Month: June 2012

Lifescoop App Mashup: Spotify + Songkick for Tracking Live Music


St. Vincent show at the Fox. She does not stage dive halfway. -via @maggiemason on Instagram

I have a new post up at Lifescoop — App Mashup: Spotify + Songkick for Tracking Live Music

I fall for a new song, listen closer and fall for the band, run a search on concert dates, and score! They’re playing in my home town next month. I click purchase; aaaand the show is sold out. Rinse repeat until my forehead is bruised from all the desk banging.

That is until recently, when I downloaded a change-my-life music app combo that lets me know when my favorite artists are playing in the towns near me. Spotify + Songkick is the app mashup of my dreams. Read more…

Weekend Soundtrack: Maximum Fun Mix

This is what Heather and I are listening to in the car on our way to MaxFunCon, a gathering of podcast and comedy nerds.

Maximum Fun Mix on Spotify
Maximum Fun Mix on Rdio

Here’s the playlist:
Noah And The Whale – 5 Years Time
Brett Dennen – Sydney (I’ll Come Running)
K.Flay – No Duh
The Lumineers – Ho Hey
Givers – Up Up Up
Fleetwood Mac – Everywhere
The Avett Brothers – Kick Drum Heart
James Brown & The Famous Flames – Try Me – Live (1962/The Apollo)
Kimbra – Limbo
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. – Simple Girl
Band Of Skulls – Sweet Sour
The Static Jacks – Relief
Jim Croce – Roller Derby Queen
Jonquil – It’s My Part
Fun. – Some Nights
Grimes – Oblivion
Greg Laswell – Come Back Down – feat. Sara Bareilles
Pixies – Here Comes Your Man
Plastic Operator – Sometimes It’s Easy
Jenny O. – Well OK, Honey

This weekend I’m taking my first-ever improv class, and playing pub trivia led by John Hodgman. Nerdvana.

What are you guys up to?