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Sunday, October 5, 2008

Some old Spahn Ranch material

From the original 4-track demo tape... Courtesy of Rick Giampietro...



Countdown
Trial
Lo & Behold
Wonder & Perish
Echoes
Dissipation

Countdown has the original ee cummings lyrics.

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Songs with tribal / marching band drums…

Love those jungle drums. Irresistible, primal, they got you.


Winners in respective categories:

Best Non-Gimmicky Use
Radiohead, There There

Best Gimmicky Use
Toni Basil, Mickey
Runner up: Gwen Stefani, Hollaback Girl

Best Incorporation of Marching Band
Fleetwood Mac, Tusk

Best Actual Marching Band
Pride of Arizona, Radiohead Medley

What are some others?

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

“Loopt debacle…”

I was pretty shocked and surprised at the news that Loopt had a fairly egregious violation of user trust.

When the FireEagle team built their product, privacy was not only their foremost concern... it was in fact pretty much the main "feature" of the product.

Loopt has done the right thing and put their hand up and said "our bad!"