Wetshadows http://eisnerdigital.com What I find interesting and hopefully you will too Sun, 09 Oct 2011 03:41:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 en New music recommendations http://eisnerdigital.com/2011/10/09/new-music-recommendations/ http://eisnerdigital.com/2011/10/09/new-music-recommendations/#comments Sun, 09 Oct 2011 03:41:53 +0000 admin http://eisnerdigital.com/2011/10/09/new-music-recommendations/ Here is some good music to check out if you haven’t heard it already…

Slinky tune from The Herbaliser…”Gadget Funk”

 

And another one from the same band…

 

Here’s one from an artist I never heard of before hearing this song, Abbe May with “Mammalian Locomotion”

 

A very catchy tune from Joy Formidable, “Heavy Abacus”…This is the live version but studio version is also great—like a combo of CBGB-era Talking Heads & Blondie.

 

A great remix by Jagz Kooner of an already good Kasabian tune…

 

Here’s one, “DNA”,  that I like from The Kills, Alison Mosshart’s other band…you’ll have to click on the link below to listen though…

http://pigeonsandplanes.com/2011/03/the-kills-dna.html

Great tune from Thievery Corporation that they performed really nicely live when I saw them a few weeks ago on their current tour.  Great show in general, though the vocals were badly miked.

]]> http://eisnerdigital.com/2011/10/09/new-music-recommendations/feed/ Some new music recommendations http://eisnerdigital.com/2011/07/31/some-new-music-recommendations/ http://eisnerdigital.com/2011/07/31/some-new-music-recommendations/#comments Sun, 31 Jul 2011 16:41:32 +0000 admin http://eisnerdigital.com/2011/07/31/some-new-music-recommendations/ Hope you are enjoying the Summer.  Here are some more music recommendations, mostly dance tunes.

If you haven’t heard Thievery Corporation’s new album, “Culture of Fear”, you should check it out. Some great tracks, including this one, “Free”…

 

Kidz in the Hall, “Jukebox”…

 

This is a great tune from Gil Scot-Heron, who died in May of this year.  “Me and the Devil” from his 2011 album “I’m New Here”.   Video is well done but spooky…

 

Here’s a previously unreleased but great rocker from New Order, “Hellbent” from the recently released compilation “Total”.  Wish Sumner and Hook would kiss and make up and get back to work together.

 

What do you get when you mix Queen’s “We Will Rock You” with Folk Implosion’s “Natural One”?  “Kids” by Sleigh Bells…

]]> http://eisnerdigital.com/2011/07/31/some-new-music-recommendations/feed/ Some more good music to check out http://eisnerdigital.com/2011/06/17/some-more-good-music-to-check-out/ http://eisnerdigital.com/2011/06/17/some-more-good-music-to-check-out/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 04:57:47 +0000 admin http://eisnerdigital.com/2011/06/17/some-more-good-music-to-check-out/ Here are some tunes I like that you might also like:

1. Planet Funk is a great Italian dance band, which consistently pumps out great dance tunes.

Here’s one of their best, remixed pretty well: 

 

Some of their other great tunes include: “Stop Me”, “The Switch”, “Chase the Sun”.

2. This is a great tune by Greyboy with Sharon Jones of the Dap Kings on vocals.  Good remix.

 

3.   Here’s a tune by an obscure band, Cetu Javu.  Doubt many have heard of it, but it’s a great tune and pretty good remix.

 

4.   Here’s an awesome tune from a band I’ve never heard of before or since.  I have no idea who they are but I sure like this tune.

 

5.  An oldie but goodie—Oran “Juice” Jones, “The Rain”

]]> http://eisnerdigital.com/2011/06/17/some-more-good-music-to-check-out/feed/ Think the U.S. has freedom of expression? Watch this video and then decide. http://eisnerdigital.com/2011/06/07/think-the-us-has-freedom-of-expression-watch-this-video-and-then-decide/ http://eisnerdigital.com/2011/06/07/think-the-us-has-freedom-of-expression-watch-this-video-and-then-decide/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:56:19 +0000 admin http://eisnerdigital.com/2011/06/07/think-the-us-has-freedom-of-expression-watch-this-video-and-then-decide/ What is it our soldiers fight to protect?  What makes or used to make the U.S. a great country?  The ability for citizens to express peacefully their ideas and views without fear of retaliation or imprisonment.

At the monument to Thomas Jefferson, who said: 

"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it."

Police brutalize peaceful citizens whose only ‘offense’ is quietly dancing in front of the monument.  The police refuse to tell the citizens they are harassing what law they are accused of violating.  They then proceed to treat the citizens with unwarranted brutality.

]]> http://eisnerdigital.com/2011/06/07/think-the-us-has-freedom-of-expression-watch-this-video-and-then-decide/feed/ Some more good music http://eisnerdigital.com/2011/05/23/some-more-good-music/ http://eisnerdigital.com/2011/05/23/some-more-good-music/#comments Mon, 23 May 2011 01:43:21 +0000 admin http://eisnerdigital.com/2011/05/23/some-more-good-music/ My guitar hero, David Gilmour, toured several years ago with Rick Wright (R.I.P.) from Pink Floyd, and with Ray Manzanera from Roxy Music on guitar and several great guest stars.  I saw him on this tour, and his revival of “Echoes”, one of my favorite songs, which Floyd hadn’t performed live in decades, was the centerpiece of the show—one of the best live performances I’ve ever seen (and I’ve seen some great artists over the years).

Here’s a video of Gilmour and his band performing “Echoes” beautifully in Gdansk from the same tour I saw him on.

 

This next song is one of the greatest dance remixes ever done, period.  It’s a Duran Duran song that, unremixed, is okay (perhaps even mediocre), but as remixed by Paul Oakenfold becomes a masterfully produced and interpreted song—listen to it with headphones.

 

Here’s a great song by the Charlatans, “Blackened Blue Eyes”—not new, but rocks pretty hard.

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2011 marin concours d'elegance - side detail 1

 

2011 marin concours delegance - trunk detail

 

marin concours delegance - 60 chev impala (bW)

You can see more of my photographs and artwork here

]]> http://eisnerdigital.com/2011/05/21/some-pictures-i-shot-at-a-classic-car-show-may-2011/feed/ Check out these tunes http://eisnerdigital.com/2011/05/16/check-out-these-tunes/ http://eisnerdigital.com/2011/05/16/check-out-these-tunes/#comments Mon, 16 May 2011 05:31:14 +0000 admin http://eisnerdigital.com/2011/05/16/check-out-these-tunes/ Greetings!  Haven’t posted in a long time.

Here are some songs/albums I really like—maybe you will like them too:

Ancient Astronauts.

I first heard these outrageously great guys a few months ago, and then was lucky enough to go to their show with Rob Garza (of Thievery Corporation) in San Francisco.  AA rocked the house hard; they are seriously funky.  This is only one of their many really good tracks from both their 2009 album “We are to Answer”  and their most recent album, “Into Bass and Time”.

 

 

Here is another one by these guys…

 

Massive Attack.

I finally saw these guys last May on their current tour.  They had a great live show.  There are several favorite tracks I have from “Heligoland”, including “Girl, I love you” and “Atlas Air”.  But my friend turned me on to this remix of “Pardise Circus” and this has now become another favorite on this LP.

 

Lykke Li: 

She is a much better singer and more interesting by far than Katy Perry, Kesha, RiHanna, etc.  Lykke has a great voice and presence.

She channels an uncanny resemblance to Roni Spector of the Ronettes back in the ‘60s.  And I think she’s got an Amy Winehouse vibe going that works for her.

This track, “I follow rivers”  is also great, but in a different way.

 

TV on the Radio

If you haven’t heard TV on the Radio’s new album, you should check it out.  I especially like this track, “Will Do”.  They remind me a little bit of The Roots.

 

 

Big Audio Dynamite

Also, if you are, like I am, a fan of Big Audio Dynamite (Mick Jones’ band after The Clash), you will be interested in this video of BAD performing recently in LA, sounding very good.

]]> http://eisnerdigital.com/2011/05/16/check-out-these-tunes/feed/ Check out these startling statistics on TV consumption in America…helps explain why kids in the U.S. rank among the worst performers in Math of all developed countries… http://eisnerdigital.com/2011/02/27/check-out-these-startling-statistics-on-tv-consumption-in-americahelps-explain-why-kids-in-the-us-rank-among-the-worst-performers-in-math-of-all-developed-countries/ http://eisnerdigital.com/2011/02/27/check-out-these-startling-statistics-on-tv-consumption-in-americahelps-explain-why-kids-in-the-us-rank-among-the-worst-performers-in-math-of-all-developed-countries/#comments Sun, 27 Feb 2011 21:04:11 +0000 admin http://eisnerdigital.com/2011/02/27/check-out-these-startling-statistics-on-tv-consumption-in-americahelps-explain-why-kids-in-the-us-rank-among-the-worst-performers-in-math-of-all-developed-countries/ By this study’s estimates, parents only spend 3.5 MINUTES per week in meaningful conversation with their kids. And we wonder why Snooki is a media celebrity or why there are 32 million or 1 in 7 U.S. adults who are illiterate–meaning they cann’t read a newspaper or the instructions on a pill bottle.

Television Statistics

According to the A.C. Nielsen Co., the average American watches more than 4 hours of TV each day (or 28 hours/week, or 2 months of nonstop TV-watching per year). In a 65-year life, that person will have spent 9 years glued to the tube.

I. FAMILY LIFE

Percentage of households that possess at least one television: 99

Number of TV sets in the average U.S. household: 2.24

Percentage of U.S. homes with three or more TV sets: 66

Number of hours per day that TV is on in an average U.S. home: 6 hours, 47 minutes

Percentage of Americans that regularly watch television while eating dinner: 66

Number of hours of TV watched annually by Americans: 250 billion

Value of that time assuming an average wage of S5/hour: S1.25 trillion

Percentage of Americans who pay for cable TV: 56

Number of videos rented daily in the U.S.: 6 million

Number of public library items checked out daily: 3 million

Percentage of Americans who say they watch too much TV: 49

II CHILDREN

Approximate number of studies examining TV’s effects on children: 4,000

Number of minutes per week that parents spend in meaningful

conversation with their children: 3.5

Number of minutes per week that the average child watches television: 1,680

Percentage of day care centers that use TV during a typical day: 70

Percentage of parents who would like to limit their children’s TV watching: 73

Percentage of 4-6 year-olds who, when asked to choose between watching TV

and spending time with their fathers, preferred television: 54

Hours per year the average American youth spends in school: 900 hours

Hours per year the average American youth watches television: 1500

III VIOLENCE

Number of murders seen on TV by the time an average child finishes elementary school: 8,000

Number of violent acts seen on TV by age 18: 200,000

Percentage of Americans who believe TV violence helps precipitate real life mayhem: 79

IV. COMMERCIALISM

Number of 30-second TV commercials seen in a year by an average child: 20,000

Number of TV commercials seen by the average person by age 65: 2 million

Percentage of survey participants (1993) who said that TV commercials

aimed at children make them too materialistic: 92

Rank of food products/fast-food restaurants among TV advertisements to kids: 1

Total spending by 100 leading TV advertisers in 1993: $15 billion

V. GENERAL

Percentage of local TV news broadcast time devoted to advertising: 30

Percentage devoted to stories about crime, disaster and war: 53.8

Percentage devoted to public service announcements: 0.7

Percentage of Americans who can name The Three Stooges: 59

Percentage who can name at least three justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: 17

Compiled by TV-Free America

]]> http://eisnerdigital.com/2011/02/27/check-out-these-startling-statistics-on-tv-consumption-in-americahelps-explain-why-kids-in-the-us-rank-among-the-worst-performers-in-math-of-all-developed-countries/feed/ Check out my new gallery of 800+ of my photos and artwork http://eisnerdigital.com/2011/02/27/check-out-my-new-gallery-of-800-of-my-photos-and-artwork/ http://eisnerdigital.com/2011/02/27/check-out-my-new-gallery-of-800-of-my-photos-and-artwork/#comments Sun, 27 Feb 2011 21:00:27 +0000 admin http://eisnerdigital.com/2011/02/27/check-out-my-new-gallery-of-800-of-my-photos-and-artwork/ I finally consolidated all of my photographs and artwork that I feel are worth checking out in one place on Flickr.  Please leave comments on any images you particularly like or don’t like.  Feedback would be very welcome.

You can see it here.

 

 

]]> http://eisnerdigital.com/2011/02/27/check-out-my-new-gallery-of-800-of-my-photos-and-artwork/feed/ Been a while…here’s some music worth checking out… http://eisnerdigital.com/2010/09/16/been-a-whileheres-some-music-worth-checking-out/ http://eisnerdigital.com/2010/09/16/been-a-whileheres-some-music-worth-checking-out/#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 04:43:53 +0000 admin http://eisnerdigital.com/2010/09/16/been-a-whileheres-some-music-worth-checking-out/ I have not been a good blogger…taking far too long between entries. 

Here are some music recommendations:

1. Bryan Ferry “You Can Dance”: Bryan Ferry is the King of Suave, for sure.  If there’s someone creating mournful dance music better than Bryan, let me know.  This is the lead single from his forthcoming album, “Olympia”, which has guest stars like my hero, David Gilmour.

 

2. Eels “Fresh Blood”:  I’d never heard of the Eels before I heard this song.  I haven’t yet found any other Eels song like this one—most of the rest are nice ballady type songs, but don’t have the same energy as this.  I love the howls—reminds me of Warren Zevon or even John Fogerty.

Plus, the lead singer and songwriter, E, has a great beard.  Pretty spooky looking guy.  Video is pretty good.

 

3. Cee-Lo Green “No one’s going to love you”, a cover of Band of Horses.  He does a great job on this song.  I didn’t think he’d do well without his Gnarls Barkley partner, Danger Mouse, but he does.  The video’s a bit NSFW…

 

4.  Blonde Redhead, “Here Sometimes”.  I’d heard of this band before, but never knowingly heard one of their songs.  I came across this one, and it made me think of a much happier Portishead.  Definitely a song worth listening to on headphones, because it has some intricate rhythm interplays.

 

5. Stereophonics, “Devil”.  This is a rare straight-out hard rock song I don’t hear much anymore.  Great tune.  Definitely something you want to play when you’re driving down the road with the top down on a nice day.

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