Hydrgnc

Oct 30

caroline:

Apparat by Arcadia

Oct 27

physical attractions Photo Gallery - Photo 3 of 21 by michael mclinn - MySpace Photos

Oct 23

Jamie T - The Man’s Machine : EP Released Nov 23rd (via jamietmusic)

Soul, glass, concrete and gravel… all we got to keep us together

Oct 20

“Looking back, when I was at school, I would have liked to be an architect, a novelist, a musician or a painter – but I knew I wasn’t bright or clever enough to succeed at any of them… but now I seem to have found an area between them all.”

» Blog Archive » Various Artists – Cherry Red Records – 1978

Fascinating review of Zigzag magazine (I still have every issue of its “third phase”) and Pete Frame. Didn’t know that the man who founded the magazine was also the man who does the rock family trees, which keep recurring in my conversations recently.

“Groups are for fostering member-to-member collaboration, while Pages remain the best way to broadcast messages to your fans, if you are a business, organization, public figure, or other entity.” A face-lift for Facebook’s Groups | The Social - CNET News

Oct 19

“I want no limitations on what I can, and will do. I think the size and shape of the traditional album is just morphing into something much more in the moment. Four songs at a time will mean I can give my heart over to the music fully without giving away my now happy life.” Billy Corgan to give away new Smashing Pumpkins songs for free | News | NME.COM

xkcd - A Webcomic - Bag Check

Oct 18

“It has been 20 minutes since I’ve read her now-notorious column, and I’m still struggling to absorb the sheer scope of its hateful idiocy. It’s like gazing through a horrid little window into an awesome universe of pure blockheaded spite. Spiralling galaxies of ignorance roll majestically against a backdrop of what looks like dark prejudice, dotted hither and thither with winking stars of snide innuendo.” Charlie Brooker | Why there was nothing ‘human’ about Jan Moir’s column on the death of Stephen Gately | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

Oct 16

“Young artists starting out in this digitally mediated world have another path other than stardom, a path made possible by the very technology that creates the long tail. Instead of trying to reach the narrow and unlikely peaks of platinum hits, bestseller blockbusters, and celebrity status, they can aim for direct connection with 1,000 True Fans. It’s a much saner destination to hope for. You make a living instead of a fortune. You are surrounded not by fad and fashionable infatuation, but by True Fans. And you are much more likely to actually arrive there.”

The Technium: 1,000 True Fans

I’ve heard this theory quoted in conversation (with the number 500, rather than 1000), but this is the first instance that I’ve seen written down. Fascinating.

“Darnielle communicates directly with fans electronically today by posting on the popular forum at The Mountain Goats website. At one point he asked his fans what kind of merchandise they wanted. The forum exploded with fan suggestions and The Mountain Goats delivered: the next tour had a Mountain Goats reusable grocery sack for sale as merchandise. The grocery sack sold out.” In Defense Of 1,000 True Fans - Part I - The Mountain Goats - MTT - Music Think Tank