[01:01] <erik> very very soon it would seem that preleaking an album will be like a band leaving the stage before their encore[01:01] <erik> just totally expected, even though everyone can see it for what it is
Uncyclopedia on Air Guitar - the Uncyclopedia (it's like Wikipedia, but all lies) article on air guitar is worth a read. It could use some photos and demonstrations of technique however. [via]
Get Perpendicular - a zany Flash music video about storage from Hitachi.
The day I peed on Hootie's soap - the amazing story of a man who hates Hootie & the Blowfish.
Tuning Fork - reviews of Pitchfork reviews. Pretty fun.
My buddy JB put together Indie Pop Cares a Lot, a free charity CD for people who donate to south-Asian tsunami relief. You send in a scan or photo of your donation receipt and you get a free CD of totally independent artists -- pretty rad. There was going to be some Brad Sucks on there but I 100% totally flaked + multiple ball droppings. My apologies to south Asia.
la Pate a Son - rearrange the machine to generate music. A lot of fun.
Popstrology: What's Your Sign? - Apparently I was born in the year of Rod Stewart.
What happens to my recording when it's played on the radio? - an interesting de-mystification article on why songs sound different on the radio than they do on albums. [via]
Radio David Byrne - cool radio stream by David Byrne of songs he likes.
Songs in list format - Cypress Hill songs make great lists.
The Origin of Yelling 'Freebird' - a WSJ article on the origin of yelling 'Freebird' at concerts. I remember reading that when people yell 'Freebird' at Kid Rock he just plays it, which is somehow great to me.
Harmonica Beatboxing - this is incredibly awesome.
The Beatles' Story in Comics - fan-made comic book about the story of the Beatles, available in English and Spanish.
Lars helps out Beatallica - Sony has agreed to drop the case and beatallica.org will be back soon.
My album's included on the just-released Magnatune Tuneplug (the Rock Music Collection Volume One). It's a reusable USB flash drive that comes pre-loaded with the top 10 selling rock albums on Magnatune.
Included are albums from Artemis, Arthur Yoria, Brad Sucks, Burnshee Thornside, Emmas Mini, Fluid, Jade Leary, Myles Cochran, The Kokoon and Tom Paul.
It comes in various sizes, but it's $70 US for the 512MB model. I seem to remember that it'll be available at some retail outlets, but you can read more about it and buy it online here.
Backwards Messages in Songs - excerpts from songs allegedly containing backwards messages in them.
Punk Rock Scrap Book - Punk rock concert photos taken in Santa Cruz and San Francisco in 1978-79.
Beaterator - a Flash based beat creator by Rockstar Games. [via]
TheDoctorDementoShow.com - Currently 1,275 episodes of the Dr. Demento show online. I used to listen to this when I was a kid.