Dan Kantor

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-8)

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:49:35 -0500

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-8):

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What a beautiful fall day. On LI

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:17:04 -0500

What a beautiful fall day. On LI

At the Yeah Yeah Yeahs show. Very cool venue

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:15:08 -0500

At the Yeah Yeah Yeahs show. Very cool venue

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-1)

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:34:08 -0500

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-1):

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The 4 levels of Halloween costumes

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:55:08 -0400

It has occurred to me that all Halloween costumes fall into these 4 categories:

Level 1: Made from scratch. This would include the friend who makes a giant papier-mache alien or the friend who wears a giant castle made out of cardboard.

Level 2: A combination of clothing, makeup, hair-color and/or props. This would include the friend who wears a red shirt, overalls, a fake mustache and ‘M’ hat and calls himself Mario.

Level 3: Store bought costume. This would include the friend who wears a Star-Wars costume or Hulk-Hogan, etc.

Level 4: A single prop. This is the friend who dresses normal but carries a plastic sword or throws on a wig and thinks he is wearing a costume.

I think you can tell from the 2003 photo below where I fall and where Jon falls. Happy Halloween!

Another early morning. Back to NYC

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:34:15 -0400

Another early morning. Back to NYC

On the Acela down to Dulles. Not the corporate jet but still nice :)

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:08:36 -0400

On the Acela down to Dulles. Not the corporate jet but still nice :)

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-25)

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:52:54 -0400

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-25):

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Concert(s) Review: Portugal. The Man at the Apple Store and Bowery Ballroom 10/23/09

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:36:29 -0400

This past Friday I saw Portugal. The Man twice. The first show was at 7PM at the Apple Store in Soho. I found out about it a few hours before and went with Isabel. It was a good turnout, a few hundred people. They played an acoustic set and stayed on for almost an hour. It was my first time seeing them live and I was really excited for it. I first found out about them in July and have been loving them ever since. They did not disappoint one bit. You could tell they were great musicians and the lead singer’s voice is really good. The acoustic set left me wanting more. Any small doubts I had about attending the midnight show later were taken off the table. I knew I was going 100%.

Right after the show, we went downstairs and played with the new Magic Mouse. It’s pretty sweet! We then went uptown and joined some friends for dinner at Ilili. If you like middle eastern food, I highly recommend this place. The food was exceptional and the atmosphere was great. During dinner, Greg sent me an SMS and let me know he was too tired to join me. At that point, I knew I was going no matter what, despite the rain, the late start and the fact that it was way downtown. I begged Aaron to come with me and to my surprise he said yes! We headed down at 11:30, rain in full force.

We arrived at Bowery Ballroom to catch the last few songs of Temper Trap. They sounded pretty good. The place was packed. After Temper Trap ended a lot of people left though. Portugal. The Man came on at 12:15. At that point we had made our way up front and were about 5 rows back. They sounded amazing. As great as they were in the acoustic set, they were even better now. They totally rocked it out. It reminded me of when I saw My Morning Jacket last year. I had really liked their albums, but seeing them live blew me away. It was the same for Portugal. These guys flat out know how to play music. Despite the fact that it was kind of late I didn’t want it to end. The played until 1:45. I would have stayed until 4. I guess I will just have to see them the next time they come to NYC!

Check out ‘Mornings’ :

Portugal. The Man is awesome

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:46:04 -0400

Portugal. The Man is awesome

Convinced Aaron to come out after Greg ditched. Score!

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:46:04 -0400

Convinced Aaron to come out after Greg ditched. Score!

Acoustic set was great. Really psyched for later

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:50:37 -0400

Acoustic set was great. Really psyched for later

At the Apple Store in Soho for an acoustic performance by Portugal. The Man. Seeing them at Bowery...

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:32:33 -0400

At the Apple Store in Soho for an acoustic performance by Portugal. The Man. Seeing them at Bowery Ballroom later

♫ Listening to When We Swam by Thao with the Get Down Stay Down http://bit.ly/TPE9J @streampad

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:10:14 -0400

♫ Listening to When We Swam by Thao with the Get Down Stay Down http://bit.ly/TPE9J @streampad

When We Swam by Thao Nguyen. This is a really catchy tune. The...

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:03:40 -0400

When We Swam by Thao Nguyen. This is a really catchy tune. The whole album is catchy and is growing on me.

Introducing the Streampad API

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:12:06 -0400

This is a cross-post from the AOL Music/Streampad blog:

For a while now, Streampad has had an unofficial API. Unofficial in the sense that developers would look at the source code, hack on it, email me, hack some more and then build something cool. Well, the days of unofficial are officially over! I am very proud to unveil the Streampad API.

There are actually two APIs:

Embed API
The first one is the Embed API. You can find it here - http://www.streampad.com/embed-api. This API allows developers to customize the look and feel of Streampad as well as choose which features to include and exclude by setting options.

Javascript API
The second one is the Javascript API. You can find it here - http://www.streampad.com/javascript-api. This API allows developers to control the Streampad player via Javascript. Developers can play and queue songs, play and pause the player, receive events and perform other useful functions.

We would love any and all feedback on these. What works, what doesn’t, what else you would like to see. Thanks!

We regret to inform you that you did not get the tickets that you requested through Phish Tickets....

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:41:05 -0400

We regret to inform you that you did not get the tickets that you requested through Phish Tickets. Damn!

Spinner party at Webster Hall for CMJ!

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:27:35 -0400

Spinner party at Webster Hall for CMJ!

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-18)

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:19:33 -0400

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-18):

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Just ate at the new sliders place on St. Marks (Mark) with @gregory80. Very good!

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:12:38 -0400

Just ate at the new sliders place on St. Marks (Mark) with @gregory80. Very good!