First things first, the site is completely up! I’ll be doing some tweaking here and there, and I’m still trying to get the hang of the particular idiosyncracies of the theme (can you tell I’ve been studying for the GREs all week?) but it’s pretty much set. If you’re getting this site from its RSS [...]
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Stream the upcoming Andrew Bird album
“Excuse me, when did the Mongols rule China?”
**Update**: Forgot to upload the mp3s. Oops.I am fascinated by the concept of time travel. I’m no physicist (I’m a humanities guy), and I wish I were smart enough to understand the intricacies of how the theories work, but I’m totally captivated by the idea that I could hop into a machine and instantly be [...]
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Till the rough seas, that spare not any man, Took it in rage…
^^Me, this weekend.^^‘Tis been a rough couple of days. On this end of things, I put the entire site together, only to lose almost the whole thing to who-knows-what. I was playing around with the PHP and CSS for the site–I should note that I have a passing acquaintance with both languages, but I’m by [...]
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Free, legal Beatles!
From Boing Boing:Oyvind sez, “Some weeks ago, NRK - Norwegian Broadcasting - signed a deal with music rights holder organisation TONO in Norway. The new deal gives NRK right to publish podcasts of all previously broadcasted radio- and tv-programs that contains less then 70% music. Podcast containing music may be up for four weeks, while [...]
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Algonquin for “the good land”
In honor of the city of my birth (and the one I left VERY early this morning) as well as the country I came back to early this afternoon, I come bearing the instrumental piece “Old Milwaukee” by Canadian Tony Dekker and his Great Lake Swimmers.This little ditty was part of the score for Song [...]
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Nintendo? Christmas? Christmas AND Nintendo?!?
Oh yes, my friends. From Doctor Octoroc: Video Game inspired Art Music & Life comes the FREE full-album release of 8-Bit Jesus: Classic Christmas Songs in the Style of Classic NES Games. Yes, it is exactly what you thought it was. Enjoy.Doctor Octoroc: Super Jingle BrosDoctor Octoroc: Bubbles We Have Heard on BobbleofficialAnd if you’re [...]
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Movin’ on up
(I reposted this on the new blog.)Announcing the opening of the new Friday Afternoon in the Universe!If you’re subscribing via RSS feed, I need you to do one thing (I think): change your settings for this feed to http://www.fridayafternoonintheuniverse.com/?feed=rss2. I’ve tried various methods to seamlessly switch the Blogger feed to the new feed; I don’t [...]
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Movin' on up
Announcing the opening of the new Friday Afternoon in the Universe!If you're subscribing via RSS feed, I need you to do one thing (I think): change your settings for this feed to http://feeds.feedburner.com/Fridayafternoonintheuniversecom. I've tried various methods to seamlessly switch the Blogger feed to the new feed; I don't think it's working. So changing your settings to the Feedburner add...
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Good news
I just got ahold of fridayafternoonintheuniverse.com. I've just got WordPress set up and I'll begin the process of moving in very soon. Boyhowdy of Cover Lay Down has been extremely helpful with advice about making the move to my own domain (and he writes a dang good blog, too - if you haven't been, take some time and check it out.) Stay tuned, as always. Just a few randoms for you today. Today...
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Good news
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I just got ahold of fridayafternoonintheuniverse.com. I've just got WordPress set up and I'll begin the process of moving in very soon. Boyhowdy of Cover Lay Down has been extremely helpful with advice about making the move to my own domain (and he writes a dang good blog, too - if you haven't been, take some time and check it out.) Stay tuned, as always. Just a few randoms for you today. Tod...
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Label-provided music, so Blogger can’t do anything about it
I’m still researching domain names and hosting space for FAITU. Needless to say, this is a high priority for me, since Blogger is taking down posts without even really looking into the legality of the posted mp3s. Larisa Mann gets to the real heart of the issue in WireTap Magazine:Worse yet is the fact that [...]
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TIM’S 2008 SALE-A-BRATION MEGAPOST
(This is a re-post without the links.) I wasn’t originally going to do one of these, but then I saw the Hype Machine was taking submissions from music bloggers for their top 10 posts. And I figured hey, what the heck. (I know, that was a riveting story.) Most of them shouldn’t be any surprise [...]
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TIM'S 2008 SALE-A-BRATION MEGAPOST
(This is a re-post without the links.) I wasn't originally going to do one of these, but then I saw the Hype Machine was taking submissions from music bloggers for their top 10 posts. And I figured hey, what the heck. (I know, that was a riveting story.) Most of them shouldn't be any surprise if you're a semi-regular reader; I've sung the praises of most of these albums in previous posts. (And ...
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TIM'S 2008 SALE-A-BRATION MEGAPOST
(This is a re-post without the links.) I wasn't originally going to do one of these, but then I saw the Hype Machine was taking submissions from music bloggers for their top 10 posts. And I figured hey, what the heck. (I know, that was a riveting story.) Most of them shouldn't be any surprise if you're a semi-regular reader; I've sung the praises of most of these albums in previous posts. (An...
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Bite me, Blogger
I’ve about had it. I’ve just received my third takedown notice in as many days, thanks to the DMCA. My posts are disappearing left and right. I’m going to do some research and find my own hosting space for FAITU. Stay tuned.
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Bite me, Blogger
I've about had it. I've just received my third takedown notice in as many days, thanks to the DMCA. My posts are disappearing left and right. I'm going to do some research and find my own hosting space for FAITU. Stay tuned.
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Two amazing videos
Two YouTube embeds for you today (along with the mp3s, as usual) of my two favorite videos of the year. I’ve always been a huge fan of stop-motion animation; I remember watching the Claymation California Raisins when I was a kid and marvelling at how the filmmakers managed to bring inanimate objects to life, with [...]
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