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Tom Waits: The whole town is kind of like a folk song. It’s like public domain. You do have a hand in the building of it. It didn’t get built by one guy. This is what I envisioned, we all work together. Even in your house, the things you do to your house, well, someone will be living in it, and its what you did to it. And someone after them will be living in it. I get bothered by all the people you see every day that I’ll never see again. We’re surrounded by strangers. Millions and millions of people you see every day that are just like fish. They’re just extras in the movie starring you and you’re an extra in the movie starring them. It’s just peculiar. Then you’re really aware of it in a city ’cause there’s so many people and you’re just pushing through. You’re just like a sperm flipping your flagellum around, you know, trying to make your way through the city.

Beck: Who you know and whatever situations you find yourself in with whatever people—it’s all sort of arbitrary. There are an infinite amount of doors you could’ve opened.

Tom Waits: And walk right out and walk right into another door and start another life six blocks away.

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There is a lot to be impressed about by this trailer for the new Beatles Rock Band.
EDIT: Apparently Viacom doesn’t like free publicity and so pulled the trailer from Youtube, however I’ve replaced it with another link so let me know if this one gets pulled too. Can someone explain to me how stopping people from watching a trailer does anything but hurt the product?

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This is fantastic for a multitude of reasons, Tarantino is famous for his characters, music and dialogue and they’re all mashed together here. Of course it’s completely NSFW

This is mostly the same footage from the Lakai – “Fully Flared” video I have previously posted about, but it is beautiful enough that it bears repeating and the song “Heaven” by Unkle is a refreshing return to form by the tumultuous group.

Eclectic Method are a trio of video remix artists, who do live performances as well as online videos. Check them out

I can barely watch 30 seconds of this without feeling some sympathy pains. Electric shocks are a pet hate of mine no matter how large or small and I have no doubt that this must have hurt quite a bit. Regardless, it is interesting. via Pink Tentacle

Kutiman has mashed together videos of people on youtube playing instruments on their own. Check out the result below and make sure you go to the ThruYOU website for more.

You need to go play Auditorium. Via Kottke

My honest wish is that this starts a craze, which sweeps the nation… via Geekologie

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From now on, all debates will be conducted in the following format, no exceptions.

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Muxtape has officially closed and you can read the story about it (and the soon to be kinda-relaunch) here.

Thank to you everyone who made Muxtape the incredible place it was in its first phase, it couldn’t have happened without your mixes. The industry will catch up some day, it pretty much has to.

Nagi Noda Passes Away

This is fantastic, an application which is living up to the potential of the iPhone. A musical experience which is affected by the sensory input of the iPhone, audio from the mic input and movement from the accelerometer. RjDj has many different ‘scenes’ created by artists which use samples and music and are influenced by the sensory input in varying ways. Artists can even create and submit their own scenes, and I have no doubt that the entire application will be moddable in the near future.

This is all kinds of exciting, and not just as an artistic or musical tool. This application allows a rudimentary form of synesthesia to any who wish to use it, you can now hear your body moving. I’ll be interested to see how this application evolves. And if you’re interested in adapting your perceptions, how about training yourself to feel true magnetic north? An idea which was pioneered by a guy with a compass and a bunch of Playstation rumble packs on a belt (unfortunately I’ve lost the original article, but if you know it, link me).

Watch the video below, check out their website and sign up for the private beta.