the listenerd

A delicious cake was baked for the grand occasion of the 10th anniversary of P. Diddy’s Bad Boy Records.

I don’t know what else to say on the matter.

Click through to the fabulous Cake Wrecks site to see further imagery.

I don’t believe I posted this one when it went up a couple months ago. The drummer has a beard.

He will never eclipse the cultural high-point of the “Crank That” dance at this rate. EVER.

*Royalties: Lyric Culture sells clothes with song lyrics on them, with the songwriters receiving royalties. Seriously, the twitter fortune cookie idea wasn’t that outrageous… [ypulse]

*Sap: A few months old, but a 33-minute NPR interview with the couple from the movie “Once.” [buzzsugar]

*Bands: Paste magazine takes a look at up-and-coming bands: Bon Iver, Wale. [pop candy] (Thanks for the dumb-ass interstitial ads when I try to go out the door Pop Candy!)

*Rich people: Forbes lists hip-hops richest moguls of 2008. [daily swarm]

*Local: Read the Reveille review of Bon Iver’s recent concert at First Ave: “I’ve been to sold-out shows at First Avenue before, but not like this one. Even in the back of the room, the fringes of the crowd were just as rapt and reverent as the ones at the front.” (At this rock club, they will shush you if you so much as rustle during a Low set.)

*Huh: Toby Keith is a Democrat.

*Off topic: Shoes that look like waffles. [neatorama]

*Olympics: Race Usain Bolt with your fingers. [jimray]

*You need to read about punctuation; or do I need to? (See what I did with the ; there?) (And the parentheses there?) And there! [coudal]

*Lady news: Tough times. Flight of the Conchords’ Jemaine Clement is now off the market. He got married. Best of luck in your future endeavours.

*Law: The RIAA pulls the plug on Muxtape.

*Apple: Overheating iPod Nanos (with sparks!) have Japanese officials investigating safety concerns.

*Consumerism: Complex rounds up its list of pointless hip-hop-endorsed products. Wait a second. I love Dirt McGirt Rap Snacks.

*Playing: Learn to play guitar the Music 2.0 way, with Songsterr, an application that combines music files with Flash video, allowing wannabe musicians to see and hear how to play. [techcrunch]

*Consumer electronics: Who would not want an MP3 player that looks like the Bird’s Nest stadium? [crave] Or, see the Bird’s Nest in Lego’s. [urlesque]

*Ringtones: A song that repeats the clever lyrics “Condom, Condom” is apparently all the rage among ringtone enthusiasts.

*For all your twitter following needs: A wiki of semi-famous people on twitter. (Patrick Wilson of Weezer?)

[music slut]

*Rules: The RIAA comes down on Muxtape. First, it’s Scrabulous; now this. It’s almost like stealing isn’t OK anymore.

*Prodigies: A 16-year-old Guitar Hero prodigy quits school to focus on his passion, playing Guitar Hero. Hilarious joke [REDACTED]. [ypulse]

*Old white guys: David Byrne and Brian Eno offer a full stream of their new record, “Everything That Happens Will Happen Today.” [listening post]

*Live: Crowdfire captures concert-goers’ live music experiences. Multi-media experiences uploaded by people who were there.

*Feuds: The Hold Steady thinks that Radiohead has lost their way. As far as beefs go, I will take Ice T vs. Soulja Boy over this half-assed bullshit any day.

*Politics: Largehearted Boy has a series of posts wherein writers and indie rockers explain Why Obama.

*Topless photos: Of Kanye West. The commenters are asking for sit-ups. Yeezy, I feel your pain.

*Off topic: Pornography that’s for Canadians, by Canadians. Canada’s first adult video channel offering significant (at least 50%!) homegrown content prepares to launch. [kate]

[videogum]

Also, a new Bloc Party record comes out on Thursday.

*TechCrunch suggests that Pandora may have to be sacrificed to the digital music gods. [techmeme] Or maybe Pandora just needs to get more social.

*Religion: The mother of Katy Perry (of “I Kissed a Girl” fame) is angry at her daughter for “promoting a sin.” [fark]

*Kanye: One Mr. Kanye West points your attention to this Santogold + Justice mashup.

*Family: The Allman Brothers is (are?) suing their label to try to get more money from sales through iTunes.

*Fuck beer: Order me a sensory cocktail. And let’s double down on the cigar mist. Please? I need it.

*Apology: I don’t have a lot of witty commentary here because I took a lot of sun today. And I mean a lot.

[clusterflock via gf]

*Internet radio: Pandora’s founder says we’re reaching “a last stand for webcasting.” [techmeme]

*Multi-platform: Harper’s Bazaar dresses the Ronsons up like the Royal Tenenaums. Dressing them up like the Osmonds also would have been good. [buzzfeed]

*Hip-hop: Underground hip-hop social network Goldmic has partnered with Spike Lee’s ad agency, SpikeDDB. What will they do together? I have no clue. [mashable]

*Sweden: The Wall Street Journal looks at Lykke Li and her debut album, “Youth Novels.” (You can also listen to clips if you want to, too.)

*I guess Madonna turned 50 today. I’m 33. Ugh.

*Unconvention: The New York Times writes up some local counter-programming that’s happening the week the Republican National Convention is in town.

[vvc]

*A very Bono links edition: Startling Moniker calls the ‘nerd’s attention to the fact that Bono has been playing his stereo loudly, allowing a nearby fan to record some new U2 tracks and leak them online.

*Online music: Silicon Alley Insider loves the free, legal music platform 8tracks. I haven’t been able to try it yet!

*Anthems: The New York Times collects music files of the national anthems of each of the countries that has won a gold medal so far in the 2008 Olympics. [kottke]

*Nostalgia: Wow, it’s been 20 years since Straight Outta Compton was released. This was one of the first cassettes I ever bought. And I’m pretty sure my purchase of it was “illegal” due to my tender age. Ice Cube talks to the L.A. Times about the album’s anniversary. [largehearted boy]

*Off topic: I am going to the zoo today.

*Sports: What is on United States Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps’ iPod? Lil Wayne and Eminem. I was expecting Leonard Cohen. [spinner]

*Accordions: You may have heard (a week or so ago on the listenerd) that accordion rock is back. Now you can find out one man’s Top 5 Accordion Rock songs. (Not mine.) [largehearted boy]

*Travel: If you are stuck on a layover in Paris at Charles de Gaulle (or Orly) airport, you can get dancing lessons for free. [coudal]

*Teenypop: The Jonas Brothers’ brand may be worth billions. [ypulse]

*Social music: TechCrunch questions whether Last.fm has enough juice to compete with Imeem. (Google Trends charts count as analysis?)

*Arrests: DMX has been arrested again. My professional opinion is that he is pathological. Maybe even crazier than R. Kelly. Or Jessica Simpson. [bossip]

*Collections: Free MP3 downloads pulled off of 78 RPM records. A lot of them. [s4xton]

*Transportation: Bikes pimped out with kick-ass speaker systems. You need to see these pics. [psfk]

*Off topic: You should consider listening to an audio outtake of an interview former Gawker editor Choire Sicha did with insane mindgrape scion Alec Baldwin. [videogum]