Nov 20, 2013
Spend enough time a concerts and this comic / chart from Virus Comix starts to look awfully familiar. Hopefully Phish fans can appreciate #12. But we're all #16 here, right?
Oct 9, 2013
It's always been pretty amazing to see just how much was documented about Beatles recording sessions. Now, the folks at Pop Chart Lab have managed to capture a great deal of info into a series of images that convey the contributions of each band members and the wide, and ever-growing sonic palliate that they employed...
Oct 3, 2013
I went all in for Spotify once it hit the U.S. and it's been nothing short of a dream come true. At this point, it'll be hard to pull me away, even though Thom Yorke calls the music industry's relationship to itthe last desperate fart of a dying corpse. I literally use it every...
Sep 26, 2013
John Coltrane's 87th birthday was celebrated this week, and with it came an incredible artifact published at openculture.com: his hand written notes from the recording of "A Love Supreme".Yes, the note at the bottom reads "All Paths Lead To God", a sentiment which is echoed in Coltrane's liner notes for the album. Openculture...
Sep 18, 2013
This isn't very scientific, or even very conclusive, but if you've ever suspected that Phish was getting better since their return from their breakup, here are some numbers and a visual, to support your theory. Based on ratings cultivated from Phish.net's user-submitted review database, the trend line does appear to be markedly moving up...
Aug 16, 2013
It's been way too long since I posted some new charts and graphs around here. Hoping to rectify that soon, but this post will do for now.Umphrey's McGee and STS9 kicked off their joint end-of-summer tour yesterday in Louisville and unveiled a pretty slick tour poster that looks like a 3-D Bar Chart. Very...
May 30, 2013
It's Bob Dylan's world, we're only living in it. With each passing year, I'm thrilled to see the tons of innovative tributes that pop up around his birthday. Here's a feature that belongs with the best.The folks at Slate have mined his Songbook for references to places and plotted each on on a map...
Apr 8, 2013
One of our most popular features in 2012 was the showcase of Victor Hertz's incredible rock related pictogram puzzles for The Beatles, Stones, Dylan and more. Meanwhile, the marketing department at Brooklyn Bowl had been hard at work on a smattering of music related puzzles of their own -- using them to promote ticket giveaways on...
Apr 1, 2013
Photoshopped Phish images are not exactly a rarity -- most are good for a quick smile and instantly discarded. But some are just magic -- worthy of filing away and sharing when most appropriate.Here's one that serves a dual purpose on this Opening Day and April Fool's Day. It works on so many levels....
Mar 27, 2013
Much thanks to @KernelForbin for putting this together. Here's his original spreadsheet, I formatted a little for display here.