music
Digital rights in a restrictive age
One of the difficulties of working in the internet industry is we sometimes feel like we’re fighting a losing battle against regulation. Despite the new horizons the digital age offers:
state databases of our information are growing, yet our access to public information is being eroded,
copyright is becoming more restrictive, making a criminal out of [...]
Vive la FIP
At last I have broadband. Too many stories to relate, but there’s one I’d particularly like to share.
While setting up my bedroom basics (alarm clock, airbed - thankfully now usurped by a real bed) I chanced upon a French radio station playing some very listenable French hip-hop. I stuck with it, and over the next [...]
Muxtape
Muxtape may not last all that long. Its beauty and simplicity will probably put paid to that, as it collapses under the weight of piracy and lawsuits. Until then, I’ve uploaded a handful of songs I’ve written, should anyone be interested.
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Bulk discount
I’ve not yet stopped buying CDs because I like having the physical artefacts. Mostly because I have a pretty decent hi-fi setup that trumps any MP3 in quality but, candidly, also thanks to mild music snobbery: the narcissistic chance that some visitor to my home will examine my collection and be suitably impressed. It does [...]
Most (un)wanted songs
Two artists polled the musical tastes of the American public, then composed two songs containing the most widely-loved and -hated musical components. The Most Wanted Song is short, bland and unpleasantly reminiscent of Luther Vandross. The Most Unwanted Song is over twenty minutes long, and features tubas, rapping opera singers, accordians, and (hideously) a chorus [...]
Two new songs
Well, they’re not exactly new, but I’ve only recently got round to mixing and uploading them. That’s all the culture I can muster for a while; enjoy.
- Cennydd Bowles - My Lady Of The Sea [AAC, 4.3MB]
- Cennydd Bowles - Ursa Major [AAC, 3.1MB] - many thanks to Sélène for backing vocals
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In Rainbows
It’s very late and as such I’ve yet to work out how important an announcement this is. Hasn’t even hit Digg yet.
Radiohead have a new album coming out. In ten days. No pre-release hype, no PR, no Letterman appearances. No surprise there. The surprise? You choose the price.
You could say this is something that only [...]
Sonic Youth performance stats
Would love to see these Sonic Youth gig stats turned into some explorable interface. Any budding information designers with plenty of time on their hands?
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Field Day
Had to pass comment on Field Day. The weather was gorgeous, the lineup was excellent, but the whole event was pretty much ruined by amateurish organisation. It’s received a comprehensive slating on Myspace, and with good cause. 14 bar staff for 10,000 people does not a good ratio make, and even our backup plan of [...]
last.fm still going for world domination
Quite liking last.fm’s new video player. Not hugely different from YouTube, but seems a little sharper to me. Quite liking this song, too.
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