Listen: Podcast no30

I think I might join a church and get baptized and eat more breadflesh and drink more wineblood. Enjoy:

"Panic" by The Smiths
"Warm Heart of Africa (feat. Ezra Koenig)" by The Very Best
"Lazer Theme (feat. Future Trouble)" by Major Lazer
"I Hate People" by Jemina Pearl (video)
"Horchata" by Vampire Weekend
"Should Have Taken Acid With You" by Neon Indian
"Apples and Pairs" by Slow Club
"Ancient Mysteries" by Brakes
"Pretty Visitors" by Arctic Monkeys
"Hummingbird" by Born Ruffians
"Random" by Gary Numan
"Don't You Be the Judge (Live)" by Danielson Famile
"Islands" by The xx
"Psalms 40:2" by The Mountain Goats
"Surf Solar" by Fuck Buttons

Here are some additional link(s) I blathered on about:

* The "Skins" music blog features an episode-by-episode breakdown of tracks featured in the show
* Danielson: A Family Movie is a documentary about the Danielson Famile and is available on Netflix

As usual, the podcast is available through RSS or iTunes. Here are the appropriate links:

* Subscribe to the enhanced podcast. (rss)
* Subscribe to the mp3 podcast. (rss)
* Click here to visit the "Pleasing To Your Ears" page in the iTunes Music Store, where you can pick and choose from available episodes.
* no30 :: God is GREAT! Praise His Name! (mp3)
* no30 :: God is GREAT! Praise His Name! (enhanced)

That's it for episode 30. Here is an (outdated) list of tracks played on Pleasing To Your Ears! Please tell your friends. Please tell me what you think. Please post a link on your Facebook page. Please tune in for a new episode next weekend.

Listen: Podcast no29

What song of Summer are you? Wanna be fake friends on Facebook? Ahh fuck this, I give up. Enjoy:

"Raindrops" by Basement Jaxx (video)
"Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell" by Das Racist
"What Up Man" by The Cool Kids
"Idiot Heart" by Sunset Rubdown
"Auditorium" by Mos Def
"Daniel" by Bat for Lashes (video)
"No One Does It Like You" by Department of Eagles (video)
"Good Ol' Fashion Nightmare" by Matt & Kim
"The Rip" by Portishead
"The Tenure Itch" by The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
"You Go On Ahead (Trumpet Trumpet II)" by Sunset Rubdown
"Good Distance" by Northern State
"Titus Andronicus" by Titus Andronicus
"Movie Romance" by Love Is All
"Kissing the Beehive" by Wolf Parade

Here are some additional link(s) I blathered on about:

* Buzzfeed's "What Song of Summer 2009 Are You?" quiz

As usual, the podcast is available through RSS or iTunes. Here are the appropriate links:

* Subscribe to the enhanced podcast. (rss)
* Subscribe to the mp3 podcast. (rss)
* Click here to visit the "Pleasing To Your Ears" page in the iTunes Music Store, where you can pick and choose from available episodes.
* no29 :: WHOMP! WHOMP! (mp3)
* no29 :: WHOMP! WHOMP! (enhanced)

That's it for episode 29. Here is an (outdated) list of tracks played on Pleasing To Your Ears! Please tell your friends. Please tell me what you think. Please post a link on your Facebook page. Please tune in for a new episode next weekend.

Listen: Podcast no28

I'm going to see David Byrne in Prospect Park this evening. So this week I've provided excerpts from Byrne's "The New Sins" to guard your moral piety. Enjoy:

"Strange Overtones" by David Byrne and Brian Eno
"Heads Will Roll" by Yeah Yeah Yeahs (video)
"When I Grow Up" by Fever Ray (video)
"Dorchester Hotel" by The Sounds
"Hard Times" by Patrick Wolf (video)
"Help I'm Alive" by Metric
"Wet Hair" by Japandroids
"Century Eyes" by Shearwater
"Vermin" by Wavves
"Psychic City (Voodoo City)" by YACHT
"Introducing Palace Players" by MEW
"Dream City" by Free Energy
"Moth's Wings" by Passion Pit
"Kids" by MGMT (video)
"This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)" by Talking Heads

Here are some additional link(s) I blathered on about:

* More info about MEW's new album and image-based track names
* Wavves Barcelona breakdown

As usual, the podcast is available through RSS or iTunes. Here are the appropriate links:

* Subscribe to the enhanced podcast. (rss)
* Subscribe to the mp3 podcast. (rss)
* Click here to visit the "Pleasing To Your Ears" page in the iTunes Music Store, where you can pick and choose from available episodes.
* no28 :: Let He Who Is Without Sin... (mp3)
* no28 :: Let He Who Is Without Sin... (enhanced)

That's it for episode 28. Here is an (outdated) list of tracks played on Pleasing To Your Ears! Please tell your friends. Please tell me what you think. Please post a link on your Facebook page. Please tune in for a new episode next weekend.

Listen: Podcast no27

I graduated from graduate school. Graduate (x3)! With my new found free time, I'm hoping to get up to my old tricks and that means frequent, scheduled episodes of Pleasing To YOur Ears you guys! Enjoy:

"My Girls" by Animal Collective (video)
"1901" by Phoenix
"All Wasted" by Jay Reatard
"Stillness Is the Move" by Dirty Projectors
"Knotty Pine" by Dirty Projectors + David Byrne
"Tightrope" by Yeasayer
"Train Song" by Feist + Ben Gibbard
"The Shrew" by Beirut
"No Dice" by Realpeople (Beirut)
"MAD MAC" by Polysics
"Rain On" by Woods
"Two Weeks" by Grizzly Bear (video)
"When I Was Afraid" by The Thermals
"TMNT Mask" by Chad VanGaalen (a video for VanGaalen's "Molten Light")
"Snookered" by Dan Deacon

Here are some additional link(s) I blathered on about:

* Pitchfork followed Dan Deacon while he recorded his current album Bromst

As usual, the podcast is available through RSS or iTunes. Here are the appropriate links:

* Subscribe to the enhanced podcast. (rss)
* Subscribe to the mp3 podcast. (rss)
* Click here to visit the "Pleasing To Your Ears" page in the iTunes Music Store, where you can pick and choose from available episodes.
* no27 :: Reboot (mp3)
* no27 :: Reboot (enhanced)

That's it for episode 27. Here is an (outdated) list of tracks played on Pleasing To Your Ears! Please tell your friends. Please tell me what you think. Please post a link on your Facebook page. Please tune in for a new episode next weekend.

POPVISUALIZATION 1.0

Pop Visualization 1.0 - Wham City from Tiny Hands on Vimeo.

This is an excerpt from the first Tiny Hands project, POPVISUALIZATION 1.0, which asks participants to visually interpret pop songs using common art supplies (markers, crayons and finger paint). While trying to deduce a song’s form, color and overall feeling, participants become active, rather than passive, listeners. Also, it’s fun to drink tons of wine and color with friends. This footage shows a variety of physical and aesthetic interpretations of the song “Wham City” by Dan Deacon. Read more about the project here and become a fan of Tiny Hands on Facebook.

Advisors + Development Videos

Gripped by the siren's call of productivity, I find myself slogging through more work for my thesis. Good news: I've got an advisor. Other news: there's some interesting posts on the development blog. I promise I'll do a podcast soon.

http://devblog.tiny-hands.org/

Tiny Hands

The MFA Design thesis, am I right folks? You in the back, you know what I'm talking about, I can tell. Guy waiting in line to pee, you feel me, don't you? Yeah, he feels me. He feels the unyielding desire to pee but he also feels me. Ahhhh, thesis.

Anyway, my project is called Tiny Hands, it's a difficult to explain but it's super fun in practice. It is an online, open-source art collective for regular people. For the time being, it is here:

http://devblog.tiny-hands.org/

You should totally read about it, tell me you read about it and, as a direct result of that closed feedback loop, be invited to participate in it when the time is right.

EMUHLAY!

Emily was in town a few weekends back and we all went to Applewood for brunch. It was nice to hear about her plans for business school and recent nordic travels as well as filling her in on my ongoing thesis work. She dropped a lot of perspective on me, gave me one great contact and even squeezed in a silly hat photo shoot. Claire and I, to our surprise, have many silly hats.