NIN Release Garageband source to their new single - I should have blogged this a few days ago but I was underwhelmed by how it's Mac-only, so available to only a tiny fraction of potential remixers.

Adtunes.com - blog about music featured in commercials.

Studio A Build photoset - Pictures of Tod Maffin from I Love Radio's studio building project. Pretty interesting as I'm moving soon.

nintendo themes, a cappella - nintendo game themes done acappella.

Musipedia: The Open Music Encyclopedia - They're trying to develop a searchable melody database. I don't think anything kills the soul of a song like MIDI piano.

USB Controlled Disco Dance Floor - built by some MIT students, check out the video and photos. [via]

[01:01] <erik> very very soon it would seem that preleaking an album will be like a band leaving the stage before their encore [01:01] <erik> just totally expected, even though everyone can see it for what it is

Uncyclopedia on Air Guitar - the Uncyclopedia (it's like Wikipedia, but all lies) article on air guitar is worth a read. It could use some photos and demonstrations of technique however. [via]

Get Perpendicular - a zany Flash music video about storage from Hitachi.

The day I peed on Hootie's soap - the amazing story of a man who hates Hootie & the Blowfish.

Tuning Fork - reviews of Pitchfork reviews. Pretty fun.

Drum Triggers DIY - good instructions on how to build your own MIDI drum kit. [via]

My buddy JB put together Indie Pop Cares a Lot, a free charity CD for people who donate to south-Asian tsunami relief. You send in a scan or photo of your donation receipt and you get a free CD of totally independent artists -- pretty rad. There was going to be some Brad Sucks on there but I 100% totally flaked + multiple ball droppings. My apologies to south Asia.

la Pate a Son - rearrange the machine to generate music. A lot of fun.

Popstrology: What's Your Sign? - Apparently I was born in the year of Rod Stewart.

Brain interface for music - 'a "brain cap" that recognizes musical ideas in the minds of composers'. Guess I'll have to lay off the liquor if I want to rock this thing.

What happens to my recording when it's played on the radio? - an interesting de-mystification article on why songs sound different on the radio than they do on albums. [via]

Radio David Byrne - cool radio stream by David Byrne of songs he likes.

Songs in list format - Cypress Hill songs make great lists.

Yahoo! Creative Commons Search - seems like a pretty big deal for the Creative Commons. It pushes them more into the mainstream, which is exciting.