Watercooler to the World

For those who don't pay attention to my tumblog

nobody@vox.com(W. B. Mook) — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:04:08 -0700

First, as a thank you for the Sterogum tip-off: there's also 3GB of music from SXSW for those who might have missed the post on Lifehacker. In other news a PMOG mission led me to the best food pr0n site ever. In the sense of food that gives you ...

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Vox Hunt: Makes Me Want To Cut A Rug

nobody@vox.com(W. B. Mook) — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:03:48 -0700

Video: Show us a video that makes you want to dance. As long as we're on the subject...

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Vox Hunt: Makes Me Want To Cut A Rug

nobody@vox.com(W. B. Mook) — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:38:42 -0700

Video: Show us a video that makes you want to dance. Apparently, HP wasn't paying attention. There. That should be annoying enough.

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Vox Hunt: Yes, I Listen To This

nobody@vox.com(W. B. Mook) — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:37:19 -0700

Audio: Share the most embarrassing song on your mp3 player. Watch out Dave, they're stealing your ideas! In a strangely unrelated note, I just realized that Fred Schneider and Clinton Kelly occupy more or less the same taxonomic space in my b...

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Vox Hunt: It Never Gets Old

nobody@vox.com(W. B. Mook) — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:49:55 -0700

Audio: Share a song you could listen to all day on repeat. I got this one from Six and I do listen to it just about every day. To make up for the posting of someone else's content, here's another monkey song that I didn't have for the Great Mon...

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QotD: Top 10 of 2007 - Music

nobody@vox.com(W. B. Mook) — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:14:17 -0700

What were your top 10 favorite songs or albums of 2007? I forgot there was an easy way to answer this. Ok, so it's not albums that came out this year, but this is what I listened to most in 2007. Albums OK Go – Oh No Modest Mouse – We Were ...

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I only publish this when it makes me look cool

nobody@vox.com(W. B. Mook) — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:44:08 -0700

– 1 The Decemberists 15 12 2 The New Pornographers 14 5 3 The Mars Volta 10 10 4 The Killers 9 – 4 Iron & Wine 9 – 4 The Fratellis ...

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QotD: Today's Musical Horoscope

nobody@vox.com(W. B. Mook) — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:47:34 -0700

What's your musical horoscope? (Put your player on shuffle and write down the first 10 songs that come up.) Sure, I'll bite on this. I'm 11 songs into my day, but I think I'll start with what's playing now. The House Wins - OK Go Cold Cold ...

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QotD: On Genres

nobody@vox.com(W. B. Mook) — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:48:42 -0700

Do you tend to like music in particular genres, or are your tastes all over the place? What are your most and least favorite musical genres? Sure, it's a slow day here, so I'll take a stab at this one. I definitely muddle about a lot more in s...

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Note to Self

nobody@vox.com(W. B. Mook) — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 13:59:51 -0700

Heard the tail end of the piece on this album on The World the other night and wanted to make sure I'd filed it away somewhere. We're currently counting down steps until I become Tim Robbins' world music douchebag character from High Fidelity b...

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