“Don’t worry about other people stealing your ideas.
If your ideas are any good, you’ll have to ram them
down people’s throats.”
—Howard Aiken
Sad news from The Ladybug Transistor…
I am shocked and very sad to read this news only after their newest record came out in June. I have been a huge fan of The Ladybug Transistor since they were literally kids, and San was always incredibly kind, and would enthusiastically say hello whenever I ran into him in Manhattan. Everything you read about him in the following links is true.
Dear Friends,
We are very sad to let you know that Ladybug drummer San Fadyl passed away on the morning of April 25th at his home in Zurich, Switzerland. He had been hospitalized with serious asthma problems, something he’s battled for a long time. After being treated and released he was home for a week but suffered a severe attack that was related to his condition. It’s hard to put into words just how much we will miss San after 10 years of music and friendship. He was a genuinely beautiful person who touched everyone who met him with his warmth, kindness, generosity and humor. His wide smile is something people often remember first. We know there are lots of you out there who love him and will miss him as much as we do already. Our hearts are with San’s family, his wife Brigit and their new baby Liam. We put together a page in remembrance of San here for friends and fans to share thoughts.
San Fadyl comment page
San Fadyl photos from Jennifer Baron (original LY bassist)
MUSIC
MUST READ: Vinyl Data – has anyone heard/seen this before???
YMCK’s Magical 8-Bit Plug-In – Imagine my delight? These kids rule.
Jamaican Label Art
Klaus Harmony: The Mozart Of Porn
Dave Kennedy: All By Myself (WFMU)
New Fleshtones DVD! –and new book at Continuum!
Kid’s Records from the 50’s (Lileks)
Cowpoke Cowboy (WDNG Radio 1450 AM – Anniston, Alabama)
45 ADAPTER CUFFLINKS @ Uncommon Goods also: 45 Adapter Tie
ELP Laser Turntable: plays vinyl records without a needle
Asian Beat: An introduction 1964-1969
X-Ray records!
L.E.O.: (E.L.O. tribute band)
WFMU’s Beware of the Blog: 365 Days Project 2007
A ‘perfect’ iTunes equalizer setting
More Videogame Music
Rock Band Name Origins
LP Cover Lovers
Recording The Beatles book – overkill, but impressive
Analog Audio Tape Cassette Nostalgia (tapedeck.org)
Negativland: Illegal Art (WFMU)
60’s & 70’s Asian Pop Record Covers
Chrysler’s 1956 in-car Phonograph
Beastie Boys tour blog (Flickr)
What ever happened to Follow For Now?
14 cover songs that are better than the originals
The YES Nation: What’s on the radio right now?
The Avalanches “Since I Left You” video, re-analyzed
Unreleased Jimmy Page Riff to be Retrieved from Secret Vault to Save Rock & Roll (onion.com)
De La Soul’s video press kit (1989) (WFMU)
Ukelele Beatles Fun! Self-Improvement For Free!
High Llamas “Can Cladders” review (PopMatters)
RIAA (Robotic Intergalactic Astro-Artists) present “Sounds For The Space Set”
R.E.M. 2007 NEWS
In search of … Bill Berry
Athenians recall working with R.E.M.
Special report: R.E.M. live in Dublin, July 2007
…more at Rolling Stone
R.E.M. In The Hall (onlineathens.com)
R.E.M.: A 25-Year Rockin’ Role (usatoday.com)
Justin Timberlake: “Stipe Made Me Cry”
Paging Mr. Mills (metrospirit.com)
Bertis Downs (flagpole.com)
Pop Songs ’07: A blog to analyze and discuss every R.E.M. song individually
ART
Shag at Jonathan Levine Gallery
The Art of Seth Fisher, RIP (hat tip: TK)
Richard Stipl = spooky as hell
Jill Greenberg photography: The Manipulator
Incredible tilt-shift photography examples
Awesome 8-Bit Scarves To Keep You Warm
Extreme Japanese Custom Vans
Acme Novelty Archive v3.0 (Chris Ware)
Photos from Roadsidepictures
Box Of Apples: Fruit Crate Label Art
Little People: A Tiny Street Art Project
Websites as graphs – an HTML DOM Visualizer Applet
Warping wallpaper technology from Surrealien
U.S. States renamed for countries with similar GDP’s
Make your own home ABSTRACTOR
A collection of cultural revolution newspaper mastheads
Crackerpacks – a site completely dedicated to Firecracker Labels
Skateboarding Girls (probably not what you think)
Endless Assembly Lines and Giant Cafeterias; Inside China’s Vast Factories
Wallpaper from the 70’s
MISC.
Free Sound Effects
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Stick It In The Slot: A VGG Salute to the Atari 2600
E.T. The Terrestrial Failure (Atari 2600 review on WFMU)
Spire Christian Comics
WFMU’s Beware of the Blog- Atari Music
Yosh and Stan Shmenge at MySpace
Pictures I’ve taken of Superstars (Flickr)
Modern Drunkard magazine
Swedish ‘goat’ defies arsonists
Bigass Chinese strange instrument cult
Little Superstar (hat tip: TK)
The Baby Name Wizard
Best haircut ever? (Flickr)
The Pyongyang Metro
YOUTUBE
The Smiths on Charlie’s Bus (with Sandie Shaw)
George Martin – Kidnapped (Big Train skit)
Gwen Stefani: Cool (painstakenly recreated using The Sims)
Iron Maiden’s “The Trooper” by Gauchos (hat tip: TK)
10.000st Shoplifter
German stockings advertisement (Fischerkoesen), 1957
Dutch Mr Atari
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