Top 100 Albums of 2008!

With every list that deals with ranking, comes controversy. I'm pretty sure this one will be no exception. Now for the past couple of weeks I've been wondering all around SL, asking people in various clubs, stores and music groups about getting their top ten albums of 2008, I even extended the due date of the list by a week and managed to collect a good healthy top 100 list! Also I'm pretty proud to say that Carter III does not appear on this! So read, enjoy, discuss later around the water cooler.
Performance - Album Name

• 100. Sunspot Jonz - Never Surrender
• 99. Atlas Sound - Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel
• 98. Kate Nash - Made of Bricks
• 97. Amanda Palmer - Who Killed Amanda Palmer
• 96. Fujiya & Miyagi - Lightbulbs
• 95. Del Tha Funkee Homosapian - Eleventh Hour
• 94. The Magnetic Fields - Distortion
• 93. Eagles of Death Metal - Heart On
• 92. Damien Juardo - Caught in the Trees
• 91. Empire of The Sun - Walking On A Dream
• 90. Apes - Ghost Games
• 89. 88-Keys - The Death of Adam
• 88. Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold
• 87. Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree
• 86. Air France - No Way Down
• 85. Alias - Resurgam
• 84. Bon Iver - For Emma, Foreever Ago
• 83. Tilly and the Wall - O
• 82. Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
• 81. of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
• 80. Bomb the Bass - Future Chaos
• 79. The Curse of Company - Leo Magnets Joins A Gang
• 78. John Legend - Evolver
• 77. Battle Royale - Wake Up, Thunderbabe
• 76. Guilty Simpson - Ode to The Ghetto
• 75. Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls
• 74. Portishead - Third
• 73. Tindersticks - The Hungry Saw
• 72. Lenka - Lenka
• 71. Danny! - And I love H.E.R.: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
• 70. Ladytron - Velocifero
• 69. Cut Copy - In Ghost Color
• 68. Maps & Atlases - You and Me and The Mountain
• 67. Japanther - Skuffed Up My Huffy
• 66. Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs
• 65. Immortal Technique - The 3rd World
• 64. Shugo Tokumura - Exit
• 63. Albert Hammons Jr. - Como Te Llama?
• 62. No Age - Nouns
• 61. Duffy - Rockferry
• 60. Mercury Rev - Snowflake Midnight
• 59. Plushgun - Plushgun
• 58. Ne-Yo - Year of the Gentleman
• 57. Semi Precious Weapons - We Love You
• 56. The Grouch - Show You the World
• 55. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
• 54. Kings of Leon - Only by the Night
• 53. Bloc Party - Intimacy
• 52. Jim Noir - Jim Noir
• 51. The Gutter Twins - Saturnalia
• 50. Does It Offend You Yeah? - You Have No Idea What You're Geting Yourself Into
• 49. Black Francis - Svn Fngrs
• 48. Murs - Murs For President
• 47. Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules and Love Affair
• 46. Cassettes Won't Listen - Large Radio
• 45. Joan of Arc - Boo Human
• 44. Wolf Parade - At Mt. Zooomer
• 43. Q-Tip - The Renaissance
• 42. Tokyo Police Club - Elephant Shell
• 41. Kill - Midnight Boom
• 40. Alesana - Where Myth Fade to Legend
• 39. Dengue Fever - Venus on Earth
• 38. Adele - 19
• 37. Sebastian Tellier - Sexuality
• 36. History Invades - Companglomammoth
• 35. The Raveonettes - Lust Lust Lust
• 34. Foals - Antidotes
• 33. WHY? - Alopecia
• 32. Deerhunter - Microcastle
• 31. Innerpartysystem - Innerpartysystem
• 30. Bun B - Il Trill
• 29. City of Ships - Live Free or Don't Tour
• 28. Cloud Cult - Feel Good Ghost
• 27. Late of the Pier - Fantasy Black Channel
• 26. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
• 25. The Cool Kids - The Bake Sale
• 24. Sigur Ros - Med Sud
• 23. The Roots - Rising Down
• 22. Hot Chip - Made in the Dark
• 21. Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna
• 20. The Black Kids - Partie Trumatic
• 19. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah: Part 1 (4th World War)
• 18. Super Furry Animals - Hey Venus
• 17. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colors
• 16. Cansei de Ser Sexy - Donkey
• 15. T.I. - Paper Trail
• 14. School of Seven Bells - Alpinisms
• 13. The Killers - Day & Age
• 12. Common - Universal Mind Control
• 11. Lady Gaga - The Fame
• 10. Glasvegas - Glasvegas
• 9. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
• 8. Lykke Li - Youth Novels
• 7. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
• 6. Crystal Castle - Crystal Castle
• 5. M83 - Saturdays=Youth
• 4. TV on the Radio - Dear Science
• 3. Los Compesinos! - Hold on Now, Youngers...
• 2. Kanye West - 808 & Heartbreak
• 1. Santogold - Santogold

Now if this list has offended you in to the point where your really angry and want to fight me, you can meet me in front of the "Moonrise Cabaret" in Suffugium at 5 O'clock, bring your posse, and we can brawl... but if this list has pleased you in ways you didn't think was possible, please meet me inside of the "Moonrise Cabaret"in Suffugium at 5 O'clock, we'll laugh, sing, dance, and just have a good ol' time!

Busted our cherry

To celebrate Meta's installation in the *69 Art Lounge - Uzamaki - The Purgatory Lounge, Robin put together a party with DJ Niko Lyle. Beautiful people came, laughed, complained about lag, praised Meta's art, acted the fool and danced their bunz off. Sounds like good times to me! :D Thank you again to everyone who came and celebrated with us! xxx

A few pics from the scene last night:

RobinLynne Raymaker, Dul Machin (in the background, Guinevere Kirschner, xSaraho Mornington, Pris)


xSaraho Mornington (*69 Artist/Bartender)& Guinevere Kirshner (*69 Go-Go Dancer)


Pris


Newdoll Nikolaidis, Enigma Bombay, Pris


Beatrix Heinrichs & Kasabian Beck



Niko Lyle


Orlanda Cortes (artist Meta Constantine sitting in the black chair)

Meta Contantine: Now through Dec 30

After a somewhat hectic Holiday Season come enjoy the stark contrast and duality of Meta Constantine's installation in the *69 Art Lounge: Uzamaki - The Purgatory Lounge.

This Saturday, Dec 27th from 10pm-12am, SLT, slip into some easy down-tempo grooves and lush vibes as DJ Niko Lyle spins us into the crimson severity and azure transcendental environs of the human spirit.

Come dressed cool, loungey and with an open mind towards the existential.

You'll find Meta to be a gracious and savvy host. :)

SLurl:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Spidermouse/13/12/108/?title=*69&msg=*69%20@%20Computer%20Club%20Records

Definitely naughty

Yesterday I had the privilege of taking part in an impromptu photo shoot with crazy-wonderful photographer Penelope Sideshow. Here are a few pics from the shoot, but her body of work is on her Flickr photostream so please check it out at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/penelopesideshow/.

UPDATE: We are so excited to announce that Penelope will have a show in the *69 Art Lounge, Feb 17-Mar 3.

Checking It Twice, photo by Penelope Sideshow, with Electric Emmons, Pasta Vendetta, Dizzy and Pris Telling


Naughty or Nice #20, photo by Penelope Sideshow, with Electric Emmons and Pris Telling


You Stole My Heart, photo by Penelope Sideshow, with Electric Emmons and Pris Telling

First featured artist at *69 Lounge (@ CCR)

Pillow forts! Candyland! Roseanne's sofa?? WTH?

xSaraho Mornington's fun furniture designs are the very first featured work in the *69 Lounge in the new Computer Club Records location:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Spidermouse/12/38/114/?title=*69%20Art%20Lounge

Computer Club Records, open for business!

After a few months of off-and-on work, we finally launched our first official storefront! CLICK HERE to TP to the store, for a look. You might be wondering - "What the hell is in your store??" To answer, we have 3 categories of products available.

1. CCR Second Life Singles Series
-For 150L you and your avatar walk away with an mp3, digital t-shirt and poster, note from the band, digital artwork for display in-world, and lyrics. We've launched the series with singles from 4 artists:
001 - Gileah and the Ghost Train - "The Satellite"
002 - With Hatchet, Pike & Gun - "The Hands"
003 - City of Ships - "Night Vision"
004 - X-AM - "As Love Permeates the Air"



2. A few select releases from our back catalog. Right now we have about 10 up, and even 2 new releases (The Onslaught Dynamo/Coyote Throat split & the X-AM "is in love" record). Prices vary depending on the release, and all come with digital artwork for display in-world.



3. T-Shirts designed by me (Roland). The designs are fairly juvenile and fun, and are super cheap at only 25 Lindens a pop. They even come with 2 free song downloads, just for the heck of it.




As of today, I just put up a new section for freebies. Thus far, for the price of 0 Lindens, you can nab:
-a 13-track sampler of Computer Club artists present & past
-a slew of digital Computer Club T-shirts in varying colors and cuts

And soon I'll even have a section for nerdy gestures. Righteous. Now where's my pocket protector?

-Roland

Computer Club Records Pics

Some photos of Roland's fab new store in Spidermouse.

Computer Club Records in Open!

Roland Thursday is pleased to announce that the SL store for his RL record label, Computer Club Records ( computerclubrecords.com), is finally open! Computer Club Records has MP3s and clothes and soon will be hosting in-store parties!

Roland will still be adding content bit by bit, but feel free to drop in and give him some feedback; he checks IMs and notecards frequently, so drop him a line anytime!

SLurl:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Spidermouse/151/16/108/?title=Computer%20Club%20Records

*69 Artists Added to IndieSpectrumRadio Playlists

Thank you Fox Reinsch @ IndieSpectrum for including Mathew Halpern, Sseeaa and Maht Wuyts in your rotation!

Visit: http://www.indiespectrum.com
Stream url: http://81.169.149.182:8016

You can request hearing these artists directly from these pages:

Mathew Halpern: http://www.indiespectrum.com/playlistM.html
Sseeaa (listed as his project "Incubator"): http://www.indiespectrum.com/playlistI.html
Maht Wuyts: Update tomorrow, TBA

IndieSpectrum Radio is currently playing and promoting SL Indie musicians 24/7 across Second Life and the World Wide Web.

IndieSpectrum Radio only plays independent musician's original work that they have provided to the station with permission. If you are a musician and have your own music, contact Fox Reinsch inworld or visit http://www.indiespectrum.com.

*69 Artists Now on Virtual Indie Radio

Tune in to Virtual Independent Radio (VIR) to hear:

Mathew Halpern: http://www.myspace.com/mathewhalpern
SSeeaa: http://www.myspace.com/sseeaamusic
Maht: http://moontopples.blogspot.com

http://www.VirtualIndieRadio.com
http://38.96.148.43:9240

Virtual Independent Radio

Rad new station called Virtual Indie Radio, visit the web site at: http://www.VirtualIndieRadio.com (musicians can submit their musics to the site here!).

To play the station on your SL land, cut and paste the following URL into your land media settings or enter it into your stream radio: http://38.96.148.43:9240

Hope you enjoy the new station!

Inworld, IM Zed Essex with questions.

What the hell is *69?

*69 is a Second Life collective of indie artists...DJs, musicians and designers. The Party Line -*69 will announce special music events in Second Life (isl) and in Real Life (irl).

Musicians and DJs connect, learn and play through a network of sl artists in *69. Anyone can discover new music and know about the best special events through *69; parties on Saint Clare Island, Computer Club Records (hot clothes and indie musics), The Osprey, Virtual Independent Radio, rl events, and random hot messes.

Inworld, IM Pris Telling with questions about *69
Offworld, e-mail Pris @ pristelling@gmail.com