My friend Amanda had a party last Saturday but I couldn’t go *sad face*. But I could provide some tunes, Alex was going and said he was “feelin’ some DnB”, so I whipped this up in a quick two hours. It’s a high energy mix, but it’s got its calm moments still.
…and those fuckers wonderful people never listened to it at the party *shakes fist*… so uh could someone listen?
Brent Thinks He Has An Opinion That Matters: Musicians, if you’re going to let me listen to a track, let me download it too. It works really well for Jonathon Coulton, he had this to say in a recent interview:
“it’s okay if only a small percentage of listeners buy, as long as the number of listeners is very high. That can only happen if you let people listen.”
Geek Talk: Data Sculptures. A data sculpture is a data visualization that exists in physical 3D-space. A graph is just two dimensions, but a sculpture can show a more complex or interesting comparison. Sculptures can be interactive, allowing human input to alter or animate the sculpture
So there’s this hip-hop artist called Saul Williams and he has this new album coming out. Now I’ve never heard this guy before because I’m an uncultured troglodyte, but people who’s opinion I respect tell me this is a big deal. Then I heard that Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails fame was the producer on this new album, and that this would be a free downloadable album in addition to being available in stores eventually.
Today I saw on reddit that the pair had "leaked" a track from the album on The Pirate Bay. I can’t wait for this free music thing to just be the norm, look at how successful it’s been for indie music since the web became mainstream.