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Glee pours its sugar over Michael Jackson’s Thriller next

What’s Glee’s next pop victim? Michael Jackson’s zombie dancing horde from Thriller. Let’s be honest, “The Rocky Horror Glee Show” was a bit of a bust, so Glee, you’ve really got to bang this one out. Here’s a first look. https://gizmodo.com/glee-defangs-rocky-horror-with-cuteness-5674837 We’ll be honest, the football uniforms give us hope. One of the problems with…

Television Meredith Woerner

McIntosh-Owning Audiophiles Probably Heard About This MCLK12 Clock Already

Audiophiles who don’t bat an eyelash at spending $7,500 on a McIntosh sound system inevitably purchased this wall clock before it even came out, but for we ear-challenged individuals, a few details regarding a $2,000 clock: https://gizmodo.com/60th-anniversary-mcintosh-mxa60-integrated-audio-system-5422704 Yes, that’s a McIntosh-branded glass faceplate that’s staring back at you, with the traditional dials swapped out for…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Life’s like a road that you travel on

With all the product announcements, press conferences, events and exhibits to cover at CES, we almost missed the most important item of the day. Almost. A meme has achieved perfection. [VideoGum via Twitter]

Tech News John Herrman

Time to go hunting for Fringe clues in your local record store

Want to know what’s coming next on Fringe? You might need to go to your local independent record store and delve into mad scientist Walter Bishop’s groovy musical tastes. The next episode of Fringe, airing Jan. 21, features Walter meeting his musical idol, Roscoe Joyce, who was the keyboard player in the 1970s band Violet…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Play Those iPad Apps Like a True Musician

Convinced you’re going to hit the bigtime with those music-creating apps you keep downloading? The StompBox works with iOS devices for foot-controlling effects like a proper pedalboard, whereas the mic stand puts the iPad’s sheet music right in front. At $100 / £70, you’ll be wanting to make sure you use the StompBox enough to…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Let Ke$ha explain the search for intelligent life on other planets

This is music video parody heaven, right here — a glitter-lipped songstress sings about the difficulties in finding life in the universe, in a spoof of Ke$ha’s “We R Who We R.” What rhymes with “prokaryote-ote-ote-otes”? [via Greg Laden]

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

How Did Apple Lure The Beatles to iTunes? Money. Heaps and Heaps of Money

Reuters claims the way Apple’s paying The Beatles’ royalties directly to them, and not their record label, is the first time Apple’s done so—suggesting Paul, Ringo, and John and George’s families are getting more cash because of it. https://gizmodo.com/the-beatles-are-now-on-itunes-5691238

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Sony’s HomeShare Shoots Wireless Music Across Your House

Sony’s got an answer to Apple’s (currently) vacant AirPlay music family—the HomeShare wireless audio system, which will beam music from your PC or iPhone to wireless speakers over your current Wi-Fi network. https://gizmodo.com/where-are-all-the-airplay-gadgets-5708690 The system will allow users to sling songs and streaming radio from a DLNA PC, new Sony iPod docking stations, or Bravia…

Tech News Sam Biddle

How Much Did LG Have to Pay Ennio Morricone to Make Their Ringtones?

When it comes to soundtracks, Ennio Morricone is virtually unmatched. Composing tunes for movies like The Good, The Bad And The Ugly, he’s earned the right to do whatever the hell he wants. And apparently, that includes composing LG ringtones. Morricone has been tapped to create 15 original ringtones, which will end up on LG’s…

Tech News Adrian Covert

A brief history of Daft Punk’s costumes

Daft Punk’s never been content to stay with one robotic bodysuit for too long, and here’s a visual history of their cyber-sartorial choices. You can see a massive version of this chart here. [Agent Raybans via Laughing Squid]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

This Video Cheered Me Up Today—In a Depressing Kind of Way

I’ve seen other kinetic typography animations in the past, but none of them were as good as this one and none of them were set to such a nice poppy happy tune: Jonathan Coulton’s Shop Vac. But while the music and visuals are fun, the lyrics… not so much. It was created with Illustrator, Photoshop,…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

This Year in Pop Music, According to DJ Earworm

The highly anticipated annual mashup of all the year’s poppiest songs is here: DJ Earworm’s United States of Pop. It’s a skillful collection of all the songs that you loved and loved to hate in 2010. [DJ Earworm]

Tech News Matt Toder

Lead Actress flees the Spider-Man musical

More trouble for Julie Taymor’s Spidey musical. Natalie Mendoza, who plays Arachne, and sings five numbers (including the title track), is leaving the production after suffering from a concussion last month. Will this inspire others to jump ship? [NY Times]

io9 Meredith Woerner

I’m Not Buying Any More CDs That Don’t Look Like Lunch Meat

Sorry Kanye, sorry Diddy, sorry Taylor, sorry Coldplay. Unless your next album looks like a perfectly packaged piece of delicious cured meat, like Shidlas’s Saliami Postmodern, I’m not biting. Sure there’s something lost when you download an album instead of buying a physical copy. There’s some ritual to sliding out the liner notes and appreciating…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

How To Train Your Dragon’s gorgeous music video tribute to Oscar-nominated tune “Sticks And Stones”

Presumably in response to their Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song, the filmmakers from How To Train Your Dragon have cut together a gorgeous dragon-heavy video for Sigur Ros frontman Jónsi’s movie track “Sticks and Stones.” It’s delightful. [via Slashfilm]

io9 Meredith Woerner

Download the Gorillaz’s New iPad-Only Album

Remember how the Gorillaz were recording their new album almost entirely on an iPad? Now you can download it for free! It sounds…somewhere between “good” and “like it was recorded on an iPad.” And here are the apps they used: https://gizmodo.com/gorillaz-next-album-was-created-on-ipad-5688442 Speak It! SoundyThingie Mugician Solo Synth Synth Funk Box Gliss AmpliTube Xenon iElectribe BS-16i…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

These Records Are Quite Colorful

James Blake released his CMYK EP on cyan, magenta, yellow colored and black vinyl. When you overlap the records, they form a nice little CMYK color model (the four inks used in some color printing). Makes for a beautiful mix. [Laughing Squid]

Tech News Casey Chan

A Cabinet Possessed by… Rhythm

Simple, but great: Each drawer in Nick Yulman’s song cabinet plays music, with the rhythm changing as you pull the drawer out further. By mixing up various drawers and rhythms, you can create a bajillion permutations of music. [ITP]

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Michael Moorcock, Epic Science Fiction Master and Hard Rocker

British sci-fi/fantasy writer Michael Moorcock, who turned 71 on Saturday, is well known for his Eternal Champion mythos stories. He’s also the rocker whose scifi lyrics drove some of the most iconic rock songs of the 1970s. Elric illustration by Chris Achilleos. Moorcock’s Eternal Champion short stories and novels chronicle the adventures of various heroes…

Books & Comics Phil Freeman

Cell Provider Cricket Will Include Unlimited Music Downloads in Future Service Plans

Cricket is a relatively small cellular service provider who hawk cheapish phones to customers without the hassle of contracts. Now they’re including a subscription-based music download service in their multimedia-centric plan, dubbed Muve. And it’s even backed by the major labels. The four big distributors: Warner, Sony, Universal and EMI are on board for Cricket’s…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Glee pours its sugar over Michael Jackson’s Thriller next

McIntosh-Owning Audiophiles Probably Heard About This MCLK12 Clock Already

Life’s like a road that you travel on

Time to go hunting for Fringe clues in your local record store

Play Those iPad Apps Like a True Musician

Let Ke$ha explain the search for intelligent life on other planets

How Did Apple Lure The Beatles to iTunes? Money. Heaps and Heaps of Money

Sony’s HomeShare Shoots Wireless Music Across Your House

How Much Did LG Have to Pay Ennio Morricone to Make Their Ringtones?

A brief history of Daft Punk’s costumes

This Video Cheered Me Up Today—In a Depressing Kind of Way

This Year in Pop Music, According to DJ Earworm

Lead Actress flees the Spider-Man musical

I’m Not Buying Any More CDs That Don’t Look Like Lunch Meat

How To Train Your Dragon’s gorgeous music video tribute to Oscar-nominated tune “Sticks And Stones”

Download the Gorillaz’s New iPad-Only Album

These Records Are Quite Colorful

A Cabinet Possessed by… Rhythm

Michael Moorcock, Epic Science Fiction Master and Hard Rocker

Cell Provider Cricket Will Include Unlimited Music Downloads in Future Service Plans

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