• Friday Five

    Ickmusic’s Friday Five: December 26, 2008

    Welcome to the final week of our “Holiday Edition” of the Friday Five! As we wind down to the New Year the last four editions of the Friday Five will be shuffled from my vast collection of Holiday music. I…

  • Friday Five

    Ickmusic’s Friday Five: December 19, 2008

    Welcome to week three of our “Holiday Edition” of the Friday Five! As we wind down to the New Year the last four editions of the Friday Five will be shuffled from my vast collection of Holiday music. I encourage…

  • Acoustic

    A Truly Beautiful Mess

    From the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway. This is quite possibly one of my favorite songs of 2008 let alone Jason Mraz‘s catalog. The power of the vocal performance combined with the orchestra provided for the perfect combination.…

  • Friday Five

    Ickmusic’s Friday Five: December 12, 2008

    Welcome to week two of our “Holiday Edition” of the Friday Five! As we wind down to the New Year the last four editions of the Friday Five will be shuffled from my vast collection of Holiday music. I encourage…

  • Miscellaneous

    Save Three Sheets!

    While this is decidedly not music related I’m a firm believer that you should support the media that entertains you most, especially in a time where networks and labels are increasingly fickle and unwilling to stand behind even a quality…

  • Funny

    Well, It’s Not a Box This Time…

    An instant classic from The Lonely Island crew. The Lonely Island is Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone also known as the team behind the SNL Digital Shorts that have become beacons of funny in a sea of mediocre…

  • Nudges

    A Nudge in the Right Direction

    It’s been awhile since we shared what’s popping up on our readers… The 25 Days of Mellowmas kicked off over at Popdose this week complete with an original theme song composed and performed by Alan O’Day. (Somewhere Alan Thicke is…

  • BritPop

    No, Really… It’s Me

    The marketing machine behind Lily Allen‘s new record It’s Not Me, It’s You, due out February ’09, is in full swing and it’s certainly got my attention. Her video for the first single “The Fear” puts the foul mouthed popster…

  • Christmas

    Christmas at the Gap

    Yes it’s crass commercialism at best but I’ll be damned if this years Gap holiday campaign isn’t brilliant. It’s funny, catchy and doesn’t necesarily beat you over the head with the merchandise.  Rainn Wilson and Selma Blair turn in a…