Daily Dots Daily Dots: iPad Skateboard, Elliott Smith, Roger Waters, Phoenix, Grizzly Bear, Brian Eno, Hot Chip, Clipse, Richie Hawtin, Arcade Fire, Die Antwoord

May 5, 2010 - 4:48 pm

skate_ipadToday’s bloggin’ best…

- Can you skateboard with an iPad? PopMatters

- Rich and bored Jason Bonham is doing a Zeppelin tour by himself. AV Club

- Roger Waters apologizes to Elliott Smith. LA Times

- Weird remix: Phoenix x Grizzly Bear x Brian Eno. Pitchfork

- Weirder remix: Hot Chip x Bonnie “Prince” Billy. The Fader

- Clipse pull an Outkast, announce two solo records. Hypetrak

- Richie Hawtin auctioning of gear for charity. URB

- I pity the fool who has to sit through the 52-hour freestyle. Booooring Exclaim

- Did Kelly Clarkson rip off Arcade Fire? TwentyFourBit

- Shock and Awe: Die Antwoord MC gets album cover tattooed on his back from promotional use only. Boing Boing

Music Other Lives

April 6, 2009 - 3:54 pm

I first heard of Other Lives when a friend who, when he found out I was going to SXSW mentioned them first in his list of must see acts at the festival.  I take these types of recommendations seriously especially coming from musically well-versed and knowledgeable heads.   I dug in to find out more about this Stillwater Oklahoma band about a week before I left for Austin and what I found only added fuel to my growing interest.

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