With a rundown of each slider.

Works very well.

Hit and miss, but still a good collection.

She's behind all of The Decemberists' album artwork.

Some great gallery pieces, especially the ocean camera.

A Japanese musician and composer's free anti-war MP3s.

Black vinyl cards that separate your CDs alphabetically. Want!

Headphones, how to position speakers, etc.

Incredibly awesome. Ahhh!

On the shaky relationship between music blogs and record companies.

New Sigur Rós side project. Ambient audio/visual projects. Awesome!!

A new song from the roof of a building in France.

Tracking the ubiquitous song.

"The Freesound Project is a collaborative database of Creative Commons licensed sounds. Freesound focuses only on sound, not songs."

Great training programs.

"The public domain music score library."

Secret recordings of intermissions. "It opens with an audience murmur and a clarinet flourish, then a few quiet whumps from a bass drum and a repeated glockenspiel note. A woman laughs. A man says, “Excuse me.” Snare-drum rolls swell..."

Great interview, including some song meanings.

A turning point.

Most of the Daytrotter sessions are fantastic, but this set of four tracks is absolutely amazing. (Here began my discovery of the genius that is Will Oldham.)

Transcendental at points.

Those who get to take this course are lucky indeed.

Jena Malone's music videos.

Yes, that Jena Malone (Donnie Darko, United States of Leland), now an actor-turned-musician.

Andrew Bird rules. "...he'll fuel his tour bus with vegetable oil-derived biodiesel, make all shows 'carbon neutral' with help from Native Energy, hawk eco-friendly merch, and even fill the green room with, well, green goods thanks to Stonyfield Farm."

"The Really, Really In-Depth Music Review Aggregator"

Free double album of experimental sound artists and musicians. An audio response to an exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, 2006-2007.

The true origins, and another interpretation.

"Home of the obscure and independent movie syncs." Dr. Eraser is "Dr. Strangelove" and Thom Yorke's "The Eraser." And "Yellow House" with "The City of Lost Children."

"...we got together with our favorite mash-up artist, team9, and concocted a Year In Review bastard pop mix featuring 2006's most notable ear candy. You'll hear blog faves mashed for the first time, and a bit of classic rock thrown in for good measure."