I’ve reactivated Nicecast streaming. An older Mac laptop is hooked up to a 275 gig hard drive full of AACs and MP3s. It’s feeding an iTunes app set on “shuffle.”
The URL is http://limahuli.dnsalias.com:8000/listen.m3u
I’ll keep this running until a) I get bored with it, b) the laptop overheats, or c) the RIAA and/or Comcast come through the door with billyclubs. Enjoy.
[update 12/3/08: Due to overwhelming apathy, I've temporarily discontinued the Nicecast stream unless folks email me and apologize for having something better to do, you unsupportive sloths].
[update: sorry, stream has been discontinued for the time being...]
David Lee Roth solo vocal
Also, a 2007 reunion performance of “Jump” where things went horribly wrong (see YouTube comments).
[thanks to Von Shmavid and Pete from Tribe for the links]
I’ve gotten gracious permission to post free audio files of my favorite song from 2007 (more details here):
Montréal (Vue Eérienne) MP3 [5mb]
Montréal (Vue Eérienne) AAC [3.37mb]
From a late-October NPR broadcast debate: “Freedom of expression must include the right to offend.”
. mp3 [24.1mb, 52:54]
I just feel better when it’s not around.
Just kidding. Almost. When it’s late and I’ve been staring at a computer monitor all day and I need to bring my prefrontal lobe horizontal hold back to something resembling flatline, this “psy-ambient” genre has been my salvation.
The song “Elysium” [two minute Windows Media excerpt] on the following does weird (and good) things to me late in the evening:
Phutureprimitive “Sub Conscious”
iTunes download link
If you can find it, there’s a 24 minute remix of “Elysium” out there that’s worth the search.
Phutureprimitive also remixed a track on this compilation:
Left Coast Liquid Volume 1
iTunes download link
The song is track# 6, Bluetech’s “Oleander” (Phutureprimitive Symbiotic Remix) [streaming mp3 excerpt]. This is another lifesaver.
Mixotheque has concluded its “February Is New Zealand Mix CD Month” campaign. Many, many high-quality free MP3 downloads from your favorite to-the-right-of-Down-Under country.
Mixotheque is an mp3.blog that aims to give visitors the equivalent of two mix CDs a month, parcelled out in the form of mp3 downloads each day. This month’s tracks represent highlights of New Zealand rock’s 80s/90s output. And look, gang, no Dead C.!
If you’re new to Flying Nun, the songs (and the accompanying text on the blog) are an indispensible introduction. If you’re a jaded know-it-all, pretend to be secretly shocked at how good a lot of this stuff still sounds. And yeah, keep the latter sentiment to yourself, because showing surprise about music isn’t something you would ever want to do in front of your friends, right?
Last week’s edition of KCRW’s The Business featured a hilarious (like, hilarious-sickening, not necessarily hilarious-ha-ha) interview with a Variety reporter about how and why movie studios and agents go about giving gifts. [10.2mb MP3/podcast].
In the spirit of the season, Defamer critiques a holiday offering from CAA.
As heard on last weekend’s Le Show starring Harry Shearer: the FEMA page containing the RealAudio file. Here’s the lyrics:
Disaster . . . it can happen anywhere,
But we’ve got a few tips, so you can be prepared
For floods, tornadoes, or even a ‘quake,
You’ve got to be ready – so your heart don’t break.
Disaster prep is your responsibility
And mitigation is important to our agency.
People helping people is what we do
And FEMA is there to help see you through
When disaster strikes, we are at our best
But we’re ready all the time, ’cause disasters don’t rest.
[Written and performed by Scott J. Wolfson]
Also heard on last week’s Le Show: download the MP3 of “(Brownie You’re Doing a) Heck of a Job.”
