Category: ministry of music
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Random Song of the Day #6
I know it’s out of character from my normal fare of doom and gloom music, but I just can’t help bouncing in my seat whenever I listen to anything by The Artful Dodger… [audio:rsotd6.mp3]
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Random Song of the Day #5
I’ve been listening to this album in the car. Something about Nick Cave singing in falsetto like a southern blues singer just tickles me. [audio:rsotd5.mp3]
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Random Song of the Day #4
This Plastikman remix from @slighter makes me want to DJ again, just so I can spin a set around this sick bassline. Plastikman – Ask Yourself [Visitor Seven Remixes] by colinc
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Random Song of the Day #3
Completely bypassing #1 and 2 (since this is actually the third random song, after all), we move onto rsotd3. This track is from when I did tech support and stumbled on an indie music site that had some free downloads. The band is Nanang Tatang and I’ve been trying to find anything else by them…
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Random Song of the Day #-1
Continuing with the non-linear numbering system, I thought I’d include a song that sort of seemed to fit the day the other day, which planted the seed for the song of the day meme… [audio:rsotd-1.mp3]
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Random Song of the Day #0
The first of anything is always depressing. If you never continue with whatever it is, that #1 is just staring at you, taunting. So, I had this idea of doing a “random song of the day” thinking that it would be pretty cool, be a way to share the music I love and what I’m…
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Genius
I’ve flipped back to iTunes as my default audio player. I was avoiding it for a long, long time for a lot of reasons but when WinAmp randomly stopped playing OGG files (which I have a lot of), and I couldn’t fix it, I installed the Xiph QuickTime Components plugin and downloaded the latest version of iTunes. And I…
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lala.com closes their doors: a case study in how to alienate your core userbase
Once upon a time there was a website called Lala. I think I first heard about them in an issue of Wired as an alternative to filesharing. Because, when Lala got started, it was all about cd trading — put the cd’s you don’t really care for anymore up in the pool, create a wishlist…
