Paul Slocum is an artist and musician from Texas who combines art and digital culture with a supremely punk attitude.
His newest work is on display at Dunn and Brown Contemporary in Dallas and is made up of a vintage (euphemism for “garage sale”) amplifier hooked up to a laptop running software of his own [...]

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OK, so you’re on a long road trip, you’ve played the entire playlist in your ipod all the way through four times already and you never splurged for satellite radio. What are you supposed to listen to?
Well, if you’re travelling in Japan (see below for California update) all you need to do is [...]

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Sometimes turning an amp up to eleven simply doesn’t cut it. If you’re looking for something to point back at those cars that drive by your house with the bass cranked, this speaker (which is likely the loudest speaker in the world) might just do the trick for you.
The "Was 3000", made by Wyle [...]

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Don’t feel like dealing with the crowds, $8 beer, long lines, some idiot in front of you and crappy seats?  Why not just bring the concert to your home!
These 1400W speakers made by Professional Home Cinema are made to "produce concert-level sound in the home"…  Really.

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The number of musical instruments available on the iPhone has increased dramatically since Apple released their SDK for developers (watch this blog for a iphone instrument roundup soon!). Before this, most virtual instruments could only be run on a Jailbroken iPhone.
The complexity of some of these new instruments (like the amazing soon-to-be released [...]

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An oldie but a goodie…
A man is driving down the road and breaks down near a monastery. He goes to the monastery, knocks on the door, and says, “My car broke down. Do you think I could stay the night?”
The monks graciously accept him, feed him dinner, even fix his car. As the man tries [...]

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Paul Mawhinney was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA.  Over the years he has amassed what has become the world’s largest record collection. Due to advancing age, financial issues, health issues and a struggling record industry Paul has been forced to sell his collection…. AGAIN.

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A new study seems to move further towards proving the notion that your taste in music says a lot about who you are and what your personality is like.  Adrian North, a professor at Scotland’s Heriot-Watt University has studied the link between peoples’ personalities and their choice of music.

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