How Long

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The Rosebuds: Loud Planes Fly Low

The Rosebuds - Loud Planes Fly Low from 521studies on Vimeo.

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Preamble: No Trespassing from 521studies

Preamble: No Trespassing from 521studies on Vimeo.

Live coverage of South by Southwest!

For those, like me, that couldn't make it to SXSW, listen to it live with NRP.
http://www.npr.org/series/sxsw/

Kurt Vile

I am listening to a lot of Kurt Vile these days. I got on the War On Drugs band wagon late last year, and began to fall in love. I know you are thinking, where you been so long? It wasn't instantaneous, but now I can't imagine my life with out (ha). I love God is saying this to you, and admittedly I have been listening to My Sympathy on repeat. I've just downloaded the new album Jesus Fever, am liking what I am hearing.
I look forward to seeing this crush of mine with War On Drugs, Shit Horse and Destroyer, on their 2011 tour.

Jamie xx/Gil Scott-Heron - We’re New Here

LOVE! 

Lykke Li's new album Wounded Rhymes

Lykke Li's new album Wounded Rhymes has just released, and it's good! It's not what I expected, but I like the heavy emotion. Wounded Rhymes is a less colorful album then her previous Youth Novels. Her album art is the same, portrayed only on a gray scale. Even her music video I Follow Rivers is shot in black and white. I like this somber sound, even though I thought I was ready to bounce into spring with a poppy summer mix. Li is one with words and expression, translating so much emotion is her songs. 

I love this emotional album!  

Radiohead’s 'The King Of Limbs'

Radiohead's latest album released today! Find it here.

DiggUp Tapes first Cassingles Boxset

I’ve recently been reminiscing on the summer days in which DiggUp Tapes was forming. It was a hot Carolina day, where we all met at a pool to cool off. Nathan Price and Brian Corum were there flowing with ideas on how to capture the music that was happening throughout the Triangle. This is the music I see live every weekend, I listen to on my stereo, and the music that I am lucky to hear in production stage off someone’s computer or on stage at a local venue.  Because of the atmosphere of supporting artists, this music is constantly changing and being renewed. This music is an expression of today’s culture here in the Triangle, which is a sound and experience that is unique from any other city, despite our globalized world.

I am ecstatic about the DiggUp Taps first Cassingles Boxset, a document of North Carolina’s current underground music landscape. What makes this boxset so great is that it juxtaposes many bands with roots in NC together on one compilation to capture the sounds of the area.

The bands include: Arbor Myst, Birds of Avalon, Embarrassing Fruits, Fat Camp, Gross Ghost, Lonnie Walker, Motor Skills, NAPS, Snails, Veelee, Whatever Brains, and Yardwork. 

On February 10^th and 11^th, DiggUp Tapes has their Release Party at Kings Barcade, and will feature many bands from the Cassingles Boxset. It is a must see, because nothing beats reality!

And Listen Now, here. 

Moving Island

'Life in a Day' presented at Sun Dance!

www.YouTube.com/lifeinaday

This documentary is featuring footage from Tim Kiernan! and you may find yours truly :)  

DiggUp Tapes Cassingles Boxset Release Feb 10

12 bands 6 tapes! Featuring naps, lonnie, whatever brains, gross ghost, birds of avalon, embarrasing fruits, veelee, motor skills, fat camp, yardwork, snails, arbor myst! 
Live performances at Kings Feb 10th and 11th! 

Geotic

 

Geotic is a new album by Mend, a Baths side project. This is a beautiful album I began listening to this morning. It is truly a beautiful album and perfect for this Sunday morning. 

Check the free download they are providing (link). 

Can't get enough of JAMES BLAKE!

Hopscotch 2010

Hopscotch Music Festival 2010 recap video from 521studies on Vimeo.

Via 521 Studies

Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes

Mixtape by Washed Out!

Please do tell!

'Don't ask, don't tell' is repealed by Senate; bill awaits Obama's signing. The U.S. military will for the first time in history allow gays to serve openly after the Senate voted Saturday to repeal "don't ask, don't tell," the policy that has required such troops to hide their sexual identity or risk being expelled from the services. Via The Washington Post.
"Don't ask, Don't tell" policy, is a disgrace to the US and especially to the military. I am so glad 'we' are finally ridding our country of this prejudice act.

Top Ten Albums of 2010

1. Beach House – Teen Dream
2. Arcade Five – The Suburbs
3. Active Child – Curtis Lane EP
4. Joanna Newsom – Have One on Me
5. Future Islands – In Evening Air
6. Lower Dens – Twin Hand Movement
7. Gayngs – Relayted
8. Twin Sister – Color your Life
9. War On Drugs – Future Weather (EP)
10. Sharon Van Etten – Epic (EP)

*top ten songs of the year was released exclusively to a mix-tape 

CURED!

For the first time, a man has been declared officially cured of HIV. The remedy may nearly have killed him, but it opens a door—just a crack—to hope that we may someday kill off the scourge for good. 
via Gizmodo
This is unbelievable!!!!

Top Ten Performances of 2010

1. Joanna Newsome (Bijou Theater, Knoxville, TN)
2. Active Child (Local 506, Chapel Hill, NC)
3. Bear In Heaven (Lincoln Theater, Raleigh, NC)
4. Sounds of the South (Hayti Heritage Center, Durham, NC)
5. Future Islands (Night Light, Chapel Hill, NC)
6. Beach House (Cat’s Cradle, Chapel Hill, NC)
7. Gayngs and Glasser (Cat’s Cradle, Chapel Hill, NC)
8. Old Bricks (Ti Ni Nog, Raleigh, NC)
9. 802 Tour (Sam Adado, Niko Mullie, Dove Man, Nadsuroto) (Knoxville, TN)
10. The XX (Bijou Theater, Knoxville, TN)

 *Stay tuned to top ten albums and songs. 

Standing up against Bush era tax cuts

Senator Sanders is fiercely opposed to the deal to continue all of the Bush-era tax cuts, even for the highest-income Americans. He thinks that it is a huge and unnecessary giveaway to the rich. And he has already put Senate leaders on notice that they will have to jump over all the procedural roadblocks available to him. As a result, a vote to overcome a filibuster is already set for Monday afternoon. Please continue reading and/or viewing via The Caucus.


As unfortunate as it is not to extend unemployment benefits, it does not make any sense to extend tax cuts for the rich. I do not worry what will happen to those rich american's that have  to pay taxes that are equivalent to there usage, but I do worry about what will happen to the those that will loss there unemployment benefits. 

This week on Daytrotter: Lonnie Walker!

 

via daytrotter

Luckovich's Cartoons

 

via Mike Luckovich

It's a Small World, Afterall

This map shows the most remote places on the earth. 

via newscience

Sexy Infographic ;) The Ebb and Flow of Movies

The Ebb and Flow of Movies: Box Office Receipts 1986 — 2008

Summer blockbusters and holiday hits make up the bulk of box office revenue each year, while contenders for the Oscars tend to attract smaller audiences that build over time. Here's a look at how movies have fared at the box office, after adjusting for inflation. The New York Times has an interactive version of this model, so it's a quick find for any specific movie (link). 

via nytimes.com

GOOD.IS - Infographic About Energy

via GOOD

Troika 2010

I missed Troika festival entirely this year, and am just getting around to reading up on what I missed. And as I read Indy's reviews of the festival (link), I realized that it's not a festival for everyone and Durham is not a place for everyone (i.e. Duke). Durham is a place for the young-at-heart--entrepreneurs that are interested in revitalizing a community - a community for their expression.  If an outsider went to Troika they wouldn't be listening to the music intently, but would be wondering what they were doing there - what they were all doing there.I maybe one of those, and most of the Indy writers are sure to be one of them, but am glad Troika exists as an outlook for those that belonged.

North American Indian Photographs by Edward Curtis

The North American Indian by Edward S. Curtis is one of the most significant and controversial representations of traditional American Indian culture ever produced. Issued in a limited edition from 1907-1930, the publication continues to exert a major influence on the image of Indians in popular culture. Curtis said he wanted to document "the old time Indian, his dress, his ceremonies, his life and manners." Find these photo's through the Library of Congress or some through the denverpost. 

This week at Local Beer Local Band

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