My computer is out of sauce, so I thought it was about time to rock some good ol’ fashion phone blogging… I’ve been back in the States for a little over a week now. I had a swell time in Dublin - drinking more Guinness in 4 days then I’ve probably had my whole life up until that point. Some exciting music happening over there (if you’ll be in New York in a few weeks, definitely stop by the Irish showcase at CMJ).

• Have you seen Shazam? It’s the much talked about iPhone app that can identify what song is playing by recording a short clip and sending it off to the Shazam mothership for analysis… impressive stuff. But get this - Shazam is keeping data on what is being shazamed! A friend of mine in London told me about a new Shazam-chart in the UK showing the most shazamed songs … and apparently a+r folk have started using it to spot unsigned talent - a very cool intersection of music, culture, and social media in my opinion. But how valuable can this data be if Shazam can’t even recognize masunday ….

• In other news, I spotted my first euro taco truck at a market in London! A valiant effort - but it remains pretty clear to me that TZONE would crush daddy donkey in a cookoff. I bet you 10£ Señor donkey hasn’t even heard of Suadero … But in his defense, the European market probably isn’t ready for those flavors …

COMING SOON: Harold EP, guest bloggers, vosotros goes to CHINA…