New Music Alert!!

Ok guys I know I have been quite for a while, but I am back from the front lines of the music scene with 2 music updates!!!

First of all from the ever cutting edge Fueled By Ramen Records we have new CDs from two great bands:

Anyone a fan of Paramore? Yeah that is what I thought. Well get excited all you riotous youth. Their new LPBrand New Eyes is hitting stores (including Itunes and Amazon.com) September 29th. I am expecting this bad boy a few days early so I will try and get a review up before you spend your precious dough, but judging from the success of their last album I highly doubt and disappointment. Want to get a head start? Just click on the album art to the right to preorder.

Next on our list is another FBR family member - A Rocket to the Moon is releasing their newest LP entitled On Your Side. This is a band that you may not be too familiar with, but if you dig the electronic melodies of groups like The Secret Handshake or PlayRadioPlay then these guys should be right up your alley. This sucker won't be hitting stores until October 13th, but again I will see what I can do to get my uke plucking fingers on it before hand and let you know what I think. Again, if you already want this bad boy then click on the album art to preorder!

Any questions? Comments? Donations? Just let me know!

Patches (aka Trick Newbie)

Let's just say I'm kind of a big deal over at Disney

Some of you may know about my celebrity status at Disney. When I visit the parks, the red carpets fall under my every footstep. Signs read, "Nate Long - Epic to the Max." They even changed the Mickey Mouse March to read, "T-H-E, P-R GUY, NATE LONG'S REALLY COOL". They name rides after me, for Goof's sake. If you don't believe me, I've provided a video of the news coverage surrounding my latest episode at Disney -- for your viewing pleasure.

Peruse at your convenience.

(If the video doesn't play click here to go straight to the Sun 7 News site where my story is a feature headline -- you can't miss it!)



Believe me now?

The truth is you can share my celebrity status -- or maybe even make me the next Disney C-List celeb. I would hang out with the likes of Scar, Steamboat Willie, Pluto, the bird from Aladdin and... Alec Baldwin (huh?). All you have to do is watch my video and then change the name when it asks and you'll be the star. It also allows you to send it to friends and family. I'm going to predict the future and say that there will be some who use this viral Disney campaign to make some funny videos. Mark my words, the names will get very creative.

Weighing in from a public relations standpoint, I think this was a genius idea from Disney. It's very fun and easy to share and it strokes our egos -- the main ingredients of a successful viral video campaign. Not only that, but even though the video content is customized, the quality is incredible. Goofy even said my name smoothly in the middle of a sentence. Impressive to say the least. The idea, of course, is that you matter to Disney. No matter who you are, when you go to Disney, you'll get celebrity status. My bet is that this campaign will be a huge success. I've already sent customized versions to friends, coworkers and family members. I usually just like to send them the Nate Long version though; it makes me feel epic. Well done, Disney.

By the way, I guess you could say I actually do have some Disney celebrity status because I received my Nate Long customized video from the man I call "The (International) PR Guy" of Disney himself. Thanks, Tony!

The New Blog

Just a quick apology. This week on Geocentric (have a listen on the player over there on the sidebar) we told you to come check out all the new stuff on the blog. The problem is that, as you can see, there's not a lot of new stuff here as of now. We had big plans to have had all the new stuff ready for you by today but because of some unforeseen technical problems, it's not ready for launch yet. We'll let you know as soon as it's ready. Thanks for being a fan!

Get Ready...

With the holidays well underway, we at Geocentric thought it might be a good time to start consolidating and expanding our content.

Don't worry, this won't be causing any hangups in the blog or in the podcast. Instead, we'll soon be rolling out a few noticeable upgrades.

Many of you may have noticed that our official tech resource, Ethan Clark, has begun contributing to the blog and pretty soon our official music aggregator, Patrick, is going to start writing as well. We're not stopping there though. With any luck we'll be able to put together a whole batch of contributors in the near future.

Certainly not least of all we're going to be upgrading the website. As of now we're obviously using Blogger.com for the written posts and bringthemagic.com for our audio posts (although we've tried to integrate the two as much as possible). However with the wonderful assistance of some open source software we'll soon be mashing both of them together into one place under a more suitable domain name.

Don't be bored! Hack Holiday!

Fight being bored to tears by holiday "extra time". This is one of my favourite times of year. Not just because of the Holidays, but due to the fact that I'm given copious amounts of time to hack, download, watch movies, and play. The best website to give you great ideas for a Hacking Holiday is instructables.com. Last year, I added a "killswitch" to my Fender Squire Telecaster. This was a simple hack, and has proven well in the past year.

Have an old iPod video not being used? Put Doom on it. That's right, Doom.

Does your iPhone battery die really quick, and you'd rather not shell out 99 bucks to get a external battery? Use this page to build one yourself.

Impress the family with a stunning cooler like this one. Definately a great party idea.

See? Hacking can be fun, and simple. Who knows? You might be able to MAKE all of your presents this year for cheap! Happy Turkey Day!