"I’ve always been interested in the relationship between gameplay and musical performance. Theres a remarkable structural similarity between certain game systems/mechanics and compositional ones. There is also a risk/reward/challenge aspect that is core to both practices. Anyway, for a short talk I took part in for the Leeds Evolution Festival I wrote a quick augmented chess/draughts app." And the result is a video-processing step-sequencer. Nifty.

The Klein Four are "the premiere a capella group of the world of higher mathematics". Judging from this video: yes, so they are.

Music video actively exploiting compression artefacts. The transitions are striking; the reaction to something looking this supposedly broken is peculiarly visceral. Digital patina.

Freddie25 plays the Wind Waker theme, on a selection of instruments, as a Christmas treat for you. It's delightful, and the bit when the nine-part vocals come in is lovely. Proper good, this.

"Japan-o-glitch + Interactive Flash graphics = D.V.D. (x OMG)." Wow.

"this portion of moby.com, 'film music', is for independent and non-profit filmmakers, film students, and anyone in need of free music for their independent, non-profit film, video, or short... the music is free as long as it's being used in a non-commercial or non-profit film, video, or short. if you want to use it in a commercial film or short then you can apply for an easy license, with any money that's generated being given to the humane society." Moby is smart when it comes to licensing his music. I think this is a really good move, and not something you'd expect from a major recording artist.

Radiohead's new video was created using 3D scanning data and animated in software. The video has its own Google Code page. You can download the original data. Squee.

"Like TED for Music" - tons of transcriptions and video interviews with all manner of performers. Looks superb.

Weezer's video for Pork And Beans is beautiful. I got a lot of the pastiches in it, but there are a few I'm missing. Still, lovely!

"...everyone's got a fucking camera in their hand and, I don't know, is there no sanctity left for live performance with going to a show and seeing it with your own eyes and remembering it?"

Awesome, rich post by Dan Hill on his favourite music of the year. Lots to sink one's teeth into later, especially his wonderful selections from the YouTube archive