Chad of All Things

When I last bought a car, in 2003, satellite radio was all the rage. So much so, in fact, that the navigation system came pre-packaged with an XM Radio receiver. At that time, Sirius and XM were competitors in a fierce battle to get their receivers into the marketplace, primarily via factory-installation in new cars. [...]

A recent O’Reilly Radar post talks about how incoming college students prefer low-bitrate MP3s over uncompressed files more and more each year. There’s nothing more sonically frustrating to me than listening to the heavily distorted, washing-machine highs in a low-bitrate MP3. I’m (fortunately or unfortunately) pretty adept at noticing the tell-tale slush in cymbal hits [...]

I just discovered, via James, Lore, et al., an absolutely amazing set, titled “Thru-You,” of seven remixes/mashups by Israeli musician Kutiman, each composed of various edited YouTube videos. I’m in awe at how masterfully each remix is done. You simply have to see and hear it to believe it: http://thru-you.com/. Be sure to check out the [...]