LINKS: GIVE US THE SOUND

The LOL DJs site and the Rapture remix (which I heard about before the Fluxblog post, but which Matthew does an excellent job of explaining) are both totally amazing.

• Moustache rage man has close shave | Metro.co.uk
  A man with a mighty, ten-inch, dandyish moustache has promised a court that he will shave it off, after pleading guilty to assaulting a boy who teased him about it.
  
  
• LOL DJs
  WE PLAY OTHER PEOPELZ MUSIC!!!1
  
  
• BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iraq war source's name revealed
  A US TV network has revealed the name of "Curveball" - an Iraqi man whose information was central to the US government's argument to invade Iraq.
  
  
• Daft Punk at Vegoose (Play)
  The only notation I have from the Daft Punk show last night is in this illegible scribble – we were all pretty much bouncing as one as I was trying to write it. It reads, "I am the Brainwasher."
  
  
• Take your pick with 4 burrito joints - Minnesota Daily
  In 1998, the first Chipotle in Minnesota opened in Stadium Village and for four years, it monopolized the on-campus burrito market.
  
  
• Pitchfork Forkcast: On Repeat: When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth: "It's Not the Heat, It's the Humidity" [Video]
  hilarious video
  
  
• Nine Inch Nails Frontman Was a Member of OiNK | TorrentFreak
  Following the bust of the OiNK BitTorrent tracker, most of its 180,000 members are keeping their heads down and trying to stay inconspicuous. However, Trent Reznor, frontman of Nine Inch Nails isn't worried: "I had an account there" he said.
  
  
• Playgroup and Alter Ego: Kings of Electro: Pitchfork Record Review
  A 2xCD compilation mixed by Playgroup (former Output Records owner Trevor Jackson) and Alter Ego pauses to consider what we mean when we speak of "electro."
  
  
• The Glass: Couples Therapy EP: Pitchfork Record Review
  New York dance-rock outfit returns with a jittery, sullen seven-track EP that sort of rocks and doesn't really dance.
  
  
• Hot Chip - I Became A Volunteer
  Sign up here for a free MP3 of "I became a volunteer".
  
  
• The Captain, Drop the Lime, Star Eyes Live @ mr. BLACK
  Bringing the beats from Brooklyn, The Captain joins Trouble & Bass DJs Drop the Lime and Star Eyes for DJs are not Rockstars at mr. BLACK. Recorded live 7-17-07.
  
  
• Calvin Harris: I Created Disco: Pitchfork Record Review
  Calvin Harris didn't create disco, duh. He didn't create electro-house, either, but in a year full of cranked synths, proud hedonism, and Daft Punk shows, the UK music-buying public has decided to befriend the Scottish producer and singer-songwriter.
  
  
• Pitchfork Feature: Interview: Sally Shapiro
  The reports of Sally Shapiro's shyness may have been slightly exaggerated. Pitchfork phoned up the elusive chanteuse recently to chat about the dazzling Disco Romance, her producer Johan Agebjörn, and the act's origins and unlikely success.
  
  
• TAPEd Conversation: Rune Lindbaek (Noid / Paper)
  He might not be as widely-acclaimed as Prins Thomas, Hans-Peter Lindstrom or Terje Olsen, but Oslo's Rune Lindbaek has been every bit as influential on the city's cosmic/dub disco scene… if not more so.
  
  
• FLUXBLOG: Go Through Last Year's Trash And Give Us Some More
  The Rapture "The Sound (Ben Trucker's Back To 95 Mix)"
  
  
• Vitalic: V Live: Pitchfork Record Review
  Despite one album to his name, the easy availability of free mp3 bootlegs of DJ sets, and the relatively greater rewards of mixes, Pascal Arbez has decided to issue a live CD.
  
  
• macosxhints.com - 10.4: Easily add the date to the menubar
  Want to see the date in the menubar, as seen at right? Start by opening the International Preferences panel, and clicking the Formats tab.
  
  
• Sasha Frere-Jones: That's All, Folks
  I wrote a piece about race and indie rock that ran in the magazine a couple weeks ago. Perhaps you read it.
  
  
• brooklynvegan: Amy Winehouse - this year's hottest Halloween costume?
  Amy Winehouse is one of this year's hottest Halloween costumes - possibly now even more popular than the Bride of Frankenstein (a long-time monster party staple).