It has been a while since I have subjected myself to the levels of bass at a show like I experienced last night at the Skream and Benga show at Club Mighty.



Skream and Benga are dubstep DJ/producers, and last night their duo (tag-team) show was amazing. Ario, omniscient music oracle, pointed out some of the source material when they played it, but because these guys are like, first-source producers, lots of the stuff they play has never been heard outside of their turntables.

An-ten-ae played a set too. He started with some of his latest "Dark side of the dub", got a little dancy, then returned to the evil beat just before the main act hit the stage.

Of course, like all things Club Mighty, it didn't start until late into the night. No regrets for staying out that late during the week, it was well worth it. I will remember this next time I decide to go to a show at Mighty.


Some dubstep mixes to enjoy from Kid Kameleon:

a dubstep mix:
http://www.xlr8r.com/podcast/2006/10/...

a dub mix:
http://www.xlr8r.com/podcast/2008/03/...




Created 203 weeks, 6 days ago

Saw M83 last night with Ario, Rick, Shilla and Ashley at Great American Music Hall. Wow what a show! Ario has the better write up so I am just going to link you over to him to read about the show.

I was pretty intrigued by the Lexan, light up control box that was on stage and had mondo presence the entire show. At some points it seemed like Anthony would actually be real-time modifying some digital output, but at other times I think he was just faking us out by pretending to be generating real-time effects that were actually pre-recorded. Either way, the box was cool looking and inspiring.


Created 207 weeks, 6 days ago

Rush, you guys still rock. Caught the concert in Concord on Sunday, and my ears are still ringing a bit. We did see them about six months ago in Mountain view, the show was a bit different; this amphitheatre was louder and the price for beer was higher. I am constantly impressed by the lighting and media displays that Rush brings with them. The pyrotechnics were definitely louder than the R30 tour, just not as hot or as often.




Created 210 weeks, 1 day ago

Took Ario's suggestion to make the Stars of the Lid show last night at The Independent. I had to miss Christopher Willits, but I caught the full SOTL set.

I had kinda wished I was seated to enjoy it properly. Standing was okay, but the songs would sometimes nearly tip me over with the long-drawn-out chords. You see, a proper ambient sway needs a chord shift in order to bring you back the other way. I was just swaying one direction with no chord shifts in sight .

Another interesting observation was the first few songs sounded like the background "futuristic" music that theme parks and museums usually use for space exhibits and the like. The hiss of the man-made-fog machines going off every few minutes in the crowded, yet silent room only added to this effect. I won't deny that if I close my eyes, I felt like I was *in* the Disney Epcot Spaceship Earth attraction.


Created 213 weeks, 11 hours ago

Ash, Ario and I made it to Yuri's Night 2008 - A World Space Party hosted at NASA down in Mountain View. Nearly 10 hours of standing, sitting whilst listening to great electronic, dance and pop music and watching some talks relating to space in general certainly amounted to a full day. Go check out the amazing line up.

The acrobatic planes were an amazing bonus and Buzz Aldrin was present but I never got a chance to meet him. At some point, Ashley and Ario got to see some of the Astronauts teleconfrence in to say 'hello' from space! Of course, I was off checking out the hydrogen-generating flowers and the subsequent hydrogen explosions when that happened.

I got to hear Tycho play his new song The Daydream; still hoping he is working on the new album. The beer from Drake's Brewery and Bison Brewery was most excellent, however the lines were probably some of the worst I have ever experienced. I ended the night with $20 of unused beer tix, mostly because the lines were so slow. I also was really pleased with the raw, organic vittles from BARF one of the food vendors on site, the Kale chips they sold were very good.


I got some photos and will put them online when I get the opportunity, so stay tuned to that channel. Ario has his online already. Ashley is probably still working on her photos same as me.






Created 213 weeks, 2 days ago

I have been holding tickets for the last 2 months to see The Breeders in San Francisco when they play in May; so you can imagine how psyched I am to finally get my hands on the new album "Mountain Battles". It was released on Amazon mp3 today.

The album hearkens back to a nostalgic time, when Kim Deal was wailing and the Texas heat beat down and the world was small. The tinny, metallic sounding melodies let you know right away that you are hearing real Breeders jams (none of those side projects).


You'll love it!


technorati: The Breeders, Mountain Battles

Created 214 weeks, 1 day ago

Well, we decided to buy tickets to the San Francisco Outside Lands festival in August in San Francisco.

Check out the line-up:


woo hoo!



Created 214 weeks, 2 days ago

Audiobooks:

• World War Z
• The Zombie Survival Guide (Unabridged)
• Fleet of Worlds (Unabridged)
• The Light Fantastic: Discworld #2 (Unabridged)
• Star Wars: Legacy of the Force #1: Betrayal
  

Music:

• The Big Univac City Orchestra Index
• Rush - Gold
• Kanye West - Graduation
• DJ Pandaj - Herculaneum
• The Killers - Sawdust
• Skream - Skream!

Created 214 weeks, 6 days ago

Tickets are now on sale for the Yuri's Night Bay Area party down at NASA. And TYCHO will be playing (<3).



And for those of you without a NASA close at hand, you can find or throw your own Yuri's Night party and then register the party with the Yuri's Night web site.

technorati: space, YURI, music, nasa

Created 216 weeks, 6 days ago

This was pretty good. I went because SonicLiving was sponsoring it and to see the miniset. Cool art at Harlot. Reminds me of a darker Bimbo's.



Created 218 weeks, 6 days ago

According to this website, there will be an Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival this summer in Golden Gate park with Radiohead and Tom Petty headlining.  Woo hoo. Thanks for the info Ashley.



technorati: Radiohead, music, Tom Petty, San Francisco

Created 219 weeks, 2 days ago

I went a bit crazy and saw that Rush was playing in Concord (about 30mi. away from SF) and bought 2 tickets. I just saw them last year with Ashly and we were close enough to touch Alex, so I don't know why I was compelled to seem them again so soon.

I figure I can never go wrong with a Rush concert. They are fun!

Oh, also I still hate Ticketmaster.




Created 222 weeks, 2 days ago

I bought two tickets to see The Breeders at Slim's. Definitely more for nostalgic reasons than the music this time around. Years ago I saw The Breeders in San Antonio at Sneakers and I *was touched* by Kim Deal when she jumped into the crowed. And then again I saw The Amps when the opened for some other band (no touching this time ).



Some good old music videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AsId-qVIb4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bt5MWCwFhCI



Created 222 weeks, 2 days ago

Can anyone confirm if this is actually the song "Trapped" from Boards of Canada - A few old tunes - volume 1?

I have volume 2 (don't ask), but I have never actually seen volume 1. Is last.fm just tricking me out.






Sorry I didn't capture the whole song, but:

• That might be even more bad juju from the recording companies if i did that
• I think this still gets the point across.

technorati: trapped, Boards of Canada, boc

Created 224 weeks, 5 days ago

This is basically an Applescript that will create a duplicate (but usable) .m3u file from one you drop on it. This duplicate has a new file format that iTunes 7.6 can actually use.

Note: The new file will have a new extension appended to the file name of ".fixed.m3u".

This is only a fix for Mac OSX. I am starting to see error reports on this behavior so it is just a temporary fix until the damn thing iTunes is updated again.

Update 2/27/08 - iTunes 7.6.1 for OSX seems to have included a fix for the problem. I don't think you need to use this script any longer. I am leaving it up for archival purposes.




technorati: m3u, applescript, osx, parse, iTunes



Created 224 weeks, 6 days ago

While in San Antonio for the holidays we had a chance to check out Transfers. Transfers is the latest band that Jon Stovall plays drums for.


So hop off your arse and go check them out at their next gig. By the way, Jon likes it when you dance like an clawing cat near the front of the stage.




Created 228 weeks, 9 hours ago

These would probably work best with experimental/ambient tracks:

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1. Looking through holes in the clouds from above (I see the desert)
   
   
2. From 35,000 feet I can't even make you out
   
   
3. Happy children are flying alone
   
   
4. I think your guitar might have been crushed by that guy in orange
   
   
5. You left your banana in the seat pocket
   

Created 241 weeks, 6 hours ago

I bought an album through Amazon MP3 and I am very happy with the quality and experience of buying digital music through Amazon. I particularly like that the store is web-based and the downloader (osx and win) integrates seamlessly with Windows Media and  iTunes (iTunes runs my home wireless audio network).

Amazon MP3 complements the other non-DRM stores such as Walmart.com mp3, Digital-Tunes and eMusic. Sometimes, you can also find digital music directly from the labels (usually indy) such as Bleep.

Individual songs at Amazon MP3 are between 89 and 99 cents each with whole albums given a large percentage discount over buying individual tracks.

The songs I bought were CD-quality VBR (~275 kbps : Heavy Metal) and encoded with LAME 3.97 Joint Stereo and included album art in the id3 tags.

The best part about this is how comprehensive the library is. Gratz' Amazon. As long as music I want is available at your store I will be shopping with you. Now, how do I determine if the songs are watermarked or not .

If Walmart.com mp3 and Amazon can woo even more of the music publishers from Apple, maybe Apple will either switch to mp3 or sell all music in the DRM-free AAC format and license AAC decoding for free.

technorati: amazon, mp3, music, store

Created 242 weeks, 9 hours ago

I went to see !!! last night at Mezzanine SF. F'in awesome show!

San Francisco is still a bit warm as of late and it was a nice full moon; the perfect environment for as sweaty dance floor. !!! didn't go on till 11 PM. I left after midnight, so I don't know how long they planned on partying over a Tuesday night.


Seeing them in person made me realize how much Nic Offer looks a bit like Carrot Top (sorry Nic).




Created 242 weeks, 21 hours ago

I am back in San Francisco and what a beautiful day it is today. While I was in New York I was missing my Martha & Brothers coffee, so I took care of that fix first thing this morning.

But that's not what today is about. Listen up people, today is actually all about the music out at the Treasure Island Festival. And even better, Ashley and I scored some VIP tix to the event. We are just minutes away from heading out there for a day full of awesome music. Thievery Corporation, Cut Chemist, DJ Shadow, Honeycut, and more!

Afterwards, we are heading to the Mighty for the ESL Music Afterhours show with NICKODEMUS and Ursula 1000! Awww yea!

I will put up some pix tomorrow on Flickr or Ash will.

Created 243 weeks, 4 days ago

Caught Octopus Project tonight at Bimbo's, they were opening for Stereo Total. Man I love that band, plus they have a new album out so check it out.

Speaking of Bimbo's, we have a bunch of shows coming up there including Air in a couple of weeks. Then in October, Tease-O-Rama.


Created 244 weeks, 5 days ago

Apple silently pushed out a feature I had been wanting for a while or else I just missed all the hype around iTunes plus. DRM free, higher-quality audio available for just $1.29 per song, with albums generally priced the same as the DRM versions.

Looks like it is just EMI artists right now, but hopefully more of the studios will give apple the green-light for their content as well.

To enable the feature in iTunes choose View My Account -> log in -> Manage iTunes Plus -> and check the box that instructs iTunes to let you buy iTunes Plus formats.

Below is a list of the artists / compliations / albums I enjoy that are now available in iTunes Plus format:

• The Juan MacLean
• Anoushka Shankar - Rise Remixes EP
• Telepopmusik
• David Bowie
• Coldplay
• Interpol
• Beastie Boys
• The Decemberists
• Pink Floyd
• Queensryche
• AIR
• The Chemical Bros.
• Royksopp
• FSOL
• M83
  

technorati: iTunes Plus, Plus, DRM

Created 252 weeks, 1 day ago

If you are in San Antonio or Austin area, go see my friend Jon Stovall and his band Transfers at Limelight on July 28th. And also, if you can see a Starchild show that same weekend, you will then have seen two of the hottest acts southern Texas has to offer.





Created 252 weeks, 5 days ago

Went to the show at Knockout, and it was pretty cool. Hey, if you can't see the real thing, this is just about as good as it gets.


Oh, and chickencat, I thought you were awesome.

technorati: Tatamimats, Dark Side of the Uke, chickencat

Created 253 weeks, 2 days ago

Oh yea! I have been waiting to see T Y C H O for a while.



technorati: Tycho

Created 254 weeks, 4 days ago

Last night we went to see Rodrigo y Gabriela at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga just west of Mountain View. What a great show. They played some hit songs from their album, as well as requests that the audience made (yelled); Metallica, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and more.

I encourage you to check out the Rodrigo y Gabriela sound; their music is Mexican slash metal influenced by ... Irish music ... turned acoustic ... but not Flamenco.

As Ash will probably explain, watching a concert in a winery also leads to some pretty interesting events. We are going to return again for a Lewis Black show in August because we had a great time at the venue.



technorati: Rodrigo y Gabriela, Mountain, Winery, concert

Created 254 weeks, 6 days ago

Well, the summer schedule is getting filled up:

• Rodrigo y Gabriela at the Saratoga Mountain Winery.
• 77 Million Paintings by Brian Eno at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
• Thievery Corporation, Cut Chemist and DJ Shadow at the Treasure Island Music Festival.
• RUSH at Shoreline
• Hopefully we make it to the Laughing Squid : Paradise Lost party. The Decade 2 party was great!
  
• The Beastie Boys in Oakland.
• July 4th with Brad and Lenora in town for a week
  
  

Expect pics now that I got myself a newfangled digital camera.

Created 255 weeks, 5 days ago

I'm ditching Ash and heading down to Shoreline / Mountain View to see BJORK with some friends. I'm hoping for some craziness on stage.

technorati: Bjork, Shoreline

Created 260 weeks, 4 days ago

Tonight is the second show by Las Diciembristas that I will see in San Francisco in 6 months. Understand that tonight this show is directly opposite AIR playing at Nob Hill Masonic Center. The last Decemberists show was good, but check out what the AIR Web site has to say:

Air return for their first North American shows in three years, performing their classics and songs from their acclaimed new album "Pocket Symphony".

Three Years! Three. Years... Two. Dollars!

Created 264 weeks, 7 hours ago

We went to the Killers show on Saturday. The show was electric; confetti was everywhere.

I can't believe they are still touring Sam's Town though. We have had the album for at least a year, so I was hoping for some new material but don't recall anything from the show. I absolutely will catch the Killers if they do another small gig in town.

Which by the way reminds me that there is no way I am doing General Admission at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium again. It is just too packed and the stage is not nearly high enough for that size crowd. We arrived during before the second act, Howling Bells, and got a sweet spot in the front. But if you don't time your arrival just right, good luck seeing the band from the floor in back. I remember that view from the last show we saw at Bill Graham.

technorati: killers, music, howling bells, San Francisco

Created 266 weeks, 2 days ago

Wait... What?

Created 273 weeks, 3 days ago

As you probably already know Apple is releasing a new set-top box in February dubbed the Apple TV. I'd love to stick with my current setup for watching iTunes movies on my TV, but as you know iTunes 7 performance is so pathetic on a pretty beefy laptop that I need to find a new solution. Instead of buying a new dedicated machine, I am considering the Apple hardware.

A huge feature that would clinch the deal would be AirTunes support. The AirPort Express is the only hardware so far that currently supports AirTunes. I have done an extensive amount of testing and AirTunes is the premiere synchronized streaming protocol for unwired, distributed music. The Express sells for $129 retail and I have been wanting to get one more in order to add music to the garage. For roughly the price of two AirPort Expresses, I could upgrade both my iTunes-on-TV solution and move the Express from the living room to the garage.

So far no mention of support for AirTunes for the Apple TV, but if this changes I will post it here.




technorati: apple, tv, apple tv, airtunes, airport,

Created 276 weeks, 4 days ago

Well, we are about to jaunt down the street to check out Tenacious D.

technorati: tenacious d

Created 286 weeks, 2 days ago

Does anyone know if there exists an ASP.NET music jukebox script? The kind of script that provides access to your music collection remotely through the Web.

There are plenty of scripts are written for PHP and I have one written in ASP classic, but a search on Google, Sourceforge and the scripting boards didn't lead me to believe that any existed.

If you have knowledge of any, could you point me in the right direction. I have a hankering to upgrade mine to ASP.NET but not if any (good) ones already exist. Thankssomuch!

technorati: asp.net, mp3, jukebox

Created 286 weeks, 5 days ago

Lyrics Born has a new Live album out titled "Overnite Encore: Lyrics Born Live!"

LB has been a major part of my musical diet since I got turned onto this amazing group through Chris and Claudia back in Austin last year. Therefore, I compel you to go get a copy of this record.

I am trying out a new affiliation with IODA Promonet that lets me bring you free mp3s from artists which IODA represents. Below you can download a free Lyrics Born mp3 from the new album. And,.. after your ears peep those wonderful LB stylings, click through my blog to buy the record


technorati: Lyrics Born, Iodalliance, Hip Hop

Created 287 weeks, 3 days ago

Off to see LB with Cut Chemist and Pigeon John at this little venue just up the street called The Independent. I think it was the same time last year I saw them up in Austin at The Parish. Lyrics Born shows are thrilling. Just hours away now, I don't know how long I can hold my funk.

Oh yea, and I went to see The Decemberists on Thursday. They were good too. But between you and me, Lyrics Born is the show I have been waiting for .

technorati: Lyrics Born, The Independent

Created 290 weeks, 4 days ago

We are all fans of the older Queensrÿche music, don't deny it. So it makes sense that when they come to town for a show, you pick up tickets and go. Nothing like having those older rockers ballad you silly while you chug down glass after glass of beer. Seriously though, I am excited about seeing them again. I know I will have to deal with some of the newer music, but when they start up some of the older songs... watch off!

Not as big a fan as this guy though.

technorati: Queensrÿche


Created 292 weeks, 9 hours ago

I knew that with a tour this year we would also be getting a new album from Mouse on Mars. Thanks to my musical sherpa Aaron I received a copy of Varcharz over the weekend. It makes me excited to be going to the show in San Francisco in November. Pitchfork has a great review of the album.

When I first saw the album title, I thought it had to do with programming concepts. As in varchar: a variable character field. But according to Sonig:

The title, Varcharz, is intentionally mistaken to sound like “war charts”, but in fact, it is the phonetic mangling in English of the German word “wortschatz” which means “vocabulary”.

The album is great either way. Pick up a copy online or a music store. No download versions out yet.

technorati: Mouse on Mars, Varcharz


Created 292 weeks, 2 days ago

How is it possible that I am going to see so much live music lately? Well Ashley picked up some tickets to Download Festival 2006 from someone at G this week and it that means Saturday is now Beck, Muse and company.

Created 293 weeks, 5 days ago

As you can probably tell, the fall concert season has started early for me.

After an awesome show on Saturday night with Prefuse 73 and the Hit+Run crew, we follow it up with an evening with Ratatat.

http://www.myspace.com/ratatatmusic

Rawr!

technorati: Ratatat, Great American Music Hall, San Francisco


Created 295 weeks, 2 days ago

Can't wait for the show tonight.

technorati: prefuse 73, massive selector, san francisco

Created 295 weeks, 4 days ago

I didn't think I would have anything to write about today. Seeing as how iTunes 7 was just released, installed on my desktop and then subsequently uninstalled, I found my opportunity.

First, let me start off by admitting :( how deeply invested my music collection is with Apple and iTunes. I own 3 Airport Express devices and have been using iTunes as my music streaming system in my home for over a year now. I have tried out a slew of wireless audio products, but the Airport Express hands down dominates the competition for the price and performance they offer. This is one hawt piece of hardware. The closest competitor is Sonos but each of the Sonos modules are 3 times as expensive as an Airport Express.

The catch to using Airport Express is being locked into iTunes. I have tried every third-party Airport Express software bridge I know of, but they offer none of the Auto-sync features that iTunes has built into it.

It is the iTunes interface that bites. There are more than a few jukebox programs out that really blow away iTunes as far as performance and usability. Media Jukebox comes to mind. Hell, even Musicmatch.

And then comes iTunes 7. Love the new gloss, hate that my 2.4Ghz can't render the album view with only 50 albums, let alone 500.

Oh. The unbearable install time was fun too. I really don't want to know why that takes so long.

So, my home music distribution system with its paltry 1Ghz will probably not get an install of iTunes 7. Version 6 is already too much of a strain on it to run my 150GB music collection. It was installed to support the new multi-sync features of the Aiport Express.

Apple. Yo. Dudes (ettes).

Please release a slim, full featured Airport Express Audio bridge (or publish the encryption key) so that your genius that is Airport Express can be more fully realized. At least by me.

technorati: itunes, itunes 7, apple, airport express, network audio

Created 296 weeks, 13 hours ago

Maybe it was a condition of where or how I lived in San Antonio, but I don't remember having this many awesome music shows in such a small span of time. I would go to Austin for some of these shows, but getting there and back was a pain. Or else these bands where there just for a music festival and you had to pay through the a$$ to get tickets to see them.

These are the shows I will attend just until November starts! I can't wait to see what my queue look like towards the end of the year.

Prefuse 73, Ratatat, Queensryche!

Awesome.

technorati: upcoming, ratatat, queensryche, prefuse 73


Created 297 weeks, 6 hours ago

Insound sent me notification that Ratatat's new album is very close to release. I first saw them when they opened for Mouse on Mars in Austin late 2004. I have been hooked on their work ever since.

The album will be shipping August 22, 2006.

To get a listen to some of the new sounds, check out the Ratatat myspace page. They also go on tour in September. I missed them last year and I don't plan on letting that happen again.

1. Montanita

2. Lex

3. Gettysburg

4. Wildcat

5. Tropicana

6. Loud Pipes

7. Kennedy

8. Swisha

9. Nostrand

10. Tacobel Canon

Created 300 weeks, 1 day ago

A new t-shirt for Boards of Canada is available through WarpMart.




Created 303 weeks, 3 days ago

Hot dog! Thievery corporation plays tonight at The Concourse, in San Francisco.

Oh, but wait, I didn't realize it was a tickets needed show. Since my last concert, I don't think I will ever again pay super-premium prices for second-sale tickets. Radiohead cost mucho dinero.

Oh well, I guess that's what I get for moving to a city full of jerk hipsters.

In a good way this will force me to find a new set of artists that I can go watch without months of preparation and a fat chunk of change.

 

Yes, I am a bitter pill today.

Created 303 weeks, 6 days ago

Well, the Radiohead show at Berkeley was awesome! They had a few technical difficulties with some of the speakers or some feedback. Aside from that, the natural fog made for some amazing lighting effects, and the perfect center location for the acoustics made the concert memorable. They are playing again tonight at the Greek Theatre.

Created 307 weeks, 4 days ago

So, heading to the Radiohead show tonight in Berkeley. Everyone keeps saying the venue is so awesome. Without seeing it, I am comparing it to the sunken gardens theatre in San Antonio. Ill give you a better description after the show tomorrow.

The seats are in the inner ring left-center of the stage. It is an open-air theatre so I don't think there are going to be any bad seats.

The show starts at 7:30. I haven't ever seen Thom Yorke in concert so I am kinda excited about the show. Hurray!

*Update day of concert: Well... I didn't have any Radiohead albums at work. So I am listening to Def Leppard in anticpation of tonights show.

Created 307 weeks, 5 days ago

Now that I have my entire catalog of music in iTunes, I would like a new feature added to iTunes for Windows. How about allowing a threshold setting for intro-track length.

For example, in Pink Floyd's Animals, the first track really leads into the second track.

"Pigs on the Wing, Pt. 1" [Track 1: 1:24] really leads into "Dogs" [Track 2: 17:04]

When the Intro track comes up in shuffle mode, as long as I know the album, my mind is totally ready for the next track which really goes with the intro.

If there was a setting like this in iTunes, I think it would work something like this:

iTunes Intro Track Setting Examle

I know it doesn't solve all the situations where intros are skipped, but without a meta-data library of intros, this gets pretty close.

Technorati : itunes, mp3, shuffle
Del.icio.us : itunes, mp3, shuffle
Ice Rocket : itunes, mp3, shuffle

Created 321 weeks, 5 days ago

I have had SIRIUS in my 4Runner for about 8 months now. And while I love the variety of content, I am starting to find some opportunities for critique.

First off, thank you for scrapping the Trucker Station. It was either Jeff Foxworthy or Larry the Cable Guy non-stop and I'm not really sure you were doing the SIRIUS audience any favors by letting them subject themselves to this....comedy. What percentage of your audience identifies with the trailer-park comedy? (*I heard Larry the cable Guy this morning, so... I guess my little paradise is still imperfect*)

Okay, stop with all the holiday self-advertising. We get it!

We should buy our friends and family SIRIUS and a SIRIUS compatible radio. How about trying some targeted text-scrolling ads during the shows/music? I would definitely prefer this to the audio-ads. Remember SIRIUS, the ad-free nature of your platform is why many of us signed up.

Next, how about a station for the computer/programmers/technophiles out there? we could talk hardware/software or where to find good deals on stuff. Someone could platform a new technology every morning for my commute into the office so that I had something to speak about every day around the Starbucks line. A site of the day… some technical speaking guests (not Kim Commando) with commentary and shows… etc. I think maybe even stick a few automotive segments in there on the weekends.

And, also, the Jim Brewer comedy hour isn't as funny as I was led to believe. I think much of his shtick comes from the visual aspect of his performance, which of course is lost on the audio-only audience. It's hard to keep up with those really long shows when you drive home from work, then from home to get some dinner, then from a restaurant back home.

Oh, also, can you start including the id3v2 album art as part of the stream? I know there are several hardwares out there that include SIRIUS and have the ability to view JPGs in a tiny little 4:3 screen.

Technorati : SIRIUS, Satellite Radio
Del.icio.us : SIRIUS, Satellite Radio
Ice Rocket : SIRIUS, Satellite Radio

Created 335 weeks, 1 day ago

all my new music I cleaned and downloaded

all my soundtracks, video game music and stuff made by my friends

anything I had cleaned up since Fred copied my music about a year ago.

whew, at least some of it got backed up.

Created 336 weeks, 5 days ago

A few more recordings that I have made over the past few days.


usability.mp3 (1.04 MB)

coolmarbles.mp3 (674.69 KB)

porcelain_ocean.mp3 (674.69 KB)

myshaggybeard.mp3 (550.2 KB)

Created 343 weeks, 1 day ago

enjoy a new recording thats kinda soft and ambient. short.


whalesandsnails.mp3 (1.22 MB)

Created 343 weeks, 1 day ago

Again to the parish nightclub. Lyrics Born was the headliner, and Pigeon John opened up for them. The music was kicking and the lyrics were lickin. I actually had only heard just small selections of Lyrics Born before the concert, and now that I have enjoyed them in concert, I will add a few songs to my playlists.

Rome on HBO is kicking-ass. I am really caught up in it lately. Also, this Sunday's Curb Your Enthusiasm was finally funny; The season didn't start strong with me.

At some point I need to get out there and mow my grass, its getting shaggy. I'm sure the homeowners association is ready to send me a letter demanding that I cut it. :(






Created 343 weeks, 3 days ago