has pulled the plug on Quietmusic in Phoenix. Sunday’s August 28 show was the last one. I will continue to produce the three hour show for my QM Plus subscribers. If you’d like to join me and support the continuation of my work, sign up now!

http://quietmusic.com/qm-plus

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Shooby Dooby Do Ya! (Choppertone dubscat mix) | quietmusic

The latest mashup/remix from the “Choppertone”

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Playing the Choppertone aboard the Royal Argosy, cruising around Elliot Bay, Seattle. A short little gig for KPLU.   Zoom

Playing the Choppertone aboard the Royal Argosy, cruising around Elliot Bay, Seattle. A short little gig for KPLU.  

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Posted 9 months ago

Why Amazon Can’t Make A Kindle In the USA « adafruit industries blog

…if you’re wondering why the USA has an unemployment problem…

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Posted 10 months ago

A tip for anyone on spotify & twitter. Search twitter for “open.spotify”. Save search. You’ll have a non-stop stream of music.#spotify

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Spotify—-I’m in!

This application is really a game-changer; it refines what we mean by “music collection”. I’m impressed by its simple interface and depth of content.

Five bucks a month. Access to millions of songs. Do the math.

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How Wayne Shorter ended up playing on Steely Dan's "Aja"

The guy who set it up was none other than jazz-promo-legend Dick LaPalm. We hear LaPalm’s side of the story here.   

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Posted 10 months ago

The latest Choppertone Video. Get in the groove as I mash up Horace Silver & Steely Dan!

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Posted 11 months ago

Ryan Adams & Neal Casal singing in a cab.  An amazing tune from the Black Cab Sessions.

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The Godfather of Soup!

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An answer to the NBA lockout—-The players start their own league

I’m a firm believer that the NBA needs to die. And I love to imagine what it would be like if the best basketball players in the world decided to completely by-pass the middleman (NBA) to start their own league. How could it be done? Here are some suggestions:
1. Eliminate travel and the expense of running large facilities by making it a TV-only league. Everybody lives in one place. (LA, perhaps)
2. Make a deal with a major cable network that’s not connected with the NBA. Build 4-8 basketball courts/TV studios and trick out the camera positions all over the place. Allow for a small audience in the studio and charge a premium.
3. No individual contracts. Revenues are shared, league-wide, with the largest share going to the team that wins the title, and down the line.
3. 32 teams - 10 players each. 32 General managers are selected by a vote of the players.
4. Once the GMs are selected, then there are two drafts. The first, for the head coach; the second, for the players.
5. The regular season - each team plays each other once. (A 31 game season). The final standings determine seedings for the playoffs—everyone’s in the tournament!
6. The playoffs - five rounds (Best of 11). A crappy team that’s swept in the 1st round only plays 6 games(minimum); a finals team that has had to play 11 games each series
plays 55 games (max).
7. Once the season’s over, they blow up all the teams and start with a brand new draft for the following year.

Now would this be “must-see-TV” or what?

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via Bruce Warren at somevelvet: Hipster Music Tastes Explained In A Venn Diagram

via Bruce Warren at somevelvet:

Hipster Music Tastes Explained In A Venn Diagram

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So sorry to hear about Peter Falk’s passing. What comes to my mind immediately is his role in “Wings Of Desire” as an angel who incarnates in a body once again, and savors each moment of human life.