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Radiohead’s Paranoid Android, Hive Mind Edition

Paul Kim — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 23:04:16 +0000

Sonic fraternal twin, amazing result. Edited together from separately posted clips, some years old.

h/t @aweissman

SHAD

Paul Kim — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 05:35:44 +0000

Canada’s top MC? Introduced to SHAD last night by Ian D. Stewart.

“The only thing I love more than rapping is napping.”

Grails Perform Reincarnation Blues

Paul Kim — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 00:37:59 +0000

Great live performance by Grails at the Knitting Factory in NYC.

Mayer Hawthorne covers “I Left My Heart in San Francisco”

Paul Kim — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 06:42:10 +0000

This video features a cameo by the Automattic Lounge at 1:10. Read more about Mayer in the New York Times Magazine.

Pearl Jam covers “Gimme Some Truth”

Paul Kim — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:50:45 +0000

I tried and tried tonight to find a good video of Lennon’s original (the studio version) but no luck. This cover is pretty good, though.

Generation X Veneration?

Paul Kim — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:43:02 +0000

This is from the SF Weekly’s review of last Friday’s Pavement reunion show at the Greek.

I had a moment last night where I was stunned how much reverence is paid to Gen-X-ers. Weren’t they supposed to ruin the world with indifference and a lack of ambition? And here we are attaching words to them like “seminal” and even “legendary.”

As a member of this generation, color me skeptical.
H/T: John Slater

june musical interlude

Paul Kim — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 04:02:23 +0000

I made a couple of CDs this week as farewell roadtrip companions, for two good friends who just departed Oakland to return home to the east coast.

Here are the playlists:

You can find a bunch of this music on Hype Machine. The way I find music these days is to hear it on the radio, or read a review. Then I go to Hype Machine, where you can usually preview new stuff. If you visit the blogs they list that feature the song you’re interested in, they often have lots of good related songs in the same post.

Here’s an example. (Click on the “Read full post” links on each song listing to check out the source blog posts.)

Janelle Monae, Suites II and III Cover Art

Paul Kim — Tue, 25 May 2010 03:01:49 +0000

Janelle Monae, Suites II and III cover art, via 新偶像’s Flickr.

Bob Marley and the Wailers Sausalito 1973

Paul Kim — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:25:03 +0000

I’m really enjoying this 1973 live studio recording of Bob Marley and the Wailers at The Record Plant in Sausalito.

2007 music blog zeitgeist

Paul Kim — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 01:51:25 +0000

Beautiful music resource posted at the Hype Machine today:

The best 50 songs
The best 50 albums
The best 50 bands

of 2007, as bubbled up by the music bloggers Hype Machine tracks. RAWK!