TIL that the Jellybean "What's that Song" widget works with audio from Apps. Working great with TuneIn. Here's a track I grabbed off of Couleur3 Fun.
In my day MTV actually had music and we liked it!
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In my day MTV actually had music and we liked it!
Originally shared by The Current
Jake Rudh posted his pick for Video of the Day and it's ALL MTV idents. Seriously, just one after another for six minutes. He explains,
"Leading up to the MTV event at First Avenue this coming Friday night, Transmission simulates an hour of watching classic MTV from (1981 - 1992) this Thursday at 10pm."
Take a break and revisit the astronauts, the cows, and the animation that looks even stranger now.
Has anyone else reripped their entire music collection lately?
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Has anyone else reripped their entire music collection lately?
Last time was in 2003 so I had bitrates as low as 96k. Everything is now 320k mp3 and I'm ready to re-import into Google Music. Some interesting observations:
- CD ripping must contribute to global warming.
- CDs are heavy ~40 lbs of CDs fitting in .1 m³ (about 3.5 ft³)
- Gracenote/CDDB has declined in quality (album art especially)
- Price stickers bring back memories. Tower records, FNAC and 32 CHF albums, oh my.
Nice thing is I can better judge the provenance of my collection and correct it. Just received 3 custom CDs from Twin/Tone including two albums from the late-80s Minneapolis band The Wallets.
Have you noticed that there are lots more Sub Pop Records albums in Google Play?
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Have you noticed that there are lots more Sub Pop Records albums in Google Play? Lots of grunge era stuff and more...
The best Electro-Rock band of the moment that's currently helping me burn the candle at both ends.
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The best Electro-Rock band of the moment that's currently helping me burn the candle at both ends. Think Daft Punk crossed with Rage Against the Machine, with a dash of Introduce Yourself era Faith No More.
Their top-10 single is below, but you'll find the rest of their repertoire rocks much harder. Check out Palabra mi Amor for a taste:
SHAKA PONK - Palabra Mi Amor (feat. Bertrand Cantat) [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
Or this set from the Paleo Music Festival:
Shaka Ponk - Live Paléo Festival Nyon 2011 [Pro-Shot]
[reposting this again for #musicmonday and because I deleted my original post..]
Remember folks you get a free play if you use Google Play and are in the USA.
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Remember folks you get a free play if you use Google Play and are in the USA. If that describes you and I'm not already following you let me know in the comments or DM me via my profile and I'll add you to my Google Players circle.
Oh and here's 17 tracks of awesome.