fmrm

quarby dropped the what what a couple weeks ago about the new el-p album. i finally gave it a listen and figured out that cat power was on the last track. i will spare the critique on the verbal content since we all know that his dense lyrics are packed with emotion and commentary--those thin on thought might throw out the word "emo." whatever. it is a fun listen and robust. i had to take it back to '99 with the latyrx and el-p combo looking over a city. for the distraught duo of chan marshall and el-p listen to poisonville kids no wins.

whos invited to the hells angels 50th birthday party?

not you!! the oakland chapter of the hells angels turn 50 and are having a 3 day party to celebrate starting tonight. so lock up your daughters, sisters and mother and raise your glasses.

"heavy metal" summer

the worst and possibly greatest festival is happening this july. it's called rocklahoma. ugh. it features not some of the awful hair metal bands of the 80's, but all of them. poison, ratt, winger, quiet riot, dokken, warrant, y & t, bang tango, bullet boys, l.a. guns, vince neil, tesla, faster pussycat and firehouse! yes, firehouse! this festival is scheduled for 3 grueling days in pryor, oklahoma. yeah, i've never heard of that city either. i have a feeling this festival is just an excuse by the u.s. government to corral thousands of complete losers with horrible hair into one small area and make them disappear, if you know what i mean. i also love how warrant are listed twice on the flyer . all this bad mouthing aside, gary tijuana and i are probably renting an rv and driving out there if anyone is interested.

more crazy diy papercraft projects

if you feel like staying in and being creative this sunny weekend, try your luck making this crazy
paper demon model, print and fold style. or perhaps you might want to try something more simple to start... tons of fun projects on this paperkraft blog.

diy $10 photography light tent

you can find dirt cheap light-tents online these days buy why buy more crap when you can use stuff from around your house to make one yourself, cheaply or even free? strobist has the details, and the example photos look real sharp.

young galaxy is a great new band

there aren't too many pictures of the actual band, so i used my imagination.
young galaxy are a super new band from montreal on the arts and crafts label, home of other great canadian artists like broken social scene and feist. their sound is a kaleidoscope of shoegaze, melody, and hook after wonderful hook.

listen: swing your heartache

scribd - youtube for text docs?

my pal showed me a very interesting website yesterday. scribd.com doesn't appear to be brand new, but it's new to me. it is described like so: "scribd is a free online library where anyone can upload. use our embeddable pdf player to publish and view documents right in your web browser." so, you post your essay, story, article, or whatever there and it can be embedded in a blog, downloaded as a pdf or word doc, and even listened to as an .mp3. i like.
(thanks, jason.)

calla in s.f. wednesday night

the excellent nyc band calla is playing tomorrow night at the rickshaw stop in san francisco. calla makes great subtle rock music. they're a good live band too, so the show is a definite checker-outer. here's a track from their new record, strength in numbers.

calla "bronson"

*by the way, this is the 2000th post on sneakmove!

let snoop rap

we let the beatles in america, so why won't the uk let snoop in?

winehouse and weller

amy winehouse and the great paul weller singing j.j cales - don't talk to strangers.

boardpusher- design your own custom deck

there is quite a bit of controversy in the skate industry over blank decks, i'm not sure where this falls in that controversy but boardpusher lets you put your own graphics on a blank deck. you upload the image, configure it on their site, then order it. price $49.99



(thanks, pammy.)

time traveller wanted

turn on your speakers and answer the call to arms.

more here.

(thanks, frank.)

ballin + rappin = vomit in french too

tony parker doesn't look half as bad as all the other ballers who have made attempts at the rap game. he sounds good too...although i have no idea what he is saying. you see, i don't speak french.

bomarr monk and quarterbar. thursday in s.f.

this thursday the 29th, there's a fun dj and art show happening at space gallery in san francisco. 1141 polk street. right next to the hemlock tavern. sneakmove regulars the bomarr monk and quarterbar will be playing records. art by adriana sparkuhl will be showing too.

it's official, nickelback really does suck

read this painful article today about the world's worst band: nickelback. at first i thought i was reading an article in the onion but alas it was cnn. canada really gives us a frighteningly wide spectrum of bands. from arcade fire and wolf parade to nickelback and loverboy, canada never ceases to amaze.

the wildweeds

stumbled and fell over this song i heard today. the band is called the wildweeds. they released a handful of singles in the late sixties on the cadet label and featured lead singer al anderson who would later go on to start the under appreciated blues-rock band nrbq. the song is called 'ain't no good to cry' and gnarls barkley wish they sounded this good.

listen: aint no good to cry

photo pizzazz tips

cool list of various ways to liven up your photographs.

the sneakmove dashboard widget

the easiest way to track the latest action on sneakmove: the sm dashboard widget. mac users can install this and check the feed all day long with a quick click of the f12 button. (thanks, sizod!)

friday means rap music, 266 style

listen to the 266 mix v1 beta

tracks:
aceyalone - headaches and woes
kool g. rap & dj polo - ill street blues
mf doom - dead bent
souls of mischief - 93 'til infinity remix
j live - braggin writes remix
jon sublet - sign off

so the audio quality isn't boss by any means, and some of the levels are hot--so, still working that out...hence the beta status. still, give it a listen, enjoy, and make sure you stick around for the sign off.

(song choice by jon sublet and the king of hoagies.)

gallant magic: a leftfield otis redding tribute

our new penpal ugo wrote to tell us about his project, gallant magic, "a leftfield tribute to Otis Redding," which uses some beats from sneakmove's rock drum breaks cd. we checked it and highly approve. thanks ugo!

sneakmove officially endorses sanjaya for american idol champion

(ok i apologize)

wale

wale (prounounced "wah-lay") is a rapper out of d.c. i'm definitely feelin' the raps he's recorded. you might have heard him on the mark ronson remix of lily allen's "smile". genius.
completely coincidentally, our best pal quarterbar has a new remix of the wale song "good girls". check em'!!

lily allen "smile (mark ronson dc remix feat. wale)"
wale "good girls (quarterbar sorta hard remix)"

now they're projecting ads on the bart tunnel walls

this target advertisement caught my eye on the morning commute. visible on the left side tunnel wall between montgomery and embarcadero bart stations. appears to use a zoetrope effect. youtube has conveniently slowed the video down for us to see better.

wii loop machine

a cool mod/hack to the wii controller that will let you manipulate, control and sync loops in real time just using the wii controller thus freeing you from your keyboard and mouse. the software was written by Yann Seznec and is available for download here, more info about the software is on yann's site the amazing rolo

new from sneakmove: minicomp2 f/ electric president, fog, meanest man contest, bonde do role, controller 7, subtitle, newageynofriends, fm3 and more!

sneakmove is thrilled to announce the release of minicomp2! the second volume of our limited-edition series of 7inches is a red vinyl compilation with short songs (about a minute long each) by eleven acts. check out the track listing and audio snippets below. pre-order here. records will ship in early April!



Side One (snippets: mp3)
1) Electric President - I Never Thought That the End of the World Would Look So Nice
2) Fog - Retirement
3) Meanest Man Contest - Sexy Rap Proposition!
4) Books on Tape - Demons Got Me
5) Clovis Heald - The Virgin

Side Two (snippets: mp3)
1) Bonde Do Role - Montagem Do Cabra
2) Controller 7 - Rope on a Dope
3) Subtitle/Giovanni Marks - Supersub Sunday
4) Crunc Tesla - Promise Recommended This
5) Newageynofriends - Video Flesh
6) FM3 - Monoqin

hot new records out this week

the new el-p and lcd soundsystem records are out. total picker-uppers. enjoy a track and considering purchasing.

lcd soundsystem "get innocuous"
el-p "up all night"

300 on film vs 300 on paper

i was into the 300. it was a bit thin on story, only because there is so much more that could be told, but i dig comic book movies and don't expect much from them. it must always be remembered that a comic book, and even a graphic novel, is a short-form medium. still, checkout this cool site that has done some work to show the comparisons between paper and film.

300 comparison

(thanks, szumski.)

hot newish band

i came across a good band this morning called archives. some of the members of archives apparently include members of other great bands such as carissa's weird and band of horses. this is great news for people who like music like i do

meanest man contest on latest xlr8r cd

meanest man contest's "i was only kidding" is featured on the latest "incite" cd, included with the new issue of xlr8r magazine. there are actually two copies of the cd included with every issue - one to keep and one to give to a friend - because sharing is awesome. woo hoo! and speaking of awesome sharing, we're serving up "i was only kidding" in downloadable mp3 format.

meanest man contest - "i was only kidding"
from meanest man contest/languis: split (buy here)

1973 bowie & faithful - i got you babe

this is a perfect and odd duet/cover of sonny & cher's - i got you babe, sung by marianne faithful and david bowie in december of 1973. i love the flying nun outfit.

how lotr should have ended

a simple solution was under their noses all along. from howitshouldhaveended.com (see their vids via youtube too).



(via koutuk)

fantastic fantasy-esque art by rob gonsalves

list of 37 dreamscape illustrations. fun stuff!

life after poincare 2: a dutiful mind

grigori perelman is, in a lot of ways, the coolest dude of all time. we sure loved his last video adventure, so were incredibly excited to receive the following note from a counsellor friend of ours over the weekend.

I happen to have had the honor of meeting the mathematical hero Grigori Perelman on a recent flight from Los Angeles to Saint Petersberg. (I do not need to explain to you Dr. Perelman's accomplishments in the realm of topology.)

We exchanged few words (barf-bag, lightning) on the long journey. Dr. Perelman seemed withdrawn and preoccupied -- more than even I, adistant but dedicated disciple of his self-muted genius, might have expected.

Mid-flight, however, an opportunity for an entree presented itself. Just as I became most engrossed with my fourth whiskey -- and Dr. Perelman his fifth Sudoko-Origami puzzle -- I spied a curious decal on the spine of a video cassette poking from the satchel Dr. Perelman clutched beneath his gnarled fists.

Thank goodness I can still recognize Cyrilic characters. The phrase on the cassette read: "Life After Poincare."

(Haha, Mother: Dr. Ludovico's Etonian lashings were not for naught!).

You can understand then, my friends, why I distracted Dr. Perelman with the impromptu fire (courtesy of a matchbook still in my pocket from my ill-fated evening, the night before, at the Magic Castle Pub) that I ignited in the footwell of the seat between us.

Naturally, I took advantage of the situation -- amidst Perelman's pyrophobic hysterics -- to snatch the video tape and tuck it into the belly pocket of my newly acquired Wrangler coveralls.

Upon landing, and after a most spirited but diplomatic conversation with a Russian constable ("Sir, I can assure you that I am not a journalist!"), I of course proceeded posthaste to my preferred fence in Old Leningrad, who loaned me his most newly pawned video transcoders for the evening.

You can imagine my astonishment as I viddied this pictures.

dj vadim remix contest @ ccmixter!

creative commons and bbe are hosting the dj vadim remix contest at ccmixter. the winner will have his/her mix included as the b-side to an upcoming dj vadim single. awesome! visit ccmixter and enter, you remixy son of a gun!

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come rally with barack obama in oakland sat. march 17

come stand with the most exciting presidential candidate of our lifetime.

what: rally with barack obama in oakland
when: saturday, march 17, gates open at 3:00 pm
where: oakland city hall plaza, one frank ogawa plaza, oakland, ca

(thanks, new agey.)

all 119 chalkboards from simpson's opening credits

(seasons 1-8)
(via see here.)

another sxsw show to attend-friday mar 16

emo's and emo's jr is hosting a daytime sxsw event with some great bands friday march 16 starting at noon.

a special treat: sneakmove has hooked up with readymade mag (one of the event sponsors, along with pitchfork and the windish agency) and is supplying copies of our latest cd "split" (meanest man contest & languis) to the first 50 people that sign up for a readymade subscription, plus a bag of other cool goodies.

the bands:
12:00pm - (big) do make say think
12:25pm - (little) Crystal Castles
12:45 - (big) pipettes
1:10 - (little) Marnie Stern
1:30 - (big) the ponys
2:00 - (little) Beach House
2:30 - (big) rjd2
3:00 - (little) Fujiya & Miyagi
3:30 - (big) menomena
4:00 - (little) Simian Mobile Disco
4:30 - (big) girl talk
5:00 - (little) Deerhunter
5:30 - (big) peter bjorn and john

so, the parish are playing tonite..

so yeah, our practice space got broken into last night and nothing was stolen. to celebrate we are playing at the cafe du nord. the friendly folks at deli magazine are putting it on with 3 other sweet local bands. i'm afraid everyone must come to this show otherwise the parish guys will kick me out of the band. they actually said these words to me.

(thanks, quarby.)

freebass - british/manchester supergroup

just been reading about a musical project titled freebass, a manchester supergroup in the works with peter hook (new order), andy rourke (the smiths) and mani (primal scream/stones roses). yes thats right 3 bass players. colaboraters/friends who will be singing for them include tim burgess (the charletons), liam gallagher (oasis), ian brown (stone roses and bobby gillespie (primal scream). I have to admit, i'm very excited to hear what comes from mancunian monster group.

andrew ridgeley update; possible wham! reunion?

the other half of 80s phenoms wham! has left the public eye but the uk's daily mail catches up with him and his quiet life with partner keren woodward (banarama). he's still pals with george michael and might be performing with him at wembley for the first time in 21 years this summer.

They remain close friends who talk regularly on the phone. Occasionally locals will hear the whirring blades of George's private helicopter as it lands on the fields of the farm to see his old pal.

listen again: careless whisper

(thanks, sizod.)

ian brown & steve jones - submission

stumbled upon this acoustic version of one of my favourite sex pistols songs submission, sung by one of my favourite musicians ian brown (stone roses). steve jones (sex pistols) plays guitar and helps out on the vocals. bring it!

brown & jones - submission

burt sugarman's midnight special

saw an infomercial for a dvd set of classic 70's performances from the show "midnight special." airing after carson on nbc from 1972-81, it had live sets from all the top musicians and comedians, and was something of a precursor to snl with rotating hosts (wolfman jack announced). sadly faded into deep obscurity, but this infomercial is bringing it back to prominence. i want it. saw the complete set on ebay for $150.

a few clips can be found on youtube.

spotlight on baltimore urban decay

using the amtrak as a platform to show disrepair away from the glitz of our financial centers or the cush of the suburbs, "scott" has built a blog about scenes of urban collapse. the ruins in baltimore are the worst i've seen personally but the phenomenon of trains traveling through (causing?) areas of disrepair holds a lot of fascination and provides some intense images.

new episode of focus radioshow hosted by languis

the latest episode of the awesome focus radioshow is hosted by languis. the set features songs by cortney tidwell, broadcast, and panda bear. great stuff! (and yes, i'd be remiss not to mention (again) that you can by the new languis/meanest man contest split cd here).

mp3 bitrate advice; johnny marr with modest mouse; old home videos

morning reading:

• discussion of the optimal bitrate to rip your cds. the author notes that above 256kbps the sonic improvements aren't worth the huge size increases. always worth contemplating especially as storage becomes a commodity.

• short piece about exactly how johnny marr came to be a part of modest mouse. the new songs are getting good reviews.

• sm reader david rondinone submitted this video of people jumping into a rock quarry pond. doesn't stand out for anything except everyone's late 80's style (apparently the vid is nearly 20 years old). the increasing accessibility of archived video as a time-capsule is an interesting study.

song of the day: "hello it's me" by todd rundgren

"hello it's me" by todd rundgren
(1972; philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa)

masterful melodic pop.

from something/anything?

beautiful photo and movieclip of moon passing in front of sun

nasa.gov posts a photo taken late february, intended just to calibrate their sensors but capturing a beautiful vista. the accompanying video is very cool too.

chunk from the goonies

wondering what he's up to? here ya go.

friday means rap music

the homie says to me "i've got some good music for you." i think, suuuuure, if oasis hasn't come out with something new, or if the dixie chicks haven't done a crunk remix, i don't know if it is going to be able to knock my socks off. anyway, between listening to the cd and watching this video, i thought these guys were great. you can catch them in and around ny, and over the last few weeks they have played a few dates with mighty mos...



balicky bon by the hypnotic brass ensemble

(thanks, john robertson.)

song of the day: "metti una sera a cena" by milva

"metti una sera a cena" by milva
(1972; ???, italy)

beautiful, diva-fied treatment of this essential ennio morricone composition, produced and arranged by morricone himself.

from dedicato a milva da ennio morricone

vinyl ripping turntable

here's another option for people looking to get digital files of their favorite records. this turntable plays records and rips them to files. from there, you can use an sd card or the usb port to put 'em on your computer. via newlaunches

the avalanches - frontier psychiatrist

if you haven't seen this before, check out this avalanches video, its got something for everyone monkeys, cowboys, an old lady drumming and a horses arse.

(thanks, scrappy d.)

song of the day: "the 15th" by wire

"the 15th" by wire
(1979; london, england)

effects-heavy guitar-and-synth early post-punk awesomeness!

from 154

steampunk star wars

eric poulton, a self-proclaimed "art nerd, computer geek, and grammar dork," is working on these awesome reimaginings of star wars characters in a steampunk context.

(thanks, brick!)

song of the day: "free salute" by little barrie

"free salute" by little barrie
(2005; london, england)

edwyn collins-produced rockin' soul stomper.

from we are little barrie

1991 video of buckethead with deli creeps, plus early pic of buckethead unmasked

in early 1991 i saw a band called the deli creeps open for mr. bungle at oakland night spot the omni (rip). everyone was blown away by the mysterious guitarist, with a michael meyers mask and bucket on his head, who played like no one had ever heard before.

somehow even with high profile gigs like g'n'r, buckethead has continued to be a secret-identity superhero through the years. i'm thrilled to have just found a video that captures the magic of spring 1991, as the 19-or-20 yr old shreds with his original band at sf's kennel club (rip). plus, look at the old pic of him without his mask!!!! (found linked on his wikipedia entry).

download a sample buckethead mp3 (via tds music).

like it? show support by purchasing some buckethead music

curtis vodka minimix

head on over to these rocks pop and grab a fun new mix by curtis vodka. here's the tracklist.

1. Anchorage Folk-House Intro
2. Blind Lemon - No Rain (Curtis Vodka Sloppy Yurple House Edit)
3. Talking Heads - This Must Be The Place (Curtis Vodka House Edit)
4. ??? - In The City (Curtis Vodka House Edit)
5. Xiu Xiu - Hello From Eau Claire (Gold Chains Remix)
6. Soulwax - Compute
7. Pepe Deluxe - Black Cadillac
8. ??? - Find What You Get (Nik 7 Remix)
9. Chicks on Speed - Wordy Rappinghood
10. Junior Boys - In The Morning (Hot Chip Remix)

i like your work. no, I like YOUR work. / the bret easton ellis-bloc party connection

really fun article (and accompanying podcast!) about bands who are inspired by authors and vice versa. the author -- sneakmove superhomie tim molloy -- talks to bret easton ellis and bloc party's kele okereke. what a great read!

"I remember when I was, like, in my teens reading about bands who had been influenced by writers, thinking 'Whoa, that's really cool,'" Ellis said in a recent interview from his home in Los Angeles. "And I'd think, 'God, those writers are so old. God that's so wild. Does that really happen in the adult world?'

"And then, boom, it does. And you realize, Jesus, I'm 42. ... People half my age are writing songs because they've been influenced by books I've written."

french beatboxer joseph poulpo

this dude does some pretty amazing stuff. my fave is his version of the "pop it like it's hot" beat.

song of the day: "clouds across the moon" by the rah band

"clouds across the moon" by the rah band
(1985; ???, uk)

very cheesy and awesome post-disco ballad set in the future about a woman on earth trying to call her husband on mars (by way of an intergalactic operator) to tell him she misses him.

from the very best of … the rah band

vieux farka toure remix contest ends tomorrow / pocketknife's "ana" remix

ccmixter has been running a really cool remix contest over the past month with malian musician vieux farka toure. there have been a bunch of great entries, which are all available to listen to online. the contest ends tomorrow -- so this is your last chance to submit something and win the opportunity to have your work included on an upcoming vieux remixed compilation cd.

one really great remix was produced by pocketknife of the flagrant fowl label. it features clint brewer of $ilk dollar bills on bass. check it out here and get over to ccmixter NOW to get the audio you need to make your own version.

vieux farka toure - "ana" (pocketknife's kati market remix) (licensed under cc by-nc)

new release round-up

here's some good stuff that's coming out soon.

andrew bird "plasticities"
from armchair apocrypha. comes out march 20. more great songs featuring strings and whistling. his records just keep getting better.
feist "past in present"
from the reminder. comes out may 1. another really exceptional record. strong and sensitive throughout.
great lake swimmers "put there by the land"
from ongiara. comes out march 27. stark country/folk songs. nice as a full lp, though not as good as their last record.

these records are or will soon be available at insound.com.

mo rocca interviews manish thakur

mo