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Friday, September 30, 2011

Free $2 Amazon Mp3 credit till the end of the day.

Amazon is offering a $2 Mp3 credit when you enter the code FALLMP3S.  You need to use your credit by the end of the day.  May I suggest one of the two dollar classical albums: 99 Must-have Classic Gold, 50 Must-have Strauss Family Masterpieces, or this two hour Beethoven opera, Fidelio.

And while we are on the topic of Amazon classical albums, here is some hilarious cover art:
Maybe someone can explain to me why the production team went with the ass-cello but then played it safe with 66 songs rather than the more obvious choice?

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Drive's 80s Branding




Drive made me think of an 80s branded Ghost Dog.  Instead of  Rza jams, we get vocoder and 80s synth plugins.  The movie was fantastic--it had great atmospherics.  Check out this sweet font that overlaid a beautiful nighttime aerial  shot of Los Angeles during the title sequence, made even more excellent by the Kavinsky vocoder soundtrack: