Album of the Year Nominee: We Were Promised Jetpacks, "These Four Walls"

So good it hurts. Would the vocals be as good without the accent? Discuss.

Credit indierockcafe with this one.

These Four Walls - We Were Pro...

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Douglas Rushkoff Life Inc., Dispatch X: "Life on a Monopoly Board"

There seems not to be a dispatch IX.

Life Inc. Dispatch 10: Life on a Monopoly Board from Douglas Rushkoff on Vimeo.

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Album of the Year Nominee: Telekinesis, "Telekinesis!"

I'm sorry to say I've forgotten where I found this record. It was back in March, and I immediately started recommending it to people. It's breezy pop performed by a band with a lead singer who doubles as the drummer. That's just cool. Seriously, it's a combination of fun and feeling that's rare to come by. Enjoy.

Telekinesis! - Telekinesis

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Album of the Year Nominee: Freddy and Francine, "The Briar Patch"

Hat tip to KCRW's Today's Top Tune Podcast for this discovery. I bought it on Lala over a month ago and listened to it several times that first week. Then it sat quietly in the queue until this past week when, while driving to Santa Barbara and to San Diego with international pals, we all discovered that it's great road trip music.

Here's a video of the first track from the album, "Brownstone Alley" as performed by some dancers in Brooklyn.



It's simply excellent vocal music. The songs are simple and solid, and they're sung wonderfully. Here's the entire album:

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Rushkoff on Colbert Report

Here's last night's Colbert Report interview with Douglas Rushkoff. His answer to Colbert's first question is such a sledgehammer that it draws applause from the audience. Bang!

The Colbert Report	Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
Douglas Rushkoff
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Douglas Rushkoff Life Inc., Dispatch VIII

"The beauty and the horror of capitalism is that what it's here for is to make money by having money."

Life Inc. Dispatch 08: Capitalism, for Dummies from Douglas Rushkoff on Vimeo.

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Douglas Rushkoff Life Inc., Dispatch VII

"We can engage with one another in ways that have been systematically removed from the equation. We will make less money in the process, but we will also spend less money in the process. And I promise you it's more fun."

Life Inc. Dispatch 07: Less is More from Douglas Rushkoff on Vimeo.

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