June 2008

Brad Sucks-Out of It

06.27.2008 by Mark Forman

One of my favorite Net musicians(someone relying mainly on the internet from the onset of their musical career) is Brad Sucks. Firstly, for cool music and commitment to open source ethics. He makes all of his files available under Creative Commons licensing for other musicians or anybody for that matter to play with and use [...]

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Hotel Rwanda

06.26.2008 by Mark Forman

I watched this movie on a local cable station last night. What a brilliant performance depicting a sad reality. In some ways like Schindler's List offering some rays of hope on a very dark day. I always liked Don Cheadle and feel this was the best and fullest performance I've seen him in. Don is [...]

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Music for music’s sake…

06.10.2008 by Mark Forman

Here is the latest podcast installment. I actually do a little shout out thingie to Evo Terra on his 50 something birthday-funny I used to be older than him, oh well! Feature 3 songs see what you think: Look Mexico-Crucial Collection Truckosaurus-Angels Sound Like Bottle Rockets The Charlatans-You Cross My Path That's all she wrote except for support the [...]

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Lights in the Sky

06.06.2008 by Mark Forman

Continuing to prove that he gets the Net-Trent and NIN offer this free EP featuring NIN and other members of the Lights in Sky tour: A Place to Bury Strangers, Does it Offend You,Yeah?, Crystal Castles and Deerhunter. Try it out and if you like it maybe go see them on tour this summer.

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Wire…

06.05.2008 by Mark Forman

I can't pimp this band hard enough. I was just telling a friend one of the greatest live shows I ever saw was Wire back in the heady punk/new wave years (late 70s early 80s). I actually saw them two nights back to back at different venues with different mitigating circumstances. The first night was [...]

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New Big in Asia Podcast

06.03.2008 by Mark Forman

Some of you already know of both my eclectic nature and the fact that I've been living in Asia for over 20 years. I'm doing Big In Asia as a means to offer more information on culture, news and business activities here in Asia through people that are here, from here or virtually here. Our [...]

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