Friday, September 4, 2009
Backwards Beekepers
The other day I came home to find a huge swarm of bees in front of my house, right by the curb. It turned out they were making a hive in the concrete box that contains our water meter. With 3 kids under 8, I wasn't thrilled about having a beehive in our front yard, so I contacted Backwards Beekeepers - a collective of urban beekeepers who believe in cultivating organic, wild honeybees using age-old techniques and no chemicals. I found out about these folks from Boingboing, and I'm really fascinated with what they do. They will remove bee colonies from one place, and transport them to a hive where they won't disturb people and their honey can be collected.
Anyway, I emailed the address on their blog, and a few days later I got a call from a beekeeper named Joseph. He came the next morning at sunrise, collected the bees and moved the hive to an agricultural area where the bees could be productive and live hassle-free.
I'm super into this! If I didn't have little kids, I might try keeping some bees and making organic honey. But for now I'll just enjoy following the group and their cool blog. The video above shows how they collect and transport a hive.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Free! Mudfoot Music 320k mp3s on Bandcamp
I'm trying out this new indie music service called Bandcamp, it allows you to offer free and/or paid downloads of your music in various formats. Right now I've got a couple of songs and an old DnB mixtape up there, and everything is free to download at 320k mp3 quality. Let me know what you think of the site, I'll be adding more songs and mixes soon and I will post the info here.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Mudfoot Meets the Dragon, part 1 - 1997 DnB/jungle mix
(Bonus points if you recognize the font, and no it's not actually a font.)
Monday, July 13, 2009
Bollywood Immigrant Song Mashup
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Brilliant Crowdsourced Music Video using Fans on Webcams
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Monday, June 29, 2009
Neil Young and Paul McCartney do "Day in the Life" live
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Unnecessary Tooth Zoom - Waaaaaaah!
HAARM: Healthy Americans Against Reforming Medicine
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
Isaac Hayes was Straight Up Gangsta
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
John Tesh is Awesome
Monday, January 12, 2009
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Happy Holidays from Diamond Dave
Call your friends and wish them well with these choice bits from the accapella of "Runnin With the Devil". You'll be glad you did!
I'm In a Dancing Mood
Just got back from vacation, and I'm feeling pretty good. Here's some sweet music for a sweet holiday season and an even sweeter New Year. Could be a rough one, but just remember, you don't need money to feel irie. Take it away, Delroy Wilson!
Friday, December 12, 2008
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Bizarre Skate Video - Beez
This is my kind of skate video - weird and wacky. Lots of innovative tricks, going for originality if not technical skill. Gotta give these guys credit for extreme creativity.
Friday, December 5, 2008
This is Why DJs Should Use RECORDS
This is what the world will look like if all DJs switch to using laptops. I don't want to live in THAT world.