So I like to consider myself somewhat cultured (for short periods of time, at random intervals) so I attended an indie concert this past weekend. Of course the persuasion of one of my friends, who happens to be related to the lead singer, probably had something to do with this particular burst of “culture.”
Since I [...]

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A little late on the news side, but Indignant Funk Pharaoh is playing tonight at 550 Blues, Macon, Ga. I’m sure you haven’t heard of the band, but that’s because they’re new and they’re local. IFP is a funk/jazz/fusion band and all members of the band are fantastic musicians. If you’re wondering what they sound [...]

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As you all know (or should), we here at digivation love all things open and wonderful. And that makes me happy to note that while surfing the ‘net I ran across a new NIN remix CD, Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D (Year Zero Remixed). The album itself is actually quite enjoyable, but the most fantastic part of the deal [...]

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In the past I’ve written about David’s music (both his personal stuff and things he’s done with the Newtons). David, a true connoisseur of music, is both an artist and a producer, and as both, his music represents a continual evolution of sound. Dave’s first efforts at recording and producing a sound can be heard [...]

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I was browsing through a certain collection of songs that I recently “received” and after listening to all of them, I must say: the most retarded song of the day is A Bay Bay by Hurricane Chris.
Yes, you read that right. Not a misspelling. Despite the rather retarded name, it just so happens to be [...]

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Sorry to disappoint but the Newtons aren’t playing live anytime soon (not that I know of anyway). Fortunately I do happen to have this great set of live recordings (previously mentioned here) just waisting away on the server… so I figured I might as well share! This is the entire live concert (edited down to [...]

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In a recent conversation, it was brought to my attention that Apple has now become the third largest retailer of music, right behind Wal-Mart and Best Buy. This revelation displays the evolution of the distribution of music (and the whole cultural shift to the information age, but I’m not really here to talk [...]

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