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‘mazing.. via Odd Future, the raddest act at SXSW. Yes. Odd Future Wolfgang Kill Them All

The Goodluck Assembly – Ottawa – Canada
“We’ve got some CDs and stuff. We don’t want any money for them. If you guys wanna hang out, have a drink, and talk shit, come and get a CD. They’re free…” — Mike Libbos, The Goodluck Assembly
It used to be that bands ignored their audience after a [...]

I’m a slave to the Scandinavian sound (here I am going on about it: Sweet Scandinavian Sound: Tetris = Therapy is your new favorite band) so an all-Danish showcase at SXSW is like a wet Nordic dream come true. Yesterday I attended the SPOT On Denmark show at the Beauty Bar and saw a slew [...]

It’s that time of year again, when a sea of black skinny jeans-wearing folks flood downtown Austin, Texas to hear and perform music at South By Southwest. Now in it’s (Wow, really?!) 25th year of bringin’ the funk, the rock, and the beat, SXSW attracts thousands of performers from all over the world to come [...]

This video was filmed in Eugene, Oregon, in January 2011 at a record fair. The interviewees explain their passion for analog, vinyl records. It was shot by some University of Oregon students who take a class I teach on Digital Brand Strategy. It is the accompanying video to the Kickstarter project in the post below.

The vinyl album summary
We all interact with music at a primal level. I have long been concerned with the idea that the digitization of music removes a great deal of the feeling that we respond to when we hear great music. Nothing can compare to being at a live music concert, listening to a band [...]