NIXON*NOW

Hi. I'm Paul Nixon, a designer living in Mountain View California. My days (and some nights) are spent designing websites for a little company in Cupertino. The rest of my time is spent with my beautiful wife and friends, road cycing and reading your blogs.

listening.

Ravegression

Wednesday, February 7, 2007 01: 21 AM

Enjoying this right now. Every Friday Justin Baum drops "a new Podcast / weekly DJ mix" podcast called Ravegression.

Electric President.

Thursday, May 18, 2006 05: 41 AM

Now in regular listening rotation — Electric President. Dreamy electro-pop from a Florida duo that recorded it in a tool shed and bedroom. Free MP3 downloads at 3hive. Reviews on Metacritic. The Album on iTunes.

Chronic

Wednesday, December 21, 2005 02: 20 AM

The Chronic, WHAT! cles of Narnia.
Good luck getting this gem out of your head.

UPDATE: Now available as a free download on iTunes Music Store.

le bâton musical (or Born To Run)

Wednesday, May 18, 2005 01: 30 AM

Just when I thought it was safe to come up for air -- friends start throwing batons at me -- of the musical sort. To Greg, Brad (and all The Big Noobs) and Kyle, here's to doing my part. Just adding to the Meme Machine...

Total volume of music files on my computer:
25.56 GB (managed by iTunes of course.)

The last CD I bought was:
Funeral by The Arcade Fire

Song playing right now:
Sleepy California by Her Space Holiday

Five songs I listen to a lot, lately:
Evil by Interpol
Run by Snow Patrol
It Don't Matter by Donavon Frankenreiter
Slipping Away by Sum41
Work by Jimmy Eat World

Five people to whom I’m passing the baton:
Matt.
Jeff.
Garrett.
Robert.
Tim.
(and a couple of others to be named later...)

New Postal Service Video

Wednesday, February 2, 2005 07: 32 PM

New Postal Service Video - We Will Become Silhouettes. They have given birth to a quirky classic.(Quicktime) Via K10k.

Interpol's Video Evil

Tuesday, February 1, 2005 05: 44 PM

Interpol's video Evil. This song has been stuck in my head for a while now. Video and sound quality are better over on iTunes Music Store (from this weeks email).

Free Music Fridays: Chemical Brothers Flip The Switch

Friday, January 28, 2005 01: 23 PM

The Chemical Brothers release their remixed album Flip The Switch for free download. There's a Bit Torrent link there too. Enjoy. Via How It Is

Meme Theme: Most Popular Music

Sunday, January 16, 2005 09: 29 PM

Meme Theme: Most Popular Music in iTunes.

As started the "bored out of (his) skull" Michael of Binary Bonsai. View his original Flickr post with Comments.

The rules:
1) Sort by 'Play Count'.
2) Take screenshot of the top and upload to flickr.
3) Link back to where you first saw this meme.
4) And leave a comment so they know where to look.
5) Include these instructions.

Looks like I kept the Garden State soundtrack, Snow Patrol and a few others in heavy rotation...