Coldplay releases new Live CD... for free!

One of my favorite bands, all the way back when I first heard "Yellow" when I was in the UK, have decided to give away a 9-track free CD titled, "LeftRightLeftRightLeft". It'll be made available on their website starting on the morning of May 15th. If you're lucky enough to be attending one of their concerts this summer, make sure to grab your own copy of CD, ya know those silver discs that you use as coasters?



1. Glass of Water
2. 42
3. Clocks
4. Strawberry Swing
5. The Hardest Part/Postcards From Far Away
6. Viva La Vida
7. Death Will Never Conquer
8. Fix You
9. Death And All His Friends

"Fix You" is one of my favorite tunes and is wonderful as a live track.

Bonus: a few recent KCRW online shows featuring Patrick Watson and Ben Lee.

March Madness On Demand

I laugh at those studies about lost productivity during March Madness. CBS doesn't help with it's MMOD website that streams every single game live in "High-Quality" (and in lower varieties as well so you don't hog the office's bandwidth) that utilizes MS Silverlight which ruling out Chrome use, but is ok with Firefox, Safari and, of course, IE.


It isn't the full TV experience though. They switch to some no-name commentators for a separate half-time show feed and they don't let you flip to another game which it goes to commercials which is kinda annoying. But it does includes a "Boss Button" to switch off the broadcast to make it look like you're actually working.

I'm A Billionaire!

Not really, well only virtually. Those that know about HSX.com (and for those that don't: It's basically an online game that treats movie releases like the stock market), my portfolio has finally reached the 9-zeroes mark even though I've never managed to break into the career Top 500.


I started about 6.5 years ago with just $2 Million. Not sure what kind of ROI that is, but I'm pretty sure that it's even better than Apple stock. We were all over at a buddy's place getting ready to go see South Park: Bigger Longer and Uncut when we all signed up for it over the Canada Day long weekend.