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This month at work we created the promotional materials for the American Music Festival. This is the big labor day event so we got to do not just a poster, but a ton of ads, a billboard, brochure, even 20ft high banners for the actual event. It was really fun to work on and we got to see Billy Idol! I had hoped to meet him and get an awesome photo, that didn’t happen – he was awesome though, wouldn’t have believed he was 52. Also, his hair was not blonde.

Looks as if Muxtape is over and done, here is something new! Simplify Media is an application that allows up to 30 friends streaming access to your Itunes, including playlists. There aren’t a whole lot of options, you share the whole library or nothing at all. My username is aliciatheduffhome if you’d like to try it out and add me.

This band I don’t know much about, Department of Eagles had this song out last year that i loved. Apparently it was just a demo! Below is the official album version as well as the title track of their new album, In Ear Park. They say it’s members of Grizzly Bear, so maybe I ought to listen to that too.

“No One Does it Like You”

“In Ear Park”

The new Oasis single was released last week – personally I don’t know, I like the cover art! It did cause me to break out my old Oasis jams. <3 Definitely Maybe. In other 90s Brit news The Verve have a new album out (not yet, but if you follow the link…) called Forth.



Digsy’s Diner

One reason concerts are alive and records are dead is that there’s a new value in things which can’t be uploaded as digital content to the internet. I call this phenomenon “the post-bit atom”. It also explains why the art market is booming. Art and music have become social occasions. An art opening or a concert (or, even better, an art opening with a concert included) is a chance for people who spend all day in front of computer screens to see their fellow human beings and share an intense, loud, colourful, real experience with them.

Art and music are also “distinction machines”: efficient ways for people to sum up complex clusters of values — social, political, aesthetic and ethical — and connect with like-minded souls. None of this is going to become less important any time soon.

Thursday Allison “roped” me (it wasn’t that hard really) into seeing Gogol Bordello at Toad’s place, in Richmond, on a worknight. I in turn “roped” Anna-Claire (also not so hard) into coming along for gypsy times. In my few hours spent there I enjoyed another long and never boring Gogol Bordello performance, a private Hot Lava show (practice), giant PBRs courtesy of AC, and Allison’s new palace in the sky. Bonus: Allison surprised me with my “Fans Only” Belle and Sebastian DVD that I wrote off as lost years ago. This is the only DVD I’ve ever owned with rounded corners.

I watched Manda Bala (Send A Bullet) last week. It’s a documentary about kidnapping and corruption in Sao Paulo. Brazilian music was used heavily throughout the film, I loved it, even if it seemed to be making light/drowning out some of the more serious interviews. I don’t think the soundtrack was released anywhere officially so I’m going to post it here in case anyone wants to give it a listen.. Download

Poster I created for Hot Lava’s show this weekend. It was not animated when I gave it to them. Allison loves to animate and I love her animated gifs.

This post was going to be a list of things to do with my new and different lonely life. I couldn’t come up with enough things worth talking about, so this post turned into another “All the things I’d like to share with you”…

The Playlist’s Soundtrack Series: “Soundtracks” inspired by movie directors.
Postcards from Your Mother: Cute and funny (love moms)
Design Barcode: “Big Ideas are Small” – this Japanese firm designs down to the barcode.
Hot Lava in NY Mag?: Well, nymag.com.
A new Winston video.

For the record, this is what I plan to do with my time: Finish all the projects I’ve promised to friends. Read some books. Paste Rocky Balboa’s face onto the body of H.W. Plainview (followed with a venn diagram of similarities and differences: deaf, bastard from a basket, blank stare). Do good work at my new job (and try not to talk so much). Make local friends!