The world’s smallest guitar is 10 micrometers long — about the size of a single cell — with six strings each about 50 nanometers, or 100 atoms, wide. Made by Cornell University researchers from crystalline silicon, it demonstrates a new technology for a new generation of electromechanical devices.
The guitar has six strings, each string about [...]
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Steve Albini, audio engineer, musician, songwriter and all around bad ass, talks about how bands in the market for a major record deal tend to think they can somehow “outsmart the system.”
Via: MixMyMusic.net
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From Wikipedia:
Embrace was a short-lived Post-hardcore band from Washington, D.C., which lasted from the summer of 1985 to the spring of 1986 and was one of the first bands to be dubbed in the press as Emo, though the members had rejected the term since its creation. The band included Ian MacKaye of Minor [...]
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Sungha Jung is 11 years old, and already this good. You’ll be buying his albums someday.
See also: All You Need is Love
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I guess Courtney’s running low on cash again. Check out Converse’s custom Kurt Cobain “Chucks.” Here are the black low tops:
I didn’t bother posting pics of the high-top version. It’s just too fucking hideous. Click the link below to see for yourself.
Found at The Daily Swarm
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Seen on TechDirt. (Emphasis mine)
Yesterday we wrote about Trent Reznor launching his new Nine Inch Nails album online with a variety of interesting options that people could choose to buy. The top of the list, for $300, was a “Ultra-Deluxe Limited Edition Package” that included all the high quality downloads, two CDs, a data DVD, [...]
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I’m not sure how I came across this trailer, but it looks like a very interesting movie. I think I’ll buy/download it tonight and plan to write a review later this week. Check it out:
More info about the film can be found on the Before the Music Dies site.
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My buddy Jim turned me on to a band from Finland called Cause for Effect. This music blows me away. They are a duo, (bass and drums) very technical, and super heavy for not having a guitar player. They describe their sound as “Fusion Grindcore” which should give you a pretty good idea of [...]
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The New York Post is reporting that some artist managers are grumbling about not seeing any of the money the RIAA has received from settling with Napster, YouTube, Kazaa, etc. over the past couple of years. A snip from the article:
A contingent of prominent artist managers claims that little to none of that money [...]
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Jake Shimabukuro plays my favorite song by my favorite Beatle on Late Night with Conan O’Brien. I’m gonna have to get one of those. (A ukulele that is… not a Hawaiian guy)
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