Ok, I finally was able to purchase the domain (struggleville.com) and got to lose the unwieldy struggleville.blogs.com URL, so I guess I need to do some more blogging....I will work on that. I also want o move this whole thing over to Wordpress, but that will have to wait for now.
struggleville
music, movies and culture blah, blah, blog by Tim Poundstone
February 16, 2010
May 20, 2009
Iron and Wine - Love Vigilantes (New Order cover)
Here's the web exclusive video from the Jimmy Fallon show, Tuesday May 19th 2009.
All videos have been pulled except for Hulu...may apologies in advance for the pre-roll ad.
March 21, 2009
Twitter me up!
OK...not much blogging here...
But plenty of simliar links and music to be found on my twitter and blip.fm feeds. Follow/listen here...
February 25, 2009
Become a DJ over at blip.fm
You can find me "blipping" some favorite tunes now "twitter style" over at blip.fm (these also post to my twitter account. You can follow me @timpoundstone.
January 26, 2009
January 07, 2009
Quicklinks - January 7, 2007
Bon Iver has a new EP out entitled Blood Bank. If you have not listened to Bon Iver's To Emma, Forever Ago yet I highly recommend it. Fans of Fleet Foxes or older Iron and Wine should really enjoy it. For an introduction you can read more and listen to a brief NPR interview (it includes a short sample of my favorite song Blindsided)...HERE
A very interesting and different game called Auditorium is definitely worth a look (and listen) and a few minutes of your time. It is a hard to describe physics based puzzle game involving particles of light and a rich integrated audio experience. It is currently in beta so there are only 15 levels, but there is plenty of challege to be had in just those few levels.
November 27, 2008
Lunascape Test
I recently downloaded and tested the new Lunascape browser. Lunascape promises great flexibility and compatibility by running all three major browser engines (IE, Firefox (Gecko) Safari/Chrome(Webkit)). It is still in alpha so bugs are to be expected...
That being said it would not properly render almost any page that contained a login (at least that seemed to be the common theme.) It also caused all three browsers to become very slow to respond and eventually caused my whole PC to come to grinding halt. It runs some processes in the background and I did not test performance with these processes removed. No time/patience for that.
Uninstalled...let me know when this thing gets a lot more stable.
November 25, 2008
Quicklinks - Nov 25, 2008
Crazy Brick Stacking Exhibition...all in a day's work!
More Fleet Foxes...this one may be my favorite song on the newest CD...White Winter Hymnal
White Winter Hymnal on Vimeo.
Take Away Shows: Fleet Foxes
Well the long blog silence needs to be broken. So here's a cool video from one of my favorite bands this year...Fleet Foxes.
Fleet Foxes - A Take Away Show from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.
Also check out the other great music videos at La Blogotheque's Take Away Shows.
September 19, 2008
Quicklinks - September 19, 2008
You Tube: Spot on impersonation of Keith Olbermann - "Subway's Double Meat is a calculated farce"
Muxtape may still be down...but FavTape's recent relaunch has taken the idea and run with it in a big way...TechCrunch has the goods. Here is the mix I just created... Struggleville Mix 1
September 15, 2008
David Foster Wallace 1962 - 2008
I was very saddened by the news of his suicide this week. I can only hope that more people will take the time to read some of his wonderful prose in the wake of his death.
Harper's: In Memoriam
Rex's roundup over at Fimoculous.
September 08, 2008
August 24, 2008
Six Great Sources for Music on the Internet (...besides Pandora and Muxtape)
In the wake of the news of Pandora's probable and imminent demise and muxtape's RIAA related issues you may be looking for some good music news.
Well here are six sites that I've either recently discovered, have recently improved or continue to deliver as promised.
Deezer - French based site with a wealth of fully streamable CDs. Things are very hit and miss with many releases not available and some with only 1 to 4 songs available but a little patience pays off. High social factor as well.
Hype Machine - Long time MP3 blog aggregator has continued to improve interface and always has plenty of remixes and covers tough to track down elsewhere.
Songza - This site strips audio off youtube videos and allows you to save playlists in a unique but effective user interface.
Slacker - Despite the lackadaisical moniker, this site seems to be a real up and comer. Think customizable internet radio with a slick interface and mobility options. High profile mention in Paste magazine and tons of praise for its new hardware.
blip.fm - Twitter for music. 'Nuff said(?)
last.fm - I have complained about this site in the past and at times could not understand all the praise heaped upon it. But with recent additions of free full track streaming and a serious UI overhaul, last.fm is really starting to live up to the hype.
August 23, 2008
August 17, 2008
August 09, 2008
Opening Ceremonies
Amazing photos from Beijing of the Olympic opening Ceremonies.
August 03, 2008
Quicklinks - Aug 3, 2008
Faces of Evil - This one takes a bit of an explanation as these images are composite photographs. From the main site..."Between November, 2007 and March, 2008, we took photographs of over 350 people in Hamburg, Munich, Vienna, Dresden, Frankfurt, Berlin, Amsterdam, Moscow, Belgrade, London, Barcelona, Paris and Milan. From them emerged the thirteen FACES OF EVIL, assembled from faces of people of the same ethnic origin as the according dictators. For example, the portrait of Hitler consists of 37 people. His nose belongs to an estate agent from Berlin, his upper lip to a locksmith in Dresden. His hair is put together from the hair of an artist in Weiden and a painter in Bamberg. The chin..." (via Kottke)
August 02, 2008
Quicklinks Aug 2, 1008
Most influential Indie albums of the 80's and 90's--Looks pretty good. What's missing?
July 13, 2008
Quicklinks - July 13, 2008
Stunning and slightly vertigo inducing shot of buildings in the fog in Dubai from the Burj Dubai, the tallest structure on earth.
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