The Decemberists T-Shirt Contest
December 13th, 2006
The Decemberists obviously think that they’re pretty big stuff now after the Colbert Report challenge, because they launched another online contest. This new t-shirt contest is being put on by nifty online clothing store threadless.com.
The theme for contest entries is the Decemberists’ song “The Island.” (You can listen to it below)…Straight from the official rules:
The purpose of this competition is to create a stand-alone design inspired by the theme, not a brand tee. Your design is not required to have the theme text or brand logo on it… in fact, we prefer it does not.
The contest has lots of prizes that you should check out. The deadline for submissions is January 1, and participants can submit up to three unique designs. Cool stuff.
Stream the 12 minute song by The Decemberists “The Island” @ 100kbps (Windows Media Player Required, sorry..)
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Free Thom Yorke Remixes
December 11th, 2006
His first remix is “The Clock” remixed by The Surgeon (pictured below)
His other offering is “Analyse” remixed by Various
It’s a very unselfish thing to do, to give out free songs. But really, I know where he’s going with this. He’s playing the “nice guy” card to get good press, so he will win his Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album with Eraser…(Oh please…you know I’m just kidding)
But Thom is a nice guy, and a great artist. Check out the FREE remixes and pick up a copy of the Eraser.
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Grammy Nominees
December 10th, 2006
Grammy Nominees are out. Just like the American Music Awards, I will probably not watch them. But it is somewhat interesting, nonetheless, to see what our follow the leader type of society prefers in this era of major label music.
So, the 49th Annual Grammy Nominees are available here at their website. I’ll list most of the nominees here too… Read the rest of this entry »
The Flaming Lips Street Named
December 6th, 2006
Oklahoma City has just announced a new street named after their beloved local band The Flaming Lips. According to the Washington Post, Oklahoma City voted Tuesday to name an alley after the band in a vibrant shopping and entertainment portion of the city.
The Flaming Lips weren’t the only Oklahoma City hometown band being honored. Vince Gill and Jazzmaster Charlie Christian also were also given their own streets.
Interesting quote from the Flaming Lips’ lead singer Wayne Coyne from the Washington Post article:
“I could see people sneaking in during the middle of the night doing graffiti art,” he said of the alley. “I can see all kinds of strange things going on there.”
So open season for all you graffiti loving Flaming Lips fans in the Durty South. Get to work.
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Colbert challenges the Decemberists
December 1st, 2006
In a recent episode of Stephen Colbert’s The Colbert Report, Colbert expresses his disgust with The Decemberists for copying his green screen challenge.Colbert originally made a “green screen challenge,” challenging people to edit him fighting with a lightsaber into other video backgrounds. The Decemberists, after Colbert’s green screen challenge, made their own green screen challenge called “Re-animate the Decemberists” from MTV U, which consisted of fans editing their music video to their liking.So after Colbert found out about this plagiarism, he challenged The Decemberists to the “Green Screen Challenge 2,” in hopes of having his loyal fans edit Colbert into a scene where he is fighting, and defeating, the Decemberists band.
The Green Screen Challenge 2 can be entered at ColbertNation.com, and the Colbert Report episode in which he challenges the Decemberists can me viewed here at Comedy Central. (at the 1:20 remaining mark)
So for all you video editing, indie music loving junkies, I have found something for you to do this weekend. Thank me later.
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