Sam Westphalen's accoustic guitar percussion treatment of Michael Jackson's 1991 track "Black or White" in Australia's Institute of Music is rather unique. As Devour.com describes: "Westphalen gets the most out of his guitar to create his own, one-instrument band ..." If you're really in the mood for an amusing video definitely check out Sam's cover of MC Hammer's "U Can't Touch This." via DVR

The Birdman | a Jesse Auritt film https://vimeo.com/71501308 Profiling Rainbow Music and her shopowner: the "Birdman." There's not a lot of places like around anymore - and there's not a lot of businessmen like the Birdman left. Old school, baby. "With CDs, VHSs and old cassette tapes stacked head high, Rainbow Music is a hoarder's paradise. However, its quirky owner, known as 'The Birdman', knows exactly where everything is. Amidst the Starbucks and Subways popping up on every corner of the East Village, Rainbow Music maintains its mom and pop feel, and is a hidden gem to its patrons. Due...

It's pretty hard to argue the point that Radiohead is not the greatest progressive-art-rock group ever assembled. Here's an example why - A live performance of their track "The National Anthem" off of their 2000 album Kid A from back in '08 during a recorded "BBC Studios" live session. For all of the "techno-electro pop smoke, mirrors, bells & whistles" employed by Radiohead and their long-time producer and collaberat0r Nigel Goodrich in crafting any one of their LPs, they always seem to manage to sound just as good if not better when live.

So the other day whilst randomly going through some MP3s in my iTunes I had a revelation. As I arrived at the artists whose names begin with the letter "M" I came to my Michael Jackson collection. There they all were - all of his songs from both his Thriller and Off the Wall albums. Because I have OCD I also use the iTunes star-rating option, so every song I have is rated accordingly. Looking at the ratings I applied to each individual track I noticed something strange that had never made itself apparent to me before: As a collective...

Tell em' the truth and they call you a traitor Talk to em' honestly and they call you a hater ... Immortal Technique; "Eyes in the Sky" | DL The Martyr for free R.I.P. Israel Hernandez - Martyred this week by the murderous state of Florida.