December 2009
The Decade in Music Genre Hype →
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How to Tumblr
[Updated Feb 5 2011]
Some tips from my nearly 4 years on Tumblr. Enjoy.
DOs:
Post great + extraordinary + timely stuff
Post with a consistent theme/style/voice
Post stuff you care about, not what’s popular
Post lots of images, always crediting creator
Use “Photo” as often as possible (esp. for ‘link’ posts)
Follow a lot
Follow diversely
Unfollow folks...
Psychedelia in Japan →
While psychedelic music in the West was initially defined through association with drugs and altered states of consciousness things are a little different in Japan. Many Japanese musicians producing psychedelic music aim to produce music that will have a profound effect on the listener but they view the music in itself as being powerful enough to achieve this.
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Beach House started a Tumblr →
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whitneymcn:
There is no legal way to get an mp3 copy of the John Waters Christmas Album. What a world.
Why You Should Be Excited About the Independent... →
8tracks:
Your favorite tracks of 2009? Check the picks from DJs on 8tracks (http://bit.ly/5VaGRh) & the staff at Pitchfork (http://bit.ly/6EdYz6)
Help us name the series!
Hey tumblr friends - we’re trying to come up with a cool name for the Weathervane Music project series for 2010. Basically, this audio and video series puts radical indie artists into the studio and gets up close and personal while they record new material with top tier producers. We’ve got a ton of great artists lined up for the new year, including a just-shot session with the...
I think this is how magicians should be: first they should do their magic to...
– Augusto Boal
The Most Authentic/Relevant/Successful Artists of... →
HipsterRunoff posts a tome so long and media rich it nearly crashed my browser. Amen, brother.