Kind of Bloop: An 8-Bit Tribute to Miles Davis
may 2009 by jimray
You know you want to hear this
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electronic
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may 2009 by jimray
Trent Reznor explains how Ticketmaster and Live Nation are going to screw you over even more
march 2009 by jimray
Well written, clear piece on the problem with big ticket live shows. Basically, Ticketmaster could stop scalping but there's too much money for them to lose and they're likely to simply skip the middle man and move to a straight auction system for at least some of their tickets in the not too distant future.
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march 2009 by jimray
"Techcrunch are full of shit"
february 2009 by jimray
Grammatically, I prefer "is full of shit" but that's just one of those delightful Britishisms. The sentiment is still the same as it ever was.
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media
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february 2009 by jimray
Techcrunch acuses Last.fm of colluding with the RIAA on the leaked U2 album
february 2009 by jimray
Last.fm categorically denies the claim and says Techcrunch just made the story up. A new low, even for tech reporting.
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february 2009 by jimray
Runnin' with the Songsmith
january 2009 by jimray
When you pipe the vocal track of Running with the Devil into MIcrosoft's Soundsmith, magic is made
brilliant
funny
music
via:mathowie
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january 2009 by jimray
Bandcamp, the anti-MySpace publishing platform for musicians, looks awesome
september 2008 by jimray
Nice interview from Andy Baio. I particularly like the embeddable visualization enabledy music player. Fantastic work.
music
startup
awesome
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september 2008 by jimray
Rock the Net, a compilation CD put out by Future of Music supporting Net Neutrality, looks pretty excellent
june 2008 by jimray
Including a new track from The Wrens!
music
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awesome
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june 2008 by jimray
Preliminary Bumbershoot lineup announced
april 2008 by jimray
Beck, Stone Temple Pilots, Neko Case, Del tha Funky Homosapien, !!!, Saul Williams, M. Ward, The Walkmen, Blitzen Trapper, and John Vanderslice are just a few reasons to go
music
seattle
awesome
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april 2008 by jimray
Muxtape recommendations
april 2008 by jimray
A Yahoo pipe that recommends muxtapes based on your last.fm profile. Clever, that
via:magnetbox
mashups
music
awesome
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april 2008 by jimray
Holovaty's "Nude" remix makes me smile
april 2008 by jimray
Sorta makes Thom Yorke sound like Billie Holiday, which is just fine by me
music
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april 2008 by jimray
Pitchfork's guide to upcoming releases
april 2008 by jimray
Promises to be a regular feature, not just something to spend your tax return on this spring
music
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april 2008 by jimray
Radiohead launches remix program through iTunes
april 2008 by jimray
The bass, vocal, guitar, string and drum tracks to "Nude" are all available DRM-free for your remixing pleasure.
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april 2008 by jimray
Rick Astley on Rickrolling
march 2008 by jimray
“I think it’s just one of those odd things where something gets picked up and people run with it. But that’s what brilliant about the Internet.”
celebrity
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culture
memes
music
awesome
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march 2008 by jimray
Meanwhile, back at the plantation
march 2008 by jimray
Nicholas Carr on user-generated sharecropping after Bebo sells to AOL for $850M
social
community
music
march 2008 by jimray
Zune journey
february 2008 by jimray
I love the wacky, creative stuff Microsoft comes up with when they actually have to compete in a market and can throw tons of money into something
advertising
music
microsoft
zune
flash
animation
february 2008 by jimray
First single from new Roots album, "75 Bars"
february 2008 by jimray
How much do I love the second comment: "I bet White people will appreciate this" because damn if I don't love this track already.
music
hiphop
awesome
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february 2008 by jimray
Sasquatch 2008 announced
february 2008 by jimray
R.E.M., the National, Built to Spill, Cold War Kids, Okkervil River, Rogue Wave, Mike Patton & Dan the Automator (!!), BATTLES, Cave Singers, Pela, Thao Nguyen, Sera Cahoone, The Cops. Yeah, you're going.
music
seattle
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february 2008 by jimray
Harlem rent parties and Fats Waller
february 2008 by jimray
Kottke has a quick but great writeup on rent parties, a tradition out of Harlem for dealing with rapidly rising rents and, I suspect, prohibition.
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february 2008 by jimray
Paste magazine talks to Scarlett Johansson and David Sitek about that Tom Waits cover album
february 2008 by jimray
Sitek, of TV on the Radio fame, produced, there are two tracks with Bowie and it's reportedly not that bad. Despite my inclinations, I might have to pick this one up.
music
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february 2008 by jimray
The world's greatest music collection just might be
february 2008 by jimray
3 million albums, 300,000 CD's, over 6 million songs. Over half have never been listened to; the entire collection has been stored in a climate controlled warehouse. No reserve bidding starts at $3 million.
music
insane
awesome
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february 2008 by jimray
Frances Bean Cobain is as cool as you'd hope
february 2008 by jimray
Finds all the attention directed at her "creepy" and thinks she may want to be a journalist some day.
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february 2008 by jimray
The 2008 Bonnaroo lineup is out
february 2008 by jimray
Looks a lot like the Coachella lineup so maybe I'll just wait until they all come my way for Sasquatch.
music
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february 2008 by jimray
Last.fm will stream full tracks and albums
january 2008 by jimray
Agreement with the big four labels includes an ad revenue model that will share with artists based on how often a track gets played
via:daringfireball
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january 2008 by jimray
Because it's never too early to get excited about warm weather music festivals, here's the Coachella 2008 lineup
january 2008 by jimray
The headliners look mostly lame (Jack Johnson? But yay Kraftwerk!!) but the sideshows look great - The National, BATTLES, Sharon Jones, Stars, Spank Rock, Vampire Weekend, Metric. Pack your e and glowsticks for Sash and Digweed
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january 2008 by jimray
Sony joins the Amazon mp3 store
january 2008 by jimray
Does this mean MusicPass is already dead?
music
amazon
awesome
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january 2008 by jimray
Johnny Cash Rules Everything Around Me
january 2008 by jimray
Yes, someone mashed up Johnny Cash and the best Wu-Tang song ever. Yes, it is awesome. Yes, you should be listening to it instead of reading this.
music
awesome
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january 2008 by jimray
Why ringtones are more valuable than mp3s
january 2008 by jimray
Some sharp thoughts by Nick Martens on the intangible values of music
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january 2008 by jimray
Houses of the Holy gets the Sleevage treatment
january 2008 by jimray
Definitely Led Zeppelin's best cover ever. Also, stay to the end for a clever dig.
music
design
art
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january 2008 by jimray
Sony is the last big four record label to abandon DRM
january 2008 by jimray
Yay, the future just might not suck after all!
music
drm
awesome
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january 2008 by jimray
R.E.M. To Play SXSW
january 2008 by jimray
Like you needed another reason to get you company to front a week of drinking and networking in Austin
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sxsw
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january 2008 by jimray
A very special Wu-mas
december 2007 by jimray
Yeah, I uploaded Ain't Nuthin' Ta Fuck Wit to The Jingler. Perhaps a little obvious but I'm enjoying it immensely.
music
funny
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waronchristmas
december 2007 by jimray
Nonesuch Records just launched a new kickass web store
december 2007 by jimray
Buy the CD, get immediate access to 320kbps downloads at no extra cost. The prices seem a touch high, and I'd be happy with just the digital version, but great work from a great label.
music
awesome
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december 2007 by jimray
Updated GarageBand does custom ringtones for iPhone
december 2007 by jimray
Supports just about everything but protected iTunes Store files, which is yet another reason to never buy any music from the iTunes store
iphone
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december 2007 by jimray
Top 20 albums of 2007: eMusic vs. iTunes
december 2007 by jimray
Agreed, with the exception of Panda Bear beats Modest Mouse. Sorry, a cheap Brian Wilson ripoff by a bunch of shoegazing Brooklyn hipsters does not beat PNW rock, especially with Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr on board.
music
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december 2007 by jimray
Kung Fu samples used in Wu-Tang songs, broken down by song and title
november 2007 by jimray
This is the best thing on the internet
awesome
music
culture
movies
hiphop
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november 2007 by jimray
New NPR music site looks sharp
november 2007 by jimray
Lots of streaming music, great aggregation of stations, including Seattle's own KEXP
music
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november 2007 by jimray
Saul Williams and Trent Reznor talk to Vulture about "The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust!"
october 2007 by jimray
Amazingly, this is the first album I've been excited about in months. Also, Trent was an OiNK user and says he paid $5,000 for In Rainbows.
music
media
awesome
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october 2007 by jimray
Amazon's mp3 download service launches
september 2007 by jimray
Pretty cheap, though prices are variable, DRM free and high bitrate. I see myself buying a lot of these.
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september 2007 by jimray
Hip hop pop-ups
september 2007 by jimray
You get an ad every time Kanye name checks his favorite brands. Clever, that.
advertising
music
brilliant
art
design
via:revgeorge
visualization
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september 2007 by jimray
Last.fm is now fingerprinting your MP3 collection for better metadata tagging
september 2007 by jimray
Eventual plans include a query-able API that will let you fix the broken metadata on your music, using the power of collectivized tagging. Pretty nifty.
software
music
metadata
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september 2007 by jimray
Slate says that Portland (not Seattle!) is America's indie rock mecca
september 2007 by jimray
Portland's a great town, just about everything I love about the PNW, with real urban planning
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music
portland
september 2007 by jimray
Music industry betting on ‘ringle’ format
september 2007 by jimray
A CD (wtf?) with three tracks and a ringtone, for $7, brought to you by the forward looking innovators at Sony BMG and NBC Universal. The only way this could be any dumber is if they'd chosen the cassette tape as the format.
dumb
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september 2007 by jimray
September 11, 2007: Never forget.
september 2007 by jimray
Ben wins at teh internets
funny
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september 2007 by jimray
Bumbershoot looking for chauffeurs
august 2007 by jimray
If you end up shuttling Fergie around, though, kindly back over all of her gear and save us from having to endure that shit.
seattle
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august 2007 by jimray
Vice Records' "This is Next" (aka "NOW that's what I call indie!") gets a 0.0 from Pitchfork
august 2007 by jimray
"As a listening experience, This Is Next is predictably lazy and disjointed, like the most nondescript college radio show imaginable."
music
funny
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august 2007 by jimray
Apple quietly unveiled My iTunes, a widget for sharing your iTunes purchases
august 2007 by jimray
Sorta weird that it only shows your purchased music, not music you're playing in iTunes. Apple, I knew LastFM. LastFM was a friend of mine. You, My iTunes, are no LastFM.
apple
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social
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august 2007 by jimray
The Seattle Times has a great article about how other cities deal with noisy neighborhoods
august 2007 by jimray
Pay attention to the chart at the bottom - shockingly, Seattle doesn't even bother with measuring the noise level, yet they simply side with developers and yuppie condo owners who don't like the fact that they overpaid for a place right downtown.
seattle
music
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august 2007 by jimray
Beastie Boys on Flickr!
june 2007 by jimray
Beastie Boys! On Flickr!!
via:daringfireball
flickr
music
awesome
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june 2007 by jimray
BBC integrates MusicBrainz in to their music site
june 2007 by jimray
CC licensed and microformatted as well! If I were the webmaster at KEXP, I would copy this in a heartbeat.
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metadata
awesome
microformats
via:magnetbox
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june 2007 by jimray
Magnetosphere is an iTunes plug-in that actually looks awesome
may 2007 by jimray
Colin says it was prototyped in processing then converted to C++
software
music
visualization
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may 2007 by jimray
Will Friedwald, Owner Of The Worlds Largest iTunes Collection
april 2007 by jimray
Has several libraries, totaling about 1200 gigs of music. Apple should call this guy up, offer him a new octocore in exchange collecting usage stats to make iTunes better.
itunes
music
awesome
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april 2007 by jimray
Defective Tracks at eMusic
april 2007 by jimray
"please note that you can re-download all of your tracks without losing credits." Yet another reason why eMusic effing rules
tumbl
music
awesome
april 2007 by jimray
Ornette Coleman Wins Music Pulitzer
april 2007 by jimray
"Coleman's music was not among the 140 music nominees. Pulitzer panelists used their prerogative to skirt traditional rules by purchasing the CD and nominating the 77-year-old jazz master." That's awesome!
music
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media
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april 2007 by jimray
Lure Design Inc.
april 2007 by jimray
Some great, if a little pricey, concert posters
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prints
home
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april 2007 by jimray
First Timbjörkland song in the wild
april 2007 by jimray
Forget the haters, I dig it
music
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foo
april 2007 by jimray
Apple unveils higher quality DRM-Free music
april 2007 by jimray
256kbps AAC files sans-DRM for $1.29 a track. This might get me to buy music from the iTMS again.
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april 2007 by jimray
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