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.

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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.

Don't Download This Song

Weird Al Yankovic on the hell of music downloading... check out the video.

Duncan Garage Showroom Radio

This is cool... an eventful/podbop mashup: Duncan Garage Showroom Radio.

Official website: Duncan Garage Showroom

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.