Chris Boyd
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2011 was certainly an interesting year for me: personally, professionally, politically, emotionally, the whole spectrum. In almost all areas, it began with peril, and ended with triumph. But I guess that’s kindof the way I like it.
Gothamist reports that some amazingly talented people calling themselves Girl Walk are releasing an epic music video connected to Girl Talk. It chronicles one girl’s misadventures throughout one day in New York City, all choreographed to Girl Talk’s 2010 release All Day.
Nike+ and Spotify users rejoice: You can definitely use Spotify as your music player while doing a Nike+ run. I discovered this last night out of necessity, I was trying to run to a playlist I’d created on Spotify earlier in the day, but every time I started the run, Nike+ would take over and get all commandeering about the music.
My dad has this theory about how music repeats itself every 20 years. For the most part, I have to agree with him. The 90′s brought echoes of Led Zeppelin and The Doors. With the Aughts came slivers of inspiration from The Cars, New Order, and a myriad of one-hit-wonders.
Of all the places on Earth I could think to be on Halloween weekend, none of them seem like they could ever quite compare to my beloved New Orleans. The place is spooky, weird, and haunted on any given day, and on Halloween it all just goes into overdrive.
Today we’re going to delve into using the awesome NSOperationQueue method. You’re going to want to sit down for this, because it’s going to blow your mind. You can follow along with the demo project on Github, or build your own step by step.
Being from Louisiana, I have a certain affinity for hip hop and rap. It’s a part of our culture, like Cajun food or Mardi Gras. Even if there’s a track I’m not necessarily familiar with or wouldn’t purchase myself, I can appreciate the modern day poetry and lyrical craftsmanship that goes into it. Rhyming is hard, rhyming fast is even harder. Rhyming well, even harder. Anyone that can do that and keep a crowd entertained at the same time gets my vote.
Hailing from Brooklyn, Bear Hands weave together stories of various quirky miscreants: thieves, scorned lovers, serial killers, determined underdogs, just to name a few.
L.A.’s Health released a cover of Pictureplane’s “Goth Star” today. It’s a great end of summer track, with a super-catchy Fleetwood Mac sample. If this is any indication of what they’ve got baking for their next album, I’m pumped.
