One of our most popular features in 2012 was the showcase of Victor Hertz’s incredible rock related pictogram puzzles for The Beatles, Stones, Dylan and more. Meanwhile, the marketing department at Brooklyn Bowl had been hard at work on a smattering of music related puzzles of their own — using them to promote ticket giveaways [...]

Photoshopped Phish images are not exactly a rarity — most are good for a quick smile and instantly discarded.  But some are just magic — worthy of filing away and sharing when most appropriate. Here’s one that serves a dual purpose on this Opening Day and April Fool’s Day.  It works on so many levels. [...]

Much thanks to @KernelForbin for putting this together. Here’s his original spreadsheet, I formatted a little for display here.

This was an interesting little visualization, courtesy of The Atlantic, which notes the top ten metro areas, ranked by number of bands originating from there who performed in officially listed showcases at the 2013 South By Southwest conference.  Chicago just edges into the top 10 with 36 bands. The second set of plots is equally [...]

With the NCAA tournament starting up again, the blogosphere has been lit up with brackets of all sorts and our corner of the music world is not immune.  I was intrigued with the drama and thrilling upsets last year’s tournaments, but there’s even more this March.  Here’s five jamband brackets, some thoughts on how last [...]

This is just so cool in so many ways. Let’s start at the beginning and work our way to the end… 1. Somebody identified what he considers to be the 100 most essential riffs of all time — spanning seven decades of rock history 2. This person can play every single one in a convincing [...]

To celebrate 55 years of Lego, the company created fifty-five posters depicting popular culture vis a vis the reliable, interlocking toy brick.  The complete list includes movies, stories and other elements, but I wanted to single out the nineteen music related ones here.  They cover the gamut from bands to albums to songs, mostly playing [...]

I recently finished Neil Young’s autobiography Waging Heavy Peace — and while I’ll save all my thoughts on that tome for another post, one of the things that did stand out was how much he values the friendships in his life, whether they be musical, business or otherwise.  At around the same time, I came [...]

Pop Chart Lab makes some of the coolest looking charts / prints / posters that I've seen.  Their design philosophy employs a simple, clean aesthetic.  I'm particularly happy to see their music-related efforts pop up every now and then.  Though this print doesn't feature an Irwin or Languedoc, there are pleny of iconic guitars (and [...]

One of the most fascinating things to observe as a huge music fan and somewhat “technology forward” individual is the shifting landscape of music consumption.  The vast physical musical collections that used to line my shelves were eventually digitized and stored locally, until finally much of the music I consume comes from the cloud. This [...]