TapeOp is a great magazine.. in addition to the book, they also offer _FREE_ (as in beer) subscriptions to their magazine if you go to their site and click on subscribe. Well worth your 2 minutes if you have a remote interest in alternative recording techniques, gear review, interviews with different producers/engineers, etc.. A copy of their latest issue is sitting on my coffee table right now.
...for demonstration! Some bands prefer to put out a "demo" to shop around to labels in hopes of getting signed. In terms of mainstream music, this is the standard way to do things. Depending upon the bands and/or once you get out to the fringes (or even further) of mainstream music, things are handled differently and some prefer to press their own CDs to put out and if they get noticed - great!
Most of the artists I work with release their own stuff. I feel it shows more dedication and heart to take creative control of every aspect of your music and get it out there yourself without waiting for a (not-so-free-)ride.
I see a lot of people saying they rent mostly obscure / non-hollywood type films from Netflix. If you're into anime/foreign/art/horror/exploitation/noir/etc films, check out http://www.greencine.com/ - a similar deal to Netflix but they cater to those who don't want to watch the latest Titanic or Castaway. They've got lots of movies you're probably wanting to rent and they donate to arts associations.
Also, those living near Blockbuster (as much as I hate them, I'm a member) may want to take note of their unadvertised Blockbuster Rewards program (at least it seems that way).. $10/year and you get 1 free movie a month, rent 5 get one free and Monday-Wednesday rent a new, get an old. Since their 5-day rentals are now weekly, it is no problem to keep a mon-wed renting schedule, and if/when you do go on the weekend w/ friends or whatever you can snag one with your free rental..
Of course, the banner ads at the top of the page are all for Netflix as I type this..
the music i listen to is already one up on the big guys.. cds, tapes and records come in handmade packages, numbered editions, special inserts, etc.. some of these items are true relics and anyone who cares about the band a slight bit more than just "the music" wants to own these pieces of art that happen to contain a record/tape/cd.
i run a small label doing exactly this sort of thing.. of the three releases coming out at the end of this month, inserts for one were cut, silkscreened and numbered by me, another has hand-sewn silkscreened cloth bags protecting it and stamped inserts and the other was all hand-painted and assembled by me.. yes, it takes time, and yes, the editions are small.. but its worth it to be in touch with your fans and artists..
I hafta recommend www.soulseek.org as a great spot to find a lot of this music, and their recommendation list is really tops too. makes it easy to find what you like and find what others who like what you like also like.
autechre - broken beats and strange melodies - otherworldly. my second favorite "techno" act.
aphex twin - the granddaddy of abstract techno, you can hear him on mtv these days but he's still got style.
kraftwerk - okay, really the true fathers of techno. anything they've touched is good, but start with man machine or radioactivity
squarepusher - drum-n-bass, dub, electronic freakout. budokhan mindphone is an easy favorite for its chilled out dub stylings.
panasonic - cold analog minimal thumps and pops, great for any mood. will destroy your head, so be careful. these guys are what i reach for when i want my thump to thump.
pole - nu-dub, reggae thumps and echo produced by this madmans laptop
kit clayton - see pole, except put it in a blender with some magic mushrooms. kit clayton's style is crazy, dubbed out techno with familiar sounds used in new ways. a true great.
anybody remember the seattle area citadel-based BBS code wars and the GremLink.. oh what a nifty device. call forwarding hooked to a PC as a relay! long distance BBSes were rarely an issue!
I haven't seen the movie yet either, but someone calling Peter Jackson a "hack in Hollywood" is enough to infuriate me. We are talking about the same man who wrote, directed, produced and acted in Bad Tase, Meet the Feebles, Dead Alive (aka Brain Dead) and Heavenly Creatures.
I haven't read any of Tolkien's work in the past 10 years, but knowing that Peter Jackson has undertaken the task of bringing LotR to the big screen is enough of a reason for me to spend my $8.50. For more info on this fine "hack", check out IMDB.
And so what if a few details from the books are changed for the movie. I've yet to find a movie that has been entirely true to a book or series.
Yah, you can play online with up to 4 players in a multitude of games (Slap, King of the Hill, Graffiti and Free Skate, mebbe more?) on any of the maps in the game (not Custom Parks though). If you wanna learn how to get your PS2 online and which USB NICs are supported, check out Planet Tony Hawk, easily the best resource for THPS related information. No LAN play as of yet, unfortunately. Maybe there'll be a nice hack for that soon.
I'm still stuck playing THPS3 on PSX (which blows, btw) but I'm eagerly hoping my girlfriend can take a hint (as in my daily "I want a PS2 for xmas!" rant) and I won't have to suffer any longer.
Get two and give one to me as a New Year's gift!! I'm tired of THPS3 lameness on PSX. What an utter disappointment.
For those who care, THPS3 on PSX isn't even as good as THPS2. In fact, I see it more as THPS2 with some goofy new tricks (handstand nosegrind) but without the sweet freestyle tricks that are in the PS2 version. New levels, but none of them are really as good as some of the THPS2 levels (thinking of Philly, Marseille, SkateStreet...). The movies are shorter than they were for THPS2 (partly because of that lame intro) and the skating in the movies I've unlocked (1/2 the pros) is okay but nothing amazing (bam and rodney were okay). Plus, possibly my biggest complaint is that they didn't even bother to give new "custom parks", but kept the same "Create-A-Park" precreated parks as THPS2. UGH! I've played those all to death!!
Okay, enough whining. If you're reading this, do the right thing. You know who you are.
The easiest answer I've ever given Radio Shack employees to their fancy question of "May I please have your name and address" is "No." They usually won't push the issue.
Buying SuSE not only gets you a CD with a nice book, last time I bought a box (6.2) it came with 6 CDs, a nice book and 60 (or was it 30 then?) days of installation support. Not a bad deal for the whompin' $30 that BestBuy/CompUSA/yer local shop sells it for.
Lately TLC (The Learning Channel) has been playing a miniseries called "The Human Face" hosted by John Cleese (yippee!). I was watching it last night through the face recognition part, in which they showed people who couldn't recognize faces or associate emotions with them. During this section, Cleese also demonstrated the face recognition software that police are using..
John put on a wig and put on a different facial expression after the software recognized him and captured his image.. It recognized him with the wig & new expression, so they had him dressed up as a woman (eugh! - John Cleese is not a sexy woman) with a new wig and breasts, a dress, etc. The software still recognized 'im. Finally he wore large, very dark sunglasses and a cap very low over his eyes. This was the only time it failed to recognize him but he looked obviously suspicious enough that any person would think "mebbe we'd better watch this guy".
The original Street Fighter (at least I think it was the original, it was the first one I'd ever seen) had the coolest control I've ever seen. I remember spending days just elbowing and slamming at those damned huge rubber buttons.. Have any other games implemented a control structure that unique, or one similar to that? It really made ya feel like you were part of the action.
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Offerings on P2P networks have almost tripled!
TapeOp is a great magazine.. in addition to the book, they also offer _FREE_ (as in beer) subscriptions to their magazine if you go to their site and click on subscribe. Well worth your 2 minutes if you have a remote interest in alternative recording techniques, gear review, interviews with different producers/engineers, etc.. A copy of their latest issue is sitting on my coffee table right now.
If the quality is so good, why is it only a demo?
...for demonstration! Some bands prefer to put out a "demo" to shop around to labels in hopes of getting signed. In terms of mainstream music, this is the standard way to do things. Depending upon the bands and/or once you get out to the fringes (or even further) of mainstream music, things are handled differently and some prefer to press their own CDs to put out and if they get noticed - great!
Most of the artists I work with release their own stuff. I feel it shows more dedication and heart to take creative control of every aspect of your music and get it out there yourself without waiting for a (not-so-free-)ride.
No, he meant niece. The rest of us won't fully understand that statement for another 10 years.
Step 1: Rip Two Towers to DIVX and release on internet. ...?!
Step 2:
Step 3: Profit!
I see a lot of people saying they rent mostly obscure / non-hollywood type films from Netflix. If you're into anime/foreign/art/horror/exploitation/noir/etc films, check out http://www.greencine.com/ - a similar deal to Netflix but they cater to those who don't want to watch the latest Titanic or Castaway. They've got lots of movies you're probably wanting to rent and they donate to arts associations.
Also, those living near Blockbuster (as much as I hate them, I'm a member) may want to take note of their unadvertised Blockbuster Rewards program (at least it seems that way).. $10/year and you get 1 free movie a month, rent 5 get one free and Monday-Wednesday rent a new, get an old. Since their 5-day rentals are now weekly, it is no problem to keep a mon-wed renting schedule, and if/when you do go on the weekend w/ friends or whatever you can snag one with your free rental..
Of course, the banner ads at the top of the page are all for Netflix as I type this..
the music i listen to is already one up on the big guys.. cds, tapes and records come in handmade packages, numbered editions, special inserts, etc.. some of these items are true relics and anyone who cares about the band a slight bit more than just "the music" wants to own these pieces of art that happen to contain a record/tape/cd.
i run a small label doing exactly this sort of thing.. of the three releases coming out at the end of this month, inserts for one were cut, silkscreened and numbered by me, another has hand-sewn silkscreened cloth bags protecting it and stamped inserts and the other was all hand-painted and assembled by me.. yes, it takes time, and yes, the editions are small.. but its worth it to be in touch with your fans and artists..
if anyone cares, http://noise.sinkhole.net/ is muh website, with mp3 clips.
he'd adapt to changing fashion rather than trying to protect an outdated hairstyle!
back on topic... anybody got a keygen for this thing yet?
bah forgot to link.
SOULSEEK
go there for sexy filesharing p2p action.
I hafta recommend www.soulseek.org as a great spot to find a lot of this music, and their recommendation list is really tops too. makes it easy to find what you like and find what others who like what you like also like.
marklar marklar, marklar.
autechre - broken beats and strange melodies - otherworldly. my second favorite "techno" act.
aphex twin - the granddaddy of abstract techno, you can hear him on mtv these days but he's still got style.
kraftwerk - okay, really the true fathers of techno. anything they've touched is good, but start with man machine or radioactivity
squarepusher - drum-n-bass, dub, electronic freakout. budokhan mindphone is an easy favorite for its chilled out dub stylings.
panasonic - cold analog minimal thumps and pops, great for any mood. will destroy your head, so be careful. these guys are what i reach for when i want my thump to thump.
pole - nu-dub, reggae thumps and echo produced by this madmans laptop
kit clayton - see pole, except put it in a blender with some magic mushrooms. kit clayton's style is crazy, dubbed out techno with familiar sounds used in new ways. a true great.
anybody remember the seattle area citadel-based BBS code wars and the GremLink.. oh what a nifty device. call forwarding hooked to a PC as a relay! long distance BBSes were rarely an issue!
"You cannot achieve the impossible without attempting the absurd."
now appearing at the bottom of my page..
i've been trying to read the NYTimes article but those damned X10 ads keep popping up!!
OOO they shoulda let Bowie do this. Where did you hear this tidbit? I'd like to find out more about it.
I haven't seen the movie yet either, but someone calling Peter Jackson a "hack in Hollywood" is enough to infuriate me. We are talking about the same man who wrote, directed, produced and acted in Bad Tase, Meet the Feebles, Dead Alive (aka Brain Dead) and Heavenly Creatures.
I haven't read any of Tolkien's work in the past 10 years, but knowing that Peter Jackson has undertaken the task of bringing LotR to the big screen is enough of a reason for me to spend my $8.50. For more info on this fine "hack", check out IMDB.
And so what if a few details from the books are changed for the movie. I've yet to find a movie that has been entirely true to a book or series.
Yah, you can play online with up to 4 players in a multitude of games (Slap, King of the Hill, Graffiti and Free Skate, mebbe more?) on any of the maps in the game (not Custom Parks though). If you wanna learn how to get your PS2 online and which USB NICs are supported, check out Planet Tony Hawk, easily the best resource for THPS related information. No LAN play as of yet, unfortunately. Maybe there'll be a nice hack for that soon.
I'm still stuck playing THPS3 on PSX (which blows, btw) but I'm eagerly hoping my girlfriend can take a hint (as in my daily "I want a PS2 for xmas!" rant) and I won't have to suffer any longer.
Get two and give one to me as a New Year's gift!! I'm tired of THPS3 lameness on PSX. What an utter disappointment.
For those who care, THPS3 on PSX isn't even as good as THPS2. In fact, I see it more as THPS2 with some goofy new tricks (handstand nosegrind) but without the sweet freestyle tricks that are in the PS2 version. New levels, but none of them are really as good as some of the THPS2 levels (thinking of Philly, Marseille, SkateStreet...). The movies are shorter than they were for THPS2 (partly because of that lame intro) and the skating in the movies I've unlocked (1/2 the pros) is okay but nothing amazing (bam and rodney were okay). Plus, possibly my biggest complaint is that they didn't even bother to give new "custom parks", but kept the same "Create-A-Park" precreated parks as THPS2. UGH! I've played those all to death!!
Okay, enough whining. If you're reading this, do the right thing. You know who you are.
The easiest answer I've ever given Radio Shack employees to their fancy question of "May I please have your name and address" is "No." They usually won't push the issue.
Just because I've locked the door and put up a "DO NOT ENTER" sign doesn't mean I can commit a crime within the walls and go unpunished.
Buying SuSE not only gets you a CD with a nice book, last time I bought a box (6.2) it came with 6 CDs, a nice book and 60 (or was it 30 then?) days of installation support. Not a bad deal for the whompin' $30 that BestBuy/CompUSA/yer local shop sells it for.
Word.
Lately TLC (The Learning Channel) has been playing a miniseries called "The Human Face" hosted by John Cleese (yippee!). I was watching it last night through the face recognition part, in which they showed people who couldn't recognize faces or associate emotions with them. During this section, Cleese also demonstrated the face recognition software that police are using..
John put on a wig and put on a different facial expression after the software recognized him and captured his image.. It recognized him with the wig & new expression, so they had him dressed up as a woman (eugh! - John Cleese is not a sexy woman) with a new wig and breasts, a dress, etc. The software still recognized 'im. Finally he wore large, very dark sunglasses and a cap very low over his eyes. This was the only time it failed to recognize him but he looked obviously suspicious enough that any person would think "mebbe we'd better watch this guy".
For more info on the show check out TLC's Human Face site.
I thought the core to the MS operating SYSTEM was delay.
The original Street Fighter (at least I think it was the original, it was the first one I'd ever seen) had the coolest control I've ever seen. I remember spending days just elbowing and slamming at those damned huge rubber buttons.. Have any other games implemented a control structure that unique, or one similar to that? It really made ya feel like you were part of the action.