Dutch audio accessory company Thodio has a sweet line of MP3 speakers built into antique ammunition boxes. The punk rock teenager in me would get this in a second if not for the $339 price tag.

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The fact that most people are only familiar with Screamin Jay Hawkins through his song I Put a Spell on You is really quite a shame. His entire catalog is worth listening to, not merely because they’re hilarious, at times unhinged, and a whole lot of fun. Check out his song Hong Kong to see what I mean. I played it for my parents, who are actually from Hong Kong, and they couldn’t stop laughing.

Having played South By South West over the past couple of years, Golden Bear have just released a souped up new EP, Everest, which sees the Texan rock band playing together like they would at a rehearsal or a show. Says frontman Chris Gregory: ‘I was a little anxious about being able to approximate the sound of our live show in the first place, but I figured to hell with it-let’s give it a shot. And I’m glad we did. There were no endless nights of playing the same song 150 times, no overscrutinaztion, and in all honesty, no hitches in the plan whatsoever. It was loose, rowdy, and rewarding, just like our shows’. You can download the Golden Bear track, All The Stars [listen below], for free via the Music Download section in the third column of the Lost At E Minor site.

The media world is firmly embedded in the twenty-first century digital revolution, so we thought we better keep up with the times. We have the new Michna album, Magic Monday — a wickedly good mesh of sound collage, beats and slippery New York grooves— for sale as a download through our friends at Ghostly International. The whole package is only US$10 and consists of a zip file that contains twelve 320kbps DRM-free mp3s and a jpeg of the cover art. And you can have it all, in your iTunes, in a flash. Now that’s technology for you. Listen to the Michna song Triple Chrome Dipped off the Magic Monday album