Here is the video for "Andrew In Drag," the ultra-catchy new tune by The Magnetic Fields. From their website: "Claudia and Stephin rotate on a lazy Susan while Darrell Thorne and Stormy Leather transform themselves with lipstick and pomade." The…
Since my college days as a student radio host, I've been a sucker for good radio and it's inherent portability, particularly public radio, like National Public Radio (NPR), Public Radio International (PRI) and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Here's a…
The Djay app was one of the highest acclaimed apps of 2011. It turns your iPad into a full-on DJ system, accessing all the music and playlists from your Music library. The touchscreen interface and "ultra low–latency" come together to…
Since my college days as a student radio host, I've been a sucker for good radio and it's inherent portability, particularly public radio, like National Public Radio (NPR), Public Radio International (PRI) and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Here's a…
10 min. An introduction to my new weekly podcast named, oddly, The George Hahn Podcast. In this particular episode, I talk about how the idea started for the show, the website and where I want to take it. I'm really…
After ten years and three of my favorite albums ever, LCD Soundsystem played its last concert on April 2, 2011 in a four-hour extravaganza at Madison Square Garden ("...a marvel of pure craft" - New York magazine; "we may never…
Ah, Volume 4... This is a bit of an odd mix, but, as with all other volumes, I love every one of these songs. It is probably the first time Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue" was included in the same list…
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross tear it up again with the help of Karen O. on this cover of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" for their soundtrack of David Fincher's The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. In the usual smart style…
From the filmmaker's apt description on Vimeo: "At The Barbershop in Drexel, NC, the atmosphere is laid back, the conversation free, and the music a cut above the rest." Director Matt Morris created this terrific documentary short about the barbershop…
Last night, I caught the last show of The Manhattan Transfer's four-day run at The Blue Note NYC. For the last few years, I've had the privilege of creating and managing the Transfer's Web site, and I am so proud…