Shark Week Is Here!

“Live every week like it’s Shark Week.” -Tracy Jordan

Eno + Warp Records

Brian Eno signs to Warp Records. What does this mean to me? Top 5 artist signing to top 5 record label… great news. New album coming soon!

Mad about Mad Men

Did anybody else catch the fantastic premiere of Mad Men season 4 last night?

Don Draper and Co. have yet to let me down. This is one of the most fascinating television shows I’ve ever seen. The character development is superb. I wish I were an alcoholic Ad-Man.

Playlist 2

I’m bringing quite a few of the favorites to the table with this playlist. We start with possibly the most funk fueled making-love-in-the-summer-with-a-case-of-Colt-45 song, Party Down by Little Beaver. Dabble in a BoC remix of a track from Anticon co-founder, Why?. Another bay area favorite, Tycho. The best track from the new LCD Soundsystem album. Ghostly International’s School of seven bells, featuring a member of The Secret Machines (they have a new album dropping soon). One of the dreamiest dream-pop songs that I’ve heard in a long time, from A Sunny Day in Glasgow. One of my all time favs, Tortoise, which I will be seeing this month at the Casbah San Diego! And who can forget Milosh, Yeasayer and Subtle!? Not I. They’re on there too.

Enjoy!

Iceland LIVE!

This is an example of one of the better websites out there. I know it’s now top 10 for me.

“Inspired by Iceland” is a lovely visual chillout website (which I presume was created by or paid for by the Tourism Board of Iceland) that allows you to gaze through various high-speed webcams throughout the land. Included vistas: glacial lakes (complete with icebergs), the famed blue lagoon, and downtown Reykjavík.

(Thanks, Alex Zamora, BoingBoing * Alas, Flash required, so you won’t be enjoying this on your iPad any time soon.)

Yes, please.

Designed to evoke the spirit of the lean, powerful motorcycles of the 1950s, Hammarhead Motorcycles ($9,500-$18,500) are affordable, hand-built, rugged rides. Available in three models — the Royal Enfield Electra X-based Woodsman, the Triumph Scrambler-based Jack Pine (pictured), and the Royal Enfield Bullet-based Volta — these simple, sleek machines are quieter than your average chopper, making them perfectly suited to modern urban environments. In other words, chances of waking up neighbors with your late-night Taco Bell runs go way, way down. [Thanks, Uncrate & Jeremy]