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deusx : wayneandwax.com » Songs as Shared Things - "Songs have always been shareable and shared. People, young and old, share songs with each other – by singing or playing them - in a variety of ways and settings, through a variety of technologies and media or other manner of accompaniment (as well
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nelson : Stop the War on Fun - A bunch of all ages clubs in SF are getting hassled by the Alcoholic Beverage Control people
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Greg Storey : Bjork guest DJs for NPR. - I think one track is five minutes of a dog whistle quartet.
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Anil : Just let me fill your heart with joy and laughter... - This was probably the one clip of Michael Jackson I wish everybody had seen.
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Anil : Just let me fill your heart with joy and laughter... - This was probably the one clip of Michael Jackson I wish everybody had seen.
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tehu : Wreckage of my Past - Yes it is about Ozzy O. but the score (as the title) sounds very close to the last Idaho opus (Jeff Martin). (via filmoculous)
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gleuschk : Beck is kind of a dick - but the Flaming Lips are as awesome as you might think
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Andy Baio : Paul Lamere's Passion Index for measuring band's true fans - he looks at the number of plays per listener for a simple metric
Milo Vermeulen : Music Machinery - The Passion Index - Music Machinery - The Passion Index [via]
Rod Begbie : The Passion Index - Using last.fm data to work out how "passionate" fans of bands are. A sloppy metric, but interesting nonetheless. #
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nelson : microsia - pretty, restful sound toy
Andy Baio : Microsia, gorgeous sound game/tool for Windows - feels like an in-depth, HD version of Electroplankton [via]
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deusx : Are downloads really killing the music industry? Or is it something else? | Technology | guardian.co.uk - "the reality is that nowadays, one can choose between a game costing £40 that will last weeks, or a £10 CD with two great tracks and eight dud ones. I think a lot of people are choosing the game - and downloading the two tracks. That's real di
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philgyford : Stupidfresh: Highs in the low 70s - A nice summery bunch of summery tunes for the summer. (via Soul Sides)
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nelson : Bach Bach Revolution - Fugure played by two people on a giant walk-on piano
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philgyford : My Cassette's Just Like A Bazooka? - A complete discography for all the tapes/records/CDs given away by NME between 1981 and 1988. Also some good commentary on the music and the paper. All we need now is a torrent...
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nelson : Last.fm and the RIAA, again - Every aspect of this story sucks: last.fm, CBS, RIAA, Techcrunch. But the truth of it is important. What is it?
Andy Baio : Techcrunch reports CBS secretly gave Last.fm data to RIAA - CBS lied to Last.fm and gave it to the RIAA without their knowledge, which explains their furious response
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deusx : Thomas Dolby’s Blog » Blog Archive » ‘The Singular Thomas Dolby’ released today - "This 2-disc CD and DVD (PAL) collection features all Thomas Dolby’s singles and videos. It is released in the UK on May 18th 2009 and is available worldwide as an import."
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Rod Begbie : Dark Night of the Soul - New album by Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse, with a shedload of guest contributors. Due to legal wranglings, you can't buy the album. But they will sell you a book of photos by David Lynch and a custom blank CD-R for $50, to which you can write any music #
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deusx : New Danger Mouse CD Released As A Blank CD-R Due To Legal Fight With EMI | Techdirt - "due to ongoing legal troubles with EMI, he can't actually release the music. So he's come up with a rather creative solution. Found via Andrew Dubber, the news is that the next album will be released as album artwork with a blank recordabl
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Rod Begbie : Amanda Palmer's secret show sneak peek | Current_Music - Current TV filmed a half-hour Amanda Palmer concert. She's completely engrossing live. Enjoy! (The new Current flash video player is quite lovely too.) [via] #
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Anil : The Dream of Being Discoverable - I'm a fan of The-Dream, the producer-turned-singer who was born Terius Nash and is responsible for pop gems ranging from Rihanna's "Umbrella" to Mariah's "Touch My Body". His solo albums have been genuinely entertaining and well-produced, a fact that is p
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Anil : How many quarks in a Zune? - My friend Nick is good at answering the questions I didn't even know I wanted to ask. For example, how many electrons per song on an iPod? At approximately 4 minutes per song (Apple's average), we can play through 150 songs in 10 hours (far less than t
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Anil : Video Computer System - A lot of folks seemed to like the Little Red Riding Hood video I linked to the other day, so I thought I'd reach way back into the archives (anybody still hanging around who was reading this site in 2000?) and dig out an old favorite. Behold, "Video Comp
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deusx : The War on Sharing: Why the FSF Cares About RIAA Lawsuits | TorrentFreak - "In one of RIAA’s high profile cases the Free Software Foundation backed defendant Joel Tenenbaum, much to the dislike of the music industry lobby. John Sullivan, Operations Manager at the FSF explains in a guest post why they think these cases imp
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philgyford : YouTube - Unit Four Plus Two -- Concrete and Clay - 1965(?) video for the song, filmed on the building site that was to become the Barbican.
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Andy Baio : In Bb 2.0, a collaborative music and spoken word project - each person submitted a video performing in B flat major, which can be mixed at whim
nelson : In Bb 2.0 - Neat video reimagining of classic minimalism
Rod Begbie : in Bb 2.0 - a collaborative music/spoken word project - Each video has a soundtrack in B♭. Start and stop them to create a musical tapestry. [via] #
Milo Vermeulen : in Bb 2.0 - a collaborative music/spoken word project [via]
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