FerroFluids

Check out what this stuff actually is...

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History of Daylight Savings

Personally I think it was a dark day when we trusted the control of time to our government.

Here's a history of daylight savings time:

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Free UC Berkeley Podcasts

Here's something cool. Free Podcasts of various UC Berkeley courses are being offered online. Everything from Biology to Psych 160. Get in on the free higher education before the UC system figures out they can charge money for this stuff.

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Metasonix Scrotum Smasher

It's a fine day indeed when the maker of a guitar/keyboard stomp box promotes their product with the words "Now you can pound your own happy nutsack." God I want one of these. Check out the audio examples. Teabag your guitar!

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Leroy Jenkins

Lennon Invented The iPod

Japanese Cell Phone Charms

This again proves that the Japanese are better at pretty much everything. The world NEEDS cell phone charms.

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Tape Op Magazine

Craig and I have long been fans of Tape Op mag and if your interested in real DIY audio recording info/articles then this is the rag for you. And best of all it's free!

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Reason Defined

This simple chart pretty much sums it up.

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I watched "Jesus Camp" this weekend and while I didn't learn anything new, and was not particularly impressed, I was reminded how sad it is to stare into a intellectual vacuum, especially when children are involved. Pol Pot and Hitler knew the same things these Evangelical fucks know, and that is "get em while they are young".

The real sad thing is that none of these little guys and gals will know the joys of Playing World of Warcraft.

George Carlin

Epiphone 5 Watt. Ripping.

Looking for the Page "Whole Lotta Love" guitar tone? One of the misconceptions about Pages guitar tone is that he used huge amps, in fact many of his "biggest" tones were achieved with tiny amps.

Take this 5 watt Epiphone practice amp for example. A steal for $100 bucks or so. Plus this thing sure looks damn cool.

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Date Change

Looks like our first show will be in Berkeley as the date for the Club Moscow show has been changed to the 25th of April. Make a note. Inform your grandma. Tell your work you'll need the whole day off.

Gollum Is a Sexed Up Bitch

The Good, The Bad and The Queen

Damon Albarn continues to prove his might as one of this century's master pop craftsmen. This album is a creeper of melodic delights. Recommended!

Autopilot vs MBO

If you haven't checked out Air Kings Autopilot then your missing out on some audio goodness. This stuff works great at work, drug come downs, hell everywhere. What is it?

"Autopilot is Air King's generative audio software system which takes disparate audio elements from a LARGE custom sound pool and combines them in a random manner to create an infinite, ever changing, never-repeating landscape of sound."

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"Ratatouille" Test Animation

MBO Interview at Jim Dunlop Site

The nice folks over at Jim Dunlop say some kind things about MBO, and have even published a interview. Thanks guys!

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Your Bloody Well Right!

Finally getting the hogs 140b Wurlitzter fixed today. Brought it into a fine fellow who has a rather amazing vintage keys collections (Mellotrons and Orchestron's to name but a few) so Im excited. If you don't know the sound of these mighty beasts we use em all over our album and they are a mainstay of any Supertramp song. Oh joy! It simply impossible to go on stage with all digital/controllers, and I wont do it, especially when I have this amazing, beat to hell Wuri sitting around. Now all I have to do is buy the sustain pedal and get a case for the damn thing, which is an expensive proposition. Ah the joys of vintage gear.

Wolfgangs Vault

If your bored at work etc check out this amazing selection of various live recordings streamed for free.

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Apple DRM Free Future?

At least Jobs knows what people what: unmolested music. It's nice to hear him articulate his anti-DRM stance here, but one wonders if the labels will pay attention. My guess is they will only take heed when their suck ass bussiness models all come crashing down. Perhaps the death of Tower Records was not enough of a red flag? Fuck em.

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MBO Music Club: American Primitive Vol 2

This album is absolutly wonderful, amazing, jaw dropping. The more one listens, the more one is astounded.

"Revenants. Phantoms. Biographical ciphers who emerged from their anonymous
dark, made 78 rpm recordings, and were promptly swallowed up by darkness again. Yet their recordings have made an indelible place for themselves in our world by dint of their capacity to inspire wonder"

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MBO Live Dates

MBO will be playing our first live shows in the coming months with our good pals Oslo. Check them out here.

WOW Gay Bar

Even Microsoft Knows They Suck..This Was Made By Them