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it felt like Kōji Kondō was there too
Sep 13th
Maija and I went to a wedding today, for a friend of ours who has moved to Jyvaskyla. He’s the brother of one of Maija’s best friends, so it was a special day, and a really beautiful wedding. We hope to spend more time with them once we’re back from Toronto. The ceremony was held in the Lutheran church of Jyvaskyla building, and the reception in a hotel not far from here.
The highlight of the day was surely seeing how happy they were with each other, they were so gorgeous… but, in close second place was the genius pianist who More >
Ratatat – LP3
Jul 11th
Those crazy boys of Ratatat have released a new album, their third, aptly named LP3. Altogether, it’s a blend of the Ratatat you love, with the Ratatat you’ve never heard. They’ve noticeably shied away from their hip hop influences, and have employed a bit more Spanish guitar influence, more eclectic percussion styles, and thrown in some awesomely bizarre instrumentation. It’s really quite different, in a lot of ways.
My favourite tune is certainly the big single, Mirando (video below). It’s phatter than the rest of the album, and has more flare at the same time. Has a great 8bit video game More >
Viva la Vida, or Death and All His Friends
Jun 28th
I picked up Coldplay’s latest offering from iTunes Plus yesterday. I never got around to buying X & Y… so my most listened to Coldplay album is definitely A Rush of Blood to the Head. This new album is, in a word, superb. I am in love with it. I’ve listened through it 6 times now maybe, and I think every track brings something wonderful to the collection.
Life in Technicolor is a pretty little instrumental piece that opens the album, slowly building in intensity till some vocal “cheering” joins in near the end. It’s a great starter for what’s to More >
Toronto next week
Feb 13th
I’ll be flying into TO on Sunday, and staying till Wednesday 27th. Jacob Murphy eat your heart out. Sadly it’ll only be me coming, as TACF is flying me in to do some work, have some meetings, plan out the year. That kinda stuff, so Maija’s staying here.
Some Christmas presents arrived yesterday. Yesterday being care of Canada Post I suppose… one was sent December 10th :) In any case, my wonderful sister Krista gave me some iTunes gift cards, which is superb because I had been craving new music.
Right now I’m listening to the new Project 86 EP, The Kane Mutiny. More >
Need money for music
Nov 4th
I’ve been trying to find some new music… not that it’s difficult… just been spending time exploring new artists, styles. I should have a new mix out fairly shortly exposing some of that music. That’ll be the electronica, synth-pop variety… I guess.
Aside from that, I’ve been listening to a lot of metal, again. I’m desperately awaiting Eluveitie’s next album, and have been listening to Spirit over and over this week. I’m thinking of purchasing As I Lay Dying’s latest, and am eagerly awaiting the new Project 86 EP. I can’t believe those kids have new music again already. Crazy.
Tonight while More >
Trent hammers the Nail
Oct 10th
Nine Inch Nails is no longer on a record label. Following Radiohead, he’ll start distributing his music himself.
Word.
Radiohead figures it out
Oct 2nd
Radiohead are releasing their first album since their original record deal expired. Get this: Choose your own download price. That’s right, Radiohead are offering a download of their new album direct from their website, for a price that you specify. In addition to that, they’re offering a “discbox” for a set price, which includes the download, the album on CD and vinyl, and an additional CD with more songs and other cool stuff.
This is really exciting. In the words of one article:
Funny how it’s the musicians, and not the record labels, who seem to realize that adding value and getting people More >
Amazon MP3 store – best I’ve seen yet – Amazomg?
Sep 26th
Amazon has just launched their MP3 store into public BETA, and after spending a few minutes looking around, and then downloading some music, I’m convinced it’s the best store I’ve seen yet.
Highlights -DRM free -256KB MP3s (variable and constant rate) -Browser based… I don’t care for an application needed to buy music, especially when iTunes is using 84MB of RAM, just to sit there and do nothing. I use Winamp to play music. -Cheap! Their prices are cheaper right off the bat. Furthermore pricing is based on song length, with “regular” length songs dropping in at around 89c. Albums feature a More >
The Pirate Bay sues Big Media
Sep 23rd
The Pirate Bay are a large bittorrent tracker. That means they provide tracking data so you can download bittorrent files, which are streamed from other people’s computers. They made a documentary recently about their experience with the Swedish police and the US government.
In a nutshell, by Swedish law they are providing nothing more than metadata for people. Any files downloaded are pulled from participants computers, not The Pirate Bay. Think of Pirate Bay as a phone book, maybe. So the MPAA (evil) calls up the Whitehouse and says “These Swedish kids are hurting our profits. Help.” So Uncle Sam threatens Sweden More >
Steal NIN’s music
Sep 19th
Trent Reznor says:
“…Has anyone seen the price [of music] come down? Okay, well, you know what that means — STEAL IT. Steal away. Steal and steal and steal some more and give it to all your friends and keep on stealin’. Because one way or another these mother****ers will get it through their head that they’re ripping people off and that’s not right.’
Don Johnson Big Band
Oct 10th
Someone tell me why/how I’ve heard this song before?
Road, by Don Johnson Big Band.
“Keep one eye on the road, the other one fixed on the one you hold”
Just got a MySpace request, and I know I’ve heard this song. It’s cool. I wonder if a hip hop artist sampled it. Don’t ask me why I wonder that.
Saturday 16th
Sep 17th
We just got back from seeing Little Miss Sunshine. I seriously SERIOUSLY recommend you go and see it. It’s an incredibly intelligent, heartfelt, and witty film about a family’s drive across the US to get their daughter to a beauty pageant. Pure genius.
Also… I’m working on 2 new websites! First of all, I’ve got a new jpuddy.net in the works. I’m hoping to have it complete in 2 weeks or so. It’s pretty exciting, as it’s going to be a “real” web “site”, and not just a blog. It’ll have a blog, naturally, but that’s not all.
The other site I’m More >