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5 Characteristics of Digitally Engaged Music Seekers

by Jared on May 7, 2009 • No Comments

Tom Ewing (on his always-enjoyable Freaky Trigger blog) has listed five shared characteristics of a group he has dubbed “Digitally Engaged Music Seekers” (DEMS for short). The list was based on a simple twitter question: What’s your favourite current song and how did you first hear it? Check out the full article here.

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Listening @theflyingchange–br…

by Jared on May 1, 2009 • No Comments

Listening @theflyingchange–brilliant & unexpected alt-country that deserves more than a 140chr review: http://bit.ly/17ogwt #followfriday

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NPR on the history of the Boom…

by Jared on May 1, 2009 • No Comments

NPR on the history of the Boom Box, including commentary from @FABNEWYORK and some killer vintage photos http://bit.ly/Rkfih

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What can Whrrl do for independ…

by Jared on Apr 29, 2009 • No Comments

What can Whrrl do for independent musicians? We interviewed @whrrlmusic and found out: http://bit.ly/Ap0ZN

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Woke up singing this classic. …

by Jared on Apr 29, 2009 • No Comments

Woke up singing this classic. Don’t know if an unremembered dream or the infectious intro is to blame… ♫ http://blip.fm/~57dwt

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At a panel called “How to Buil…

by Jared on Apr 28, 2009 • No Comments

At a panel called “How to Build A Business Warren Buffet Would Buy”–it’s unexpectedly entertaining…

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This made me laugh: RT@JonAuer…

by Jared on Apr 28, 2009 • No Comments

This made me laugh: RT@JonAuer: Playing with Big Star in 3 hours. Alex Chilton keeps telling me I look like Antonio Banderas….

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Waking up with Amazon’s new (f…

by Jared on Apr 28, 2009 • No Comments

Waking up with Amazon’s new (free) International Music sampler–the track from Madagascar alone makes it worth grabbing. http://bit.ly/eFXQ5

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Regardless of the issues that …

by Jared on Apr 27, 2009 • No Comments

Regardless of the issues that Heroes has had with its plot/writing in general, I still find Sylar beyond creepy…

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Ton of stuff I wanted to hear …

by Jared on Apr 27, 2009 • No Comments

Ton of stuff I wanted to hear today, but I can’t stop listening to this free Porter Records sampler from @othermusic: http://bit.ly/2e635Y

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Which better defines my lazine…

by Jared on Apr 25, 2009 • No Comments

Which better defines my laziness: that I took a nap, or that I have been aspiring to an afternoon where I could take a nap for months now?

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Listening to “Old Artist” by A…

by Jared on Apr 25, 2009 • No Comments

Listening to “Old Artist” by Archive. You should be, too. http://bit.ly/17Yva1

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