My Name is Con and These Are My Picks
What is the best blog on the planet for all your electro/dance/disco-punk/freakout/etc needs? That is an easy question. It is CON’S PICKS.
VISIT CON’S PICKS.
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An MP3 Found on Con’s Picks: 25 Hours a Day: Mother Afrika
Jeff Tweedy’s Son Has a Blog

This is a week or two old, but it turns out Jeff Tweedy’s son has a blog and it is pretty darn good.
In other Wilco news, they will be releasing a live dvd entitled Ashes of American Flags this February or March.
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Hunting For Vinyl

If you are a fan of Vinyl, you probably have probably spent a considerable amount of time trying to find the best record store in your city to fit your tastes. Some stores might only carry multiple copies of Bing Crosby Christmas records while another might only specialize in DJ orientated artists. It is definitely hit or miss, but thankfully a website has taken the time to break down the locations of record stores in multiple cities, allowing you to explore and find the best store to fit your tastes.
Wax.fm, a site dedicated to vinyl, has mapped out the location of various record stores in the top 50 populous cities across the US.
Creed “Google Bombed” as Worst Band in the World

Guess what shows up when you enter “worst band in the world” into google? No, Nickleback DOES NOT show up. The greatest Christian rock band of the late 90’s does, CREED. Go ahead and give it a try.
Fun Fact: Kevin Barnes from Of Montreal was in a band in the 8th grade with Mark Tremonti of Creed. It is safe to say they both went their separate paths….
John Lennon: Rolling Stone Interview ‘71

Quite a long read but well worth it.
I know we developed our own style but we still in a way parodied American music … this is interesting: in the early days in England, all the groups were like Elvis and a backing group, and the Beatles deliberately didn’t move like Elvis. That was our policy because we found it stupid and bullshit. Then Mick Jagger came out and resurrected “bullshit movement,” wiggling your arse. So then people began to say the Beatles were passé because they don’t move. But we did it as a conscious move.
When we were younger, we used to move, we used to jump around and do all the things they’re doing now, like going on stage with toilet seats and shitting and pissing. That’s what we were doing in Hamburg and smashing things up. It wasn’t a thing that Pete Townshend worked out, it is something that you do when you play six or seven hours. There is nothing else to do: you smash the place up, and you insult everybody. But we were groomed and we dropped all of that and whatever it was that we started off talking about, which was what singing … what was it? What was the beginning of that?
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MP3: The Rolling Stones: Jumping Jack Flash (With John Lennon’s intro) From Rock and Roll Circus
Loud’n Clear
So I have a confession to make. I made my first impulse infomercial purchase of my life today. I was watching some TV and the most amazing infomercial I have ever seen in my life came on.
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After watching I immediately picked up my computer and went to www.getloudandclear.com/ and ordered my very own Loud’N Clear.
My logic for making this purchase is the following:
1. This has to be the greatest infomercial I have ever seen and I need to support it. I was cracking up. My favorite segments are the grandma playing bingo, the suburban lady who overhears her neighbors talk about her new car purchase and the guy in the bar who overhears two chicks saying he is cute. “OMG, Tammy, that guy over there is so cute!!!” “Yea, Darcy, I know!!! Totally!!! And that fucking headset he is wearing soooo turns me on!!!” Give it 3 months and 30% of guys in bars will be wearing headsets.
2. I had genuine curiosity to see if this thing actually works. Don’t be surprised if you see me in the park with my Loud’N Clear headset on, attempting to eavesdrop on peoples conversations. I will most likely be hiding behind a tree. I think it will also be fun to pretend I am in a deep conversation on my bluetooth headset when in reality I am spying on people.
In all seriousness, I really want to know if this works. And for $14.99, what do I have to lose? I mean, what else should you do when the economy is in the shitter? Thats right, get inspired by an infomercial to purchase a sound amplifying headset.














