Thursday, February 16, 2006

Donewaiting.com Anniversary Show #2 (of 3) Donewaiting.com Anniversary Show #2 (of 3). It's our three year anniversary so we're celebrating with three shows in Columbus, OH. Last week's concert was a blowout, and tomorrow's is gonna be just as awesometacular. The show is at the High Five and features 333, Little Darlings, Mixtape vs Atakbot and Apocalypso. Doors 9pm, $5 cover. See you there. For more information, click here. [donewaiting.com :: music commentary] 8:57:13 PM

Spring 2006 Gooveeffect Spring 2006 Swimwear Trend - 50's Inspired Prints. Fifties fashion inspired many styles. We see some of 50's influence in swimwear for Spring 2006. Polka dot prints in a retro cut make this bikini a must have for this season. The Electrique Boutique carries a Polka Dot Bikini Set with a full back polka-dot bottom, a polka-dot top, and a hot pink cover up with a polka-dot belt. Also, try Pistol Panties for more pin up girl swimwear styles. A good one to try is the pink and white polka-dot structured halter top with band pants. [Grooveeffect - An Urban Style, Music, and Events Guide] 8:31:59 PM

In Ultra-Luminous Infrared Galaxies Stars Evolve Rapidly, Violently in Ultra-luminous Infrared Galaxies. The discovery makes the fiery environment within a typical spiral or starburst galaxy look almost pastoral. Cornell researchers using the Spitzer Space Telescope say distant galaxies contain an inferno of very young, massive and violently evolving stars, packed together in tiny but extremely powerful cosmic globs. [Physics Org] 8:25:32 PM

Beatbasement Beatbasement - Streaming Indie and Underground Hip Hop. Beatbasement is a streaming internet radio station playing nothing but the finest turntablism and underground hip hop around. They have a free 24kbps MP3 stream which is suprisingly good quality despite the low bitrate. They used to have a deal where for $10 a month you can subscribe to their 192kbps stream for super high quality tracks, but it looks like it's been cancelled... I actually subscribed to them for a long time and it's well worth the money, it's a great station and by subscribing you help to support it. It's got a definite Bay Area / L.A. underground slant to it (pretty sure they're based around here), but they still play tracks from around the world including Europe and Japan. If you're tired of commercial hip hop and would rather check out cuts from the likes of Souls of Mischief, Binary Star, Aesop Rock, Company Flow, KRS-ONE, Madlib, 7L & Esoteric, The Visionaries, Q-Bert, etc. then I highly recommend this station. Check out the 24kbps stream here. Visit the Beatbasement site to learn more about them. -- Sean [Grooveeffect - An Urban Style, Music, and Events Guide] 12:16:01 PM

Bulldozing Belgium Bulldozing Belgium.. A photo essay by Kevin Saidler; page one, page two. Found at things. [The Cartoonist] 11:31:15 AM

Podbop Get Concert Info + Music at Podhop. Podbop launched today, and for music lovers it may be the most interesting mashup we’ve seen yet. They’ve combined concert events from eventful and mashed the data up with band sites that include downloadable music. The result? search for any city in the U.S. (hopefully this will soon expand to become a worldwide service) and get results (including RSS for future events) that include all upcoming live music and links to download music supplied by the band. If the band has no music available, Podbop will show a blogdigger search for that artist along with the eventful data. Here’s the best part. Subscribe to any search (Los Angeles, CA, for example), and the MP3 files are included as enclosures in the RSS feed. The service is new and data is limited. But look for this to be a cult favorite. And if they release an API, look to see Podbop’s data mashed up with other services, too. In the meantime, I’ve subscribed to the San Francisco feed. Tags: podbop, mashup, music, podcasting, techcrunch, web2.0, web_2.0 [TechCrunch] 10:46:44 AM

Podcasting Biosphere 2 Biosphere: 15 Years Later. On the Biosphere's 15th anniversary Rene Gutel looks back on the history, the people, the controversies and the public perception of the project. [KJZZ 91.5 FM - News] 9:28:40 AM