Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Twenty Fifth Hour Meets DJ Darkstep

Did you see 25th Hour? It's a film Spike Lee made about a guy's last day before going to prison. At one point, our hero goes into a rage about the fundamental unfairness of his prison sentence... but he still has to go.

DJ Darkstep: Exterminate All Humanz ft Redone.

We send a lot of kids to prison here in the USA, so I think every American should give this a listen.

Tuesday, August 29, 2006

a pschedelic activation portal

Bulgarian net label, Ouim.net, lots of gold to mine there, everything is on a Creative Commons license.

Sample from Samdelia: Endless.

There's also a sister site ouim.org -- the descriptions are in Bulgarian (I assume) -- but more to listen to there.

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Sunday, August 20, 2006

Saturday, August 19, 2006

Immashoo Group Schizophrenic

In their own words:

Blind man's bluff with the keychain found Tuvan trance music. All in good fun, naturally. Created with wierdo spirit voices, software, found sound and so forth.

5 stars at the Internet Audio Archive: Mongolian Keychain

Wednesday, August 16, 2006

RIAA continues to amaze

In a recent RIAA case, the RIAA wanted to question family members about their deceased father's music downloading crimes. You can stay informed about all RIAA lawsuits against music fans here: Recording Industry vs. People.

The more I read about the RIAA, the more I don't want to buy music at all... seems the only way to put money in a musician's pockets these days is to buy a t-shirt off their merch table.

Monday, August 14, 2006

Flower Powder

A DJ from Sweden, Flower Powder, offers psytrance, and progressive mixes and more. You can can find much of their catalog at their page on the Internet Archive. A sample: Mexikhali.

Stuff to put on your music player

Today's link: a large directory of podsafe audio sources at ourmedia.org. This is also a good source of information for publishing media on the internet.

Thursday, August 10, 2006

Frequently Awkward Questions

Some interesting questions for supporters of DRM... like -- how much of the $75 million the RIAA has won by suing music fans has it actually given back to musicians? The answer is none, it goes to a legal fund, so the RIAA can sue more music fans.

More questions from the EFF. And, here's a useful article about your rights, should you find yourself named in an RIAA civil suit.

Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Acoustical Liberation

Only public domain audio books at LibriVox, including a good collection of children's stories. In the mood for some Alice in Wonderland?

Oh Canada!

The closest I can get to hearing great music at the Duncan Garage Showroom is to tune in on CBC Radio 3. They offer a steady stream of made in Canada tunes, a playlist tool (hear your favorites again), and a playlist sharing/ranking system. All free, courtesy of Canadian taxpayers -- which includes me!

There's also a weekly podcast this week featuring authentic Canadian J-pop sounds from Toronto by Shinjuku Zulu.

Thursday, August 03, 2006

RIAA Phonecall

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Found the tune at zug.com. And, while I'm bashing the RIAA... here's a read from Slashdot: Why we think music should be free.