Samurai.Chris

MacHeist 3 is up and rolling, and has already had 2 nanoMissions and 1 full mission. If you've never participated, it's a lot of fun. They people behind it, known as "the Directorate", have created an immersive online game environment where participants get to act out their latent hacker fantasies, solving puzzles and breaking through some very clever "security systems" (puzzles) with the end goal of getting free copies of popular shareware apps for the Mac.

 If you're a Mac user, and haven't tried it, I recommend checking it out. Like I've said before, it's a lot of fun. And it's a chance to join a very friendly community of Mac users from around the world.

 www.macheist.com

Woo hoo! Start It Over is finally out!!! (I've been waiting all summer) Here's a funky little video Reggie shot for the first track, "Know Your Name":

M-Video from Reggie Watts on Vimeo.

If you don't know Maktub, check them out here. These guys have a reputation for being even better live... I love them both live and on CD. Definitely check out Khronos and Start It Over. I also love their first album, Subtle Ways, but it ain't for everybody.

Full disclosure: their bass player, Kevin, is a friend of mine, dating back to my days at ASU. Am I biased? Maybe.

Royksopp - Remind Me

If you recognize the tune, it's used in the Geico caveman commercial at the airport. I like this version a lot better (it's a lot richer and more layered).