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MP3 Friday

Samples of the new Venetian Snares ep Winnipeg is a Frozen Shithole coming soon on Sublight Records. Along with the rest of the Sublight back cat. (inc. Fanny, Flashbulb, & Synkro)

A selection from The Wire MP3 archives:
"Excerpts (128kbs downloads) of live sets recorded at The Wire's second Adventures In Modern Music festival at the Empty Bottle, Chicago September 2004":
Keith Fullerton Whitman - 25 September 2004 [5.6 MB MP3]
Blevin Blectum - 22 September 2004 [8.5 MB MP3]
"As an audio-extension to our celebration of everything rhythm, repetition, loop and trance from our comprehensive 'Riff' feature (The Wire #250), we present excerpts of some of the key tracks mentioned":
The Fall - Slates, Slags, Etc (Slates/A Part Of America Therein) [40kbs stream]
Herbie Hancock - Palm Grease (Thrust) [40kbs stream]
Also:
Andrew Coleman - Fight Or Flight [40kbs stream]
Ascoltaire - Buddypals [40kbs stream]
Autechre - Lentic Catachresis [9.7 MB MP3]
Coil - Where are You? [7.2 MB MP3] (R.I.P John Balance)
Farmers Manual - Live at Frequenzen, Frankfurt, 09.02.2002 [7.2 MB MP3]
Kid 606 - Never Underestimate The Value Of A Holler (vipee-pee mix) [13.1 MB MP3]
Steve Beresford - vaio-id14 [1 MB MP3]

Samples from Istari Lasterfahrer's Sozialistischer Plattenbau label [all MP3 files 32kbs 16bit 22khz mono]
In particular I recommend you checkout the DUBCORE 7" series. Vols 2 and 3 are there although unfortunately Vol 1 (Istari Lasterfahrer / Parasite (feat. Tony Benn)) isn't.

The Beatles Christmas Records made for their fan club members. [via Growabrain]

As referred to the other day...
"If you want to hear the song Bomb The World go to Franti's website. If you wanna hear the Hip Hop remix go [here]."

Some beautiful videos by Tim Refern for Decal, Ambulance, and others.

The Keith Fullerton Whitman (a.k.a. Hrvatski) film archive

The Gurufs presents a Squarepusher video and a Kraftwerk video

Huge collection of Mr Bungle downloads on this ftp server, including videos from Bjork's Medulla feat Mike Patton, Dokaka, and Rahzel.

Soundmurderer with Studio One legend Earl 16 and Brother Culture live on BBC Radio 1 [40 MB MP3]
Soundmurderer set in Vancouver, Canada. Oct. 24, 2004 [85 MB MP3]

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Don't forget it's Radio 1's John Peel tribute, Keep it Peel, tonight, from 7 pm until 1 am.
It kicks off with a documentary about his life, is followed by live performances by some of his favorite bands, and then closed by some of his favorite DJs. In particular look out for a half hour slot from Mike P (µ-ziq), Henry Shitmat and DJ Broken Yolk. Sending one of today's musician's greatest inspirations out in style!

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I almost forgot to post my victory dance...
Blunkett quits!
Blunkett quits!
Blunkett quits!
Blunkett quits!

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New Chervon website now live

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Aphex Twin - Analord 10 now available (for extortionate price)

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This is a bit of an experiment. A dangerous one at that.
I've used FreeBiddingTools to set up a series of rss feeds for eBay searches I do regularly, and then fed those into Kinja to create a digest of things I might like to spend all my money on. I'll report back on how it affects my spending.
It really would be more handy if FreeBiddingTools had slightly more detailed search parameters. Geographic ones for a start.
This eBay category list is handy too, especially if you want to search for Doormouse and not get a fist full of porcelain figurines in your face.
(Music is #11233 and covers almost everything I want)
More Useful Information for eBay users here

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I got a nasty little nip from a croc over the weekend. I was rooting around the boot of the wife's mini, which I was trying to jump start, and the little bastard somehow clamped onto the palm of my hand. Croc clips can be dangerous kids.

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Franti and Speasrhead being targeted by FBI

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Google: Bringing Library Books and More Online

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Letter from the Home Office in London, UK to the people of America
Response: Declaration of Annexation of the United Kingdom as part of the USA
Genius!
[via grom]

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11 MB of Roller Disco movie!

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Unanticipated Google Hacks
Google Desktop "creates and retains several caches of all Word documents that you are working on" and "deleted emails too". Could be handy, could be a pain.

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I can't remember the last time I picked up my guitar, and I've never been into soloing (partially because I always thought it was an unnecessary self indulgence, partly because I'm no good at it) but I stumbled upon this list yesterday and it really made me want to go and listen to some of this stuff again.
100 Greatest Rock Guitar Solos

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"The Sky Orchestra is an ongoing research project that explores how one can perceive an artistic experience while asleep. It is an experimental artwork bringing together performance and music to create visual audio installations within the air and within the mind.
Sky Orchestra are developing music specifically for sleeping people which is delivered out of the sky.
Seven hot air balloons, each with speakers attached, take off at dawn to fly across a city. Each balloon plays a different element of the musical score creating a massive audio landscape.
"Like whales calling in the ocean, the same sounds may be heard in quick succession passing from one balloon to another across the sky ..."
Many hundreds of people experience the Sky Orchestra event live as the balloons fly over their homes at dawn. The airborne project is both a vast spectacular performance as well as an intimate, personal experience. The music is audible, both consciously and subconsciously, to all those in the balloon’s flight paths."
I'd like to hear this.
Growing up in south Bristol, close to Ashton Court, I was frequently woken on summer mornings by hot air balloon burners. I wonder whether that is part of the performance here or if the music only works when the balloons are silent running? I image the subliminal part of the experience would be lost very quickly if a balloon starts loosing altitude.
[via We Make Money Not Art]

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The new Zod website now up, for those interested.

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Google Suggest [beta]
This is cool and works really nicely.
"As you type, Google will offer suggestions. Use the arrow keys to navigate the results."
[via Small Values of Cool]

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New album will be out next year!

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Madame Tussauds wax works museum has put together quite an odd nativity scene. Including Kylie as an angel, Bush and Blair as wise men (tongues firmly in cheeks there I think), and Posh and Becks as Mary and Joseph. (Or as the Scotsman's calls them, "moderately talented free-kick-taker ... with long-suffering missus.")

Unfortunately, I heard on the radio this morning that the exhibit has been attacked and has since been shut down. Does nobody have a sense of humour any more?

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Five Mistakes Band & Label Sites Make
Wayhey! It looks like we do everything right around here. Now we just need some fans.
[via William Fields]

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Haven't posted a Kubrick link for ages. This little gem via LMG.
What Stanley didn't say
"Six months after Stanley Kubrick died, a 'world exclusive' was published - a supposed last interview on the set of Eyes Wide Shut. Odd, thought Anthony Frewin, the director's long-time friend: this didn't sound like Kubrick. Was it a fake? Who was the author? He turns detective and follows the trail of a thoroughly shady character."

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If you read Skip the Budgie you'll know this already. As dash is sans net access at the moment I'll point out that the story about how the street warden scheme in St Paul's (that he works for) is shutting down has now made the BBC news.

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How we recognise faces
I've always wondered why I'm so totally rubbish at recognising people. Now I know it's down to my anterior temporal cortex and my right fusiform gyrus. Not that that helps.

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