Jamie Kohns on August 29th, 2008
Anyone else looking forward to a long weekend? I’ve only just recovered from a very sucessfull birthday celebration, and am diving head-first into the holiday weekend. Hopefully, the weather will cooperate, and we won’t get that hurricane weather until Tuesday. That’s all I got for you- well, that and the ten track below. I’m off to the pool!
Tracklisting:
AC/DC - Rock N Roll Train
Backyard Tire Fire - Everybody’s Down
Final Fantasy - The Butcher
Fredrik - Black Fur
Gregory and the Hawk - Voice Like A Bell
John Eichleay - Friends And Family
Summerbirds In The Cellar - Behold The Wolf
The Coral - Being Somebody Else
The New Up - Top of The Stairs
Xavier Rudd - This World As We Know It
Download it here while you can!
This week’s image comes from Steve Bailey.
Jamie Kohns on August 29th, 2008
Asthmatic Kitty and Microcinema are challenging listeners to make a video for one of three Rafter tracks from now (well, Wednesday really) through November 15th. Just download one of the tracks from the site, make your video, and upload it to a special YouTube group. Then, a panel of celebrity judges, including Dan Deacon and Adrian Grenier will select the winners to be announced on December 1.
Jamie Kohns on August 29th, 2008
Music blogger Kevin “Skwerl” Cogill was arrested Wednesday by the FBI for his part in leaking several nearly-completed tracks from the never-gonna-be-completed Guns and Roses album Chinese Democracy. After being taken in the early morning raid, Cogill was released on $10,000 bond with the judge noting that Cogill should have been issued a summons, and not arrested by 5 members of the FBI. The overkill, it seems, was to make a very public point.
Jamie Kohns on August 26th, 2008
I ran across an interesting article relating to the news last week that Muxtape had been shuttered while they “sort out a problem with the RIAA.” A new muxtape clone has been released as open source software. While it’s not a hosted service like Muxtape, it offers anyone with a webserver the ability to become their own Muxtape-esque service. The new software is called OpenTape, and runs on a common web host.The article points out: “Opentape doesn’t solve any copyright issues“. Rather, it seems to be a “fight the power” answer to the Muxtape close-down.
Already, at least one band has picked up the software and begun using it. Two Shots Of Rye use the OpenTape software to promote their new album on a dedicated site.
