total eclipse flow chart

via buzzfeed, the most brilliant chart i think i've ever seen. please please please sell a t-shirt.

highway2healthcare

i don't click on banner ads very often. but how do you not click on a healthcare take on appetite for destruction? i certainly don't know.

turns out this is a clever effort by the AFL-CIO to gain support for reform, even a public option. you got me to sign up, fellas. nice work.

the fiery furnaces' new album

it sounds like some silly avant-garde concept at first, but the fiery furnaces' plan for a silent album is fairly brilliant.

"Since bands can no longer sell audio, FF decline to provide it"

instead, they're basically going to present sheet music for fans and tribute bands to interpret, perform, and record. in this way, they're making their new album completely interpretive, interactive, and viral. ummm.... sounds damn smart to me.

i think it's going to be an interesting experiment. and at the end of the day, every indie band is gonna say, why didn't we think of that?

in the year 2000... in the year TWO THOUSAND!

buzzfeed feeds us a 1985 issue of ebony, where they predict what stars will look like in 2000.

in ebony's defense, it's not like anyone could have predicted what would actually happen. that might be more frightening than what actually happened.

[ much respect, michael, but cmon ]

treasure island festival

if my good friend weren't getting married in virginia that weekend, the treasure island festival is surely where i'd be. [ i've already reamed her for it; direct quote: "you better fucking love me." ] the line-up is absurd, and tickets go on sale this friday. hurry. go, because i can't.

ULTIMATE DANCE PARTY 1997

i can't believe i ever forgot about this cd. it was my senior year of high school and constantly in my little sony boombox. 

my friends and i were reminiscing about this compilation, because it's seriously the best compilation ever. this was way before "now that's what i call music, even if no one else would." timeless classics include "be my lover," by la bouche, "another night" by the real mccoy, and yes... the macarena. 

enjoy.

TRACKLIST:

1. Missing [Todd Terry Club Mix] - Everything But the Girl	Listen
2. Where Do You Go [Ocean Drive Edit] - No Mercy	Listen
3. Another Night - The Real McCoy	Listen
4. Be My Lover - La Bouche	Listen
5. Beautiful Life - Ace of Base	Listen
6. I Like to Move It [Eric "More" Club Mix] - Reel 2 Real	Listen
7. Deeper Love [C+C Tribesman Mix] - Aretha Franklin	Listen
8. Tell It to My Heart [1996 Remix] - Taylor Dayne	Listen
9. C'mon N' Ride It (The Train) [Remix Edit] - Quad City DJ's	Listen
10. Boom Boom Boom - The Outhere Brothers	Listen
11. Who Do U Love [Morales Classic Club Edit] - Deborah Cox	Listen
12. No More "I Love You's" [Junior Vasquez Remix Edit] - Annie Lennox	Listen
13. Dreamer [Original Club Mix] - Livin' Joy	Listen
14. This Is Your Night - Amber	Listen
15. Total Eclipse of the Heart - Nicki French	Listen
16. Children - Robert Miles	Listen
17. Macarena - Los del Mar