Beck Covers Nick

Three very nice Nick Drake covers from Beck.

Which Will
Parasite
Pink Moon

Thanks to Evan.

Crazy Diamond

Popmatters review of new Syd Barrett DVD. Syd, still living out his life in seclusion, turned 60 last month.


Photos of Syd 1974-2005

Syd Barrett's Wikipedia entry

From The Guardian - Writer, Tim Willis tracks him down and pieces together the story of rock's lost icon...

Upcoming Jean-Claude Van Damme Film Titles That Show a Lack of Imagination on the Part of the Director and Screenwriters

McSweeney's

Levels of Dream and Myth

Have a look at the beautiful photography of Brad Cole, who I discovered through Robert Rich. Both artists are well worth your attention, if you're a fan of texture and mystery.

Related: In addition to his music career, Robert Rich writes about food, wine and restaurants. Can I please have this guy's life?

The Value of Attention

Ever wondered how web-based companies plan to make money when all they do is provide things for free? Here's a very interesting interview with Esther Dyson, addressing the issue.

Related: awesome global map of Web 2.0 startups. Your ultimate source for brightly coloured, rounded logos.

Punk History

On this day in 1977, Wire played their first gig, opening for The Jam at The Roxy in London. From "Punk Diary 1970-1979" by George Gimarc, St. Martin's Press

Yeah, I'm a middle-aged punk. Sue me.

Kottke Free Ride Ends

Jason Kottke - well known within the tech/blogging community, has ended his "pay me for blogging" experiment after one year. In February 2005, he announced that his blog, kottke.org would become his full time job and readers were encouraged to donate "micropayments" to keep him afloat. He received just under $40,000 during his initial 3 week fund drive, but didn't seem to significantly improve the site (as he promised), despite having the time and resources. Today, he announced he's giving up on the subscription-based blog idea and moving on to other things. Kottke.org will continue, but simply as a zillion other blogs do - without donations.

I confess to visiting his site daily. His writing is generally OK and he strikes a pretty fair balance between nerd/non-nerd topics. The content was never however, worth paying for, considering the abundance of similar free blogs out there.

Over at Metafilter (another of my daily visit sites), he took a hammering.

John Foxx

Video for "Underpass" - a track from one of my all time favourite recordings, John Foxx's "Metamatic."

*I really wish these YouTube videos loaded faster.



Also - official site for "Cathedral Oceans" - Foxx's intriguing audio/video project.

Inside Google

Photo gallery of the Google environment. Among the employee perks: gourmet food and on-site hairstylists.

Points in Time

I know my show's not for everyone, but for those adventurous souls out there, I've put together a very quiet, atmospheric edition of Points in Time this week. Features 2 tracks from the wonderfully mysterious Dark Winter netlabel.