Best of the Week, Edition 3
Starting off this post is FREE MUSIC! That’s right, 100% free music. I’ve been jamming out to this new contemporary artist, Paolo Nutini (you may have heard his song “New Shoes” play on your local hit FM radio station). He’s this awesome artist from the UK whose music is selling fast on both iTunes and at Hear Music stands at Starbucks. While most people have heard his upbeat song about his new shoes and new life attitude, I’ve been digging what could very well be his new single (ironically, I heard it on the Hear Music channel on XM Radio), called Last Request.
If you want to download Last Request as part of my artist-album promotion here on the blog, head on over to the Download Center. It’ll be there for the next week or two, so snag it while you can and tell me what you think of it! If you don’t feel like downloading it, the song plays in-rotation on Stream 24 as well.
Best of the Week #3: The Solar Anglometer
Written by Ninja Jim
Yes, Ninja Jim blogs! It’s something I haven’t really bothered to pitch, but it’s true. Jim’s been talking about this little invention of his for the past few weeks—most of you will only get to see the Photoshop graphic he made for the “solar anglometer”, but I’ve seen the actual blueprints (or greyprints, since there’s nothing blue about them) of this thingy. I don’t understand what it’s for, how it works or anything like that—to me, it looks like a sundial—but he’s pretty excited about it. And I love seeing ingenuity at its best.
Best of the Week #2: Getting Wasted With Chicks
Written by Hooman
After a month’s dry spell, Hooman’s back and blogging again! Hooman is a radio personality in San Francisco, best known for his sidekick-like appearance on the Alice Morning Show at KLLC-FM. Hooman also blogs for 7×7 (pronounced “seven-by-seven”) magazine in San Francisco—unrelated to his radio appearance, I know. But with a blog that self-proclaims an exhibition of all things “extraordinary or just plain off the wall,” it’s a good contrast at 7×7 to the fashion that’s found wall-to-wall. And who doesn’t love Hooman?
Best of the Week #1: Werekitties
Written by Emo Debra
Last night, Ninja Jim and I went to our youth group meeting in downtown Sacramento, and one of our friends Amberly brought along her new kitty. The kitty was a tiny thing! It was so cute seeing the kitty she’s named “Damnit!” sleeping in her sweatshirt pouch. I had a dream about that cat last night, and woke up this morning to see a post by Debra about kitties that are like werewolves, but in a feline way. Everywhere I’ve turned in the past twenty-four hours, I’ve seen cats! Damn it!
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April 1st, 2007 at 5:16 am
Hey Mathew, I was definitely not reffering to you regarding the comment thing.
I can’t stand Yahoo or their stupid name but I will see what I can do to improve my email address.
April 1st, 2007 at 5:23 am
JAT: Just use whatever e-mail addy you used to post that comment. They’ll go straight through from here on out—I added it as a verified e-mail address.
Most people don’t know this, but the “Name” and “E-mail address” fields of a blog comment operate as a sort of “login” for that person (this is one of the reasons your e-mail address is never visible to anyone other than the blog owner). The first time you type all of that in, you usually need approval from the blog owner, but if you continue using that same name and e-mail address from that point on after approval, they go straight through and bypass the SPAM filter.
April 2nd, 2007 at 12:29 pm
Hey, been a while since I posted (been lax on the blog front lately, but picking it up again). I like the tune, I think there are some interesting chords there, especially the third chord of the sequence at the beginning of the song. I think I’ll Pandora that just to see what else comes up!
April 5th, 2007 at 3:46 am
Hey Grumball, that Paolo Nutini guy is making waves everywhere! I knew it was just a matter of time before he made a name for himself here. Just a week ago, he joined Webster in the Alice Acoustic Lounge in San Francisco for an intimate session. The used to post audio on the photos page, but they haven’t done it yet. It’s definitely something worth checking out too!