Archive for the ‘music’ Category

I’m switching back to vinyl

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Like most of you, I download a lot of music. People recommend stuff and they send it to you. What are you gonna do, say, "no, I'd rather not try this out first, I'll just drop $15 on the CD and hope it's good?" (Yeah, ...

Death Cab at the Mann in Philadelphia 6/12

Friday, June 13th, 2008

Summer concert season is in full swing and I had sweet front row seats to Death Cab in Philadelphia last night as they tour to promote Narrow Stairs. The knock on Death Cab is that they produce great albums but are pretty bland live. This was my first ...

Stickers! Get yer f10 stickers here!

Friday, April 18th, 2008

Fraser, much like 6 year old girls, loves stickers. So he ordered a bunch of them for f10. So if you want a bunch of free stickers (to plaster on your bike, car, toll booths, bathrooms, pets, whatever), send us an email at info@favorite10.com and we'll send ...

Radiohead lets you nude up for $5.94

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

Radiohead is working with iTunes to allow people to download each of the 5 "stems" that make up Nude (vocals, string fx, guitar, drum, and bass) and to remix their own song. While Trent Reznor beat them to the punch with remix.nin.com, RH will certainly get a ton ...

Don’t worry, R.E.M. didn’t sell out

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

When Windows95 came out (yes kids, way back in 1995), there was a minor kerfuffle that Stipe and Company turned down Bill Gates and the Microsoft Marketing Machine who wanted to use "It's the End of the Word As We Know It" for their commercials. Of course, The Rolling ...

The changing landscape for music lovers

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

The music industry has been in crisis mode for some time. Music sales have dropped nearly 40% this decade, traditional radio offers only a handful of formats, and music lovers scrounge to find the best way to find new music. Thankfully, we are beginning to see some ingenuity as ...

Photo upload and R.E.M.

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

To get some housekeeping items out of the way, we've added a couple new features to the site. The first is photo upload, which you will find in your account page. The second feature is a link to the lists that an album appears on from within the ...

Welcome Friends and Friends of Friends and Strangers

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

It's hard to believe it's been two months since we released f10 to a small group of people. Well, we got a bunch of feedback, kept improving the site, and now we think it's time to open it up to the rest of the world. The latest ...