Thursday, September 10, 2009

Connecting the News Dots

Take a look at Slate's new News Dots page.

Quicksand for news junkies, the News Dots function graphically traces the connections between news stories in a six degrees of separation type format. Wow!

Wednesday, September 09, 2009

Music Bits - Matuto

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Matuto, Ropeadope's newest release, features Clay Ross presenting Brazilian folk music through the lens of Bluegrass inspired Jazz. I will let the Musicologists explain the details, but the result is a fun soundtrack for fall.

Enjoy a sample above and then visit Ropeadope for a name-your-own-price download (please be generous).