Riceboy Sleeps is a collaboration between Jon Thor Birgisson (Sigur Ros) and Alex Somers (Parachutes). Jónsi and Alex have been making music and exhibiting artwork under the name Riceboy Sleeps since 2003. The two started creating the visual art that would form the basis of their limited edition hardback book, ‘Riceboy Sleeps’ in 2006. They continued making music in the periods between Jónsi’s touring and studio commitments with Sigur Rós, slowly building a body of work that includes the beautiful ambient album and eclectic art exhibit.

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For your viewing pleasure, last night’s 207 video game review of Rock Band 2 where we jam out with Pat “The Strat” Callahan.

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I’m a bit late to the Santogold party but this is my new favorite album. Her sound is like a beautiful blend of M.I.A., The Yeah, Yeah, Yeah’s and Missing Persons. Enjoy!

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Monday levity. I fist saw these guys on the back of the seat in front of me on my last trans-Atlantic trip. They are Kiwi’s (New Zealanders) and popular back home and have a spot here on HBO. Billed a s a “two man, digi-folk band”. Pritty funny stuff, espicially if you’ve ever mit any Kiwi’s.

In Ep.6 a Labyrinth era David Bowie Visits Bret:

Other fave clips:

Frodo don’t wear the ring – Hot Boom – You’ve got it going on

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There are things I barely understand that make me laugh. This is one of them.

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If you haven’t seen Juno yet I highly recommend it. Not only is it a great movie, it has a near perfect soundtrack. An amazing collection of songs that seem like they were written just for the movie. The soundtrack contains an eclectic blend of songs from a wide variety of artists such as The Moldy Peaches, Cat Power, Sonic Youth, Barry Louis Polisar, Kimya Dawson, The Kinks, Buddy Holly, Belle & Sebastian and The Velvet Underground. A few of the standout tracks include Barry Louis Polisar’s “All I Want Is You”, Sonic Youth’s amazing cover of the Carpenters “Superstar”, The Moldy Peaches “Anyone Else But You” and my children’s favorite “Tree Hugger” by Kimya Dawson. Enjoy. (flyte crew: it’s on my iTunes) 

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Following the untraditional release of their latest record IN RAINBOWS, Radiohead released a live studio film of the entire album under the title ‘Scotch Mist’ onto YouTube. If you haven’t had a chance, check it out. It makes a great background music, and is arguably just as good as the album itself.

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