The uniquely talented Wikipedian, teacher, and singer-songer writer Oliver Brown has started a blog about ukuleles. The first thing I learned: I’ve been making the inverse of the “nucular” mistake, spelling “ukulele” as “ukelele.” (I wish more of Oliver’s music were available for download. You have to hear more than a couple to appreciate his whimsical seriousness.)

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Canadian superstar BradSucks has put together a CD called Outside the Inbox:

Outside the Inbox is a compilation of songs inspired by and titled after the subject lines of mass-email (spam). I asked artists to choose a spam subject line and then write a song with the same title.

It’s just US$5 for the CD, and that includes shipping. Or, you can download the whole thing for free, of course. But, jeez, if you like BradSucks’ music and you’re not willing to support a guy who lets you listen, rip, mix, and sing along for free, then what hope is there for honest musicians like him? [Tag: bradsucks]

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