About a decade ago, a colleague of mine introduced me to My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, for which I was forever grateful. Although it was already nearly 20 years old at time I was turned on to it, the album was in many respects ahead of its time, and I mean that in the best possible sense. Now, nearly 30 years later, Byrne and Eno have released a new album, Everything that Happens Will Happen Today , available exclusively from their website, http://everythingthathappens.com.

The talented folks over Topspin (a Foundry Group investment) provided the software back-end that enables Byrne and Eno (and many other great artists) to engage directly with their fans and make their music available for streaming and purchase, in mp3 and audiophile FLAC format, as well as in CD format, as soon as those atoms are assembled in their appropriate configuration. Kudos to Topspin for being associated with such an important and long-awaited album release, and thanks to Byrne and Eno for taking a leap (of faith) into the future on Topspin’s platform. For more background on this release, read Topspin’s blog post announcing the album, and also take a gander at CEO Ian Rogers’s blog as well.

Came across this on Gizmodo and had to share it. I’ve never been much of a gamer, but my Excite co-founders were all into gaming and were fanatic about the Super Mario games, particularly Super Mario Kart. Add to that the fact that I’ve always been intrigued with the Theremin, ever since figuring out it was the instrument responsible for the famous flat-7 interval in the first two notes of the Star Trek theme song, and you have a YouTube video that appealed to me on multiple levels, including the cool free-space hand control scheme that the Theremin employs.