Outside Lands is a 3-day annual music festival in Golden Gate Park. I haven’t been to it in a couple of years, but I’m hoping to make it this year. Here’s the lineup:

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Igor passed along this song a while ago and I’ve been meaning to post it. Listen:

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ9zeDd0mpg)

I know almost nothing about this song or the musicians, but I really enjoy it. Not knowing any French makes me appreciate this song in a completely different way from most music. I listened to some other performances of the same song, but haven’t enjoyed any of them as much as this.

This musical remix of Up is really enjoyable. I liked it even more the second time I listened to it.

(via daily dish)

Alicia Keys performed “Empire State of Mind Pt. II Broken Down” on The Colbert Report, and Stephen added in a rap about moving to suburbia. I think the song is really good, but Colbert’s addition makes it that much better:

Stephen’s dancing at the end is pretty awesome, too. Alicia Keys’ voice should not be manipulated by computers, she sounds much better here than in recording with Jay-Z.

Actual blogging coming back soon.. seriously

I’ve seen it on several blogs, but if you haven’t heard Susan Boyle sing yet, you should. If that doesn’t make you smile, I don’t know what will.

(youtube won’t let me embed the video for some reason)

This mashup is great:

Brubeck’s saxophone part works really well and adds a light layer atop one of my favorite Radiohead songs.

via waxy

The best way to summarize it would be an a-capella John Williams medley with Star Wars lyrics, with all the singing by the same person… it’s quite amazing.

On Friday, I saw Radiohead in Golden Gate park. The event was filled with trials and tribulations, but the music was awesome, I heartily recommend seeing them live if you ever have the chance.

I won’t go through the play-by-play for the whole story, as it’s quite a bit to type out, but here are a few notes:
- Unfortunately, I missed the first song because of a ticketing problem. Worse, the first song was 15 Step, which was really looking forward to hearing live.
- The ended with Everything in its Right Place, but with a faster beat and a driving bass drum part. It was a really cool variation.
- They didn’t play Electioneering. More cowbell!

Radiohead’s probably my favorite band. According to last.fm, I’ve listened to almost twice as many Radiohead tracks as any other band in the last ~5 years. I also have more radiohead tracks (110) than tracks for any other band, so there’s a bit of bias in that number, but whatever.