Chris' Linkjockey blog links to unique, fantastic sites on the web that you haven't seen before.

Saturday, February 9, 2008

Any song, any time

Songerize
Listen to any song, at any time.
Type in the song title and artist, and the song will start playing in a few seconds. Brilliant.

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

2008 Super Bowl Ads

All the ads for the 2008 Super Bowl XLII are posted on YouTube by AdBlitz.

Sunday, February 3, 2008

Cute kitty tamed by parakeet

Kitty Tamed by Bird
Cuteness overload pics.

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

U2's manager on the state of the music industry

‘The Online Bonanza: Who is making all the money and why aren’t they sharing it?’
U2's long-time manager, Paul McGuinness, gave a speech to the MIDEM's music industry conference in Cannes. While I'm normally pretty cynical when I hear people in the music industry talking about the sad state of affairs, I have a lot of respect for U2 and their manager.

It turns out that "free music" is not an idea that satisfies everyone. If you're curious about the future of music (or more specifically, the business of music), some of the answers might come from the ideas that Mr. McGuinness presents here.

Is the Tipping Point Toast?

Is the Tipping Point Toast?
Apparently Malcolm Gladwell's idea that a category of influential people are responsible for creating trends may not be true after all. An article by Clive Thompson from Fast Company.

Today's Link from Guy Kawasaki

Record an album in 29 days, just because you can.

The RPM Challenge

The challenge is for musicians (of all kinds) to record an album during the month of February 2008. In the 07 RPM Challenge, over 850 albums were produced and are available for listening on their Jukebox.
Link courtesy of Slashdot.

Monday, January 28, 2008

Google Maps video

It's astonishing how detailed Google Maps are. In this YouTube video, Google Maps go too far...

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Dub Extremist

http://www.metafilter.com/68457/Zulu-Warrior-Dub-Extremist

 

Links-a-plenty from Metafilter on Jah Shaka, a top old-school reggae dj from London, UK.