bringing up iron man 2, capt america, thor, and the avengers.

the gist: if you liked what favreau did with iron man, you’re in luck.

when it comes to tone, nothing beats the warm rich sound of a nice vacuum tube. tube amps can be expensive though – so why not build your own?

has all the steps and materials you need do do just that, plus a couple videos of the designer showing off how good his completed amp sounds.

from sharing a van with another band to losing your roadies, the to come play a small show in your town.

for those looking to watch some fun tv tonight, tune in to at 10pm EST / 7pm PST and catch our pal mike senese on a new episode of . encore presentation at 1am EST / 10pm PST.

preview clip from tonight’s episode:

the third song from meanest man contest’s ep came out on friday. it’s called and features and eso tre of . it’s available as a free download at . grab it!

here are some related mp3s for you to enjoy:

meanest man contest – “we wouldn’t want it any other way” (débruit remix)
islands – “where there’s a will, there’s a whalebone” (f/ subtitle & busdriver)
substance abuse – “profitless thoughts” (f/ mf doom)

concept seems pretty cool.

The OpenStompTM Coyote-1 is an open source audio effects processor built for guitar players. With the Coyote-1 users can develop custom audio effects in software (like distortion, echo, chorus etc.), mix multiple effects to build “patches”, and exchange those effects and patches with the OpenStompTM community.

last thursday’s episode of featured the video for meanest man contest’s “throwing away broken electronics.” watch it and love it!

the fu crew followed up with a nice about mmc. wow, how rad!

also rad: mochipet’s “sharp drest” (f/ mmc’s eriksolo) is kexp’s today. looove that kexp!

i was introduced to the weird world of last night. an early 90s pop singer based in illinois, her homemade videos had the fuzzy look of local car dealership commercials from the early 80s. somehow, it is so hard to not continue watching, waiting for some indication that jan is in on the joke.

check out some of her masterpieces:

lose you tonight (surprisingly catchy, and an eerily familiar vocal production on the recording. my fave)

rock and roll santa (none of these songs really leave much to the imagination)

jan’s talent hasn’t gone unnoticed, and the easiest way to sum it up might be from her daily show interview a couple years ago:

just an fyi to let you know you can once again stream all the good mp3s we’ve posted on sneakmove, for your listening pleasure, just by clicking that nice “sneakmove radio” link over there in the right column.

i’m enjoying the interview by the folks at . he talks about learning of all types of music via his interest in hip-hop and shares some fave jams.