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Tron Legacy
By Brandon Kim on 07/29/2009
Filed under: Reel to Reel
1982's "TRON" was my generation's "The Wizard of Oz." In a time before the internet, before the average person even had their own computer, it imagined a fantasy world that was very much over the technological rainbow, and realized it in hues and colors never quite presented that way before. It also had an incredible musical score, done by synth pioneer Wendy Carlos who had scored "The Shining" two years prior (and did some soundtrack work on "A Clockwork Orange"). Much less awesome were the additional song contributions by Journey, which were not up to the caliber of say, "Don't... MORE »
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MIXTAPE: May Day
By Jim Shearer on 05/01/2009
Filed under: MIXTAPE
Happy May Day! Yes, "mayday" can be used as a distress signal, but for many countries around the world, May Day is a joyous holiday that celebrates the social and economic achievements of the labor movement. MORE »
MIXTAPE: Easter
By Jim Shearer on 04/10/2009
Filed under: MIXTAPE
Two Indie Ear mixtapes in one week? You must be thinking this is Christmas, right? Close (especially if you're gauging in terms of Christian holidays with religious significance). MORE »
LIKE IT? LOVE IT? HATE IT?
By Jim Shearer on 09/03/2008
Filed under: LIKE IT? LOVE IT? HATE IT?Wondering what former Blink 182 drummer, Travis Barker, has been up to lately? He recently teamed up with DJ AM to create the Fix Your Face mixtape, which you can listen to in its entirety HERE. Basically it's DJ AM cutting together a collection of tracks ranging from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Daft Punk, and Jay Z, to a handful of old-school hip-hop classics. Where does Travis Barker fit into this? Well, he plays live drums over the mixes. (left: Travis Barker playing drums behind existing drumbeats, like it, love it, or hate it?) I still haven't decided... MORE »
I Was Spoken To By An Advertisement...
By Jim Shearer on 05/01/2008
Filed under: HODGEPODGEYesterday I was reading my new issue of Sports Illustrated on the subway (one of my favorite New York City time-killing pastimes), and came across an ad for Zune, Microsoft's answer to iTunes. (right: Some marketing guru is wetting his pants now, cause I'm lovin' artists on both pages of this ad.) The two-page spread features various three dimensional band names (in all different types of fonts) stacked on top of each other. The ad is nothing groundbreaking, considering iTunes had a similar campaign a year or so ago with hundreds of album covers exploding from an iPod.... MORE »
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