Buzzfeed recently reported on a curious feature that Google offers as a part of its Google Drive (formerly Google Docs) product.  Many spreadsheet jockeys have been known to start a series in the first two cells of a worksheet (e.g. Days Of The Week, Months of the Year, etc.) and use the autofill feature to [...]

If you missed the AF Easter show on Sunday and the XRT broadcast, no need to worry… we’ve got this Notable Show covered.  As always, you can download zipped, tracked, tagged and iTunes ready version at the link below.  Have a listen and see if it lived up to the considerable buzz (we think it [...]

Cornmeal on Chicago radio – and on WGN of all places ?!? The Do’s and Don’ts of Deadheads bridging the gap with Indie Rockers.  This was a hot topic in the blogosphere this week with The National announcing a GD tribute album featuring various artists.   Seattle weekly also weighs in. Coming to a box office [...]

The week kicked off with Arcade Fire taking home the Album of the Year Grammy, followed shortly by the outraged public demanding to know… Who the f#%$k is Arcade Fire? At least this gave us all the opportunity to see what Tawny Kitaen is up to these days (hint:  not proofreading).

Every Tuesday in January, The Barn will offer another feature about the incredible music and career of Talking Heads. 2010 was an incredible year for the music video.  From the Spike Jonze deliciousness of LCD Soundsystem’s “Drunk Girls” and his secret film project with Arcade Fire to wonderful tongue-in-cheek rave-ups like The Black Keys’ “Tighten [...]

As evangelists of rock in the ‘burbs, imagine our delight that one of most buzzed about albums of 2010 is Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs. Aside from being another standout set from a band that pushes some cool sonic buttons, its release was packaged with one of the most innovative “videos” ever created.  Entitled  “The Wilderness [...]