as an erstwhile kid, i think it merits mention here that, in general:
1. kids have an unquenchable thirst for the prurient, and
2. kids are way smarter (tech/literate/etc) than most folks here seem to think.
which, of course, means that any kid worth his or her salt will easily bypass the parental/palladium (don't think it's not coming) throttle and go seeking their own pr0n, BBC, OED, h4x0r shit or what have you. gwb or no.
for the record, i don't think the TLD thing is neccessarily a bad idea. i just think that it probably won't achieve what it's supposed to do and will eventually atrophy.
while i admit that this won't be everyone's taste, alternative tentacles embodies the diy/punk attitude, manages to turn a profit (this is an assumption on my part, so i could be wrong here), has an immense punk/progressive/uncategorizable catalog, and features jello biafra himself (in sort of a coincidence, being that he faced off with our pal tipper back in the day). there are bands i like better but honestly no other label i'd like to give my money to. oh. and free mp3 downloads (when their server's not being bum rushed- which is almost never). there have to be more labels like this somewhere, and i'm sure i'll think of five the second i hit submit.
i bugged them a little while ago about going OGG in keeping with the free/diy/punk attitude, but they didn't seem very interested...
i have been gleefully ripping CDs and AIFs to OGG for a couple days now, and although itunes seems to choke occasionally, it hasn't been much of an issue. this has been sort of an off and on type project, actually, but this it the most painless method to coerce OGGs to play in itunes so far. oddly enough the qt components page still claims that the component is busted under qt6. i like how the guy learned how to code on a mac on a lark over a weekend.
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as an erstwhile kid, i think it merits mention here that, in general: 1. kids have an unquenchable thirst for the prurient, and 2. kids are way smarter (tech/literate/etc) than most folks here seem to think. which, of course, means that any kid worth his or her salt will easily bypass the parental/palladium (don't think it's not coming) throttle and go seeking their own pr0n, BBC, OED, h4x0r shit or what have you. gwb or no. for the record, i don't think the TLD thing is neccessarily a bad idea. i just think that it probably won't achieve what it's supposed to do and will eventually atrophy.
i think i'd rather play a fps in 3d.
a great idea. also please be advised that some of the best rated college stations do webcasts as well.
(i guess my west coast prejudices are showing- i'm sure there's great ones on the east coast and midwest, etc as well)
while i admit that this won't be everyone's taste, alternative tentacles embodies the diy/punk attitude, manages to turn a profit (this is an assumption on my part, so i could be wrong here), has an immense punk/progressive/uncategorizable catalog, and features jello biafra himself (in sort of a coincidence, being that he faced off with our pal tipper back in the day). there are bands i like better but honestly no other label i'd like to give my money to. oh. and free mp3 downloads (when their server's not being bum rushed- which is almost never). there have to be more labels like this somewhere, and i'm sure i'll think of five the second i hit submit. i bugged them a little while ago about going OGG in keeping with the free/diy/punk attitude, but they didn't seem very interested...
i have been gleefully ripping CDs and AIFs to OGG for a couple days now, and although itunes seems to choke occasionally, it hasn't been much of an issue. this has been sort of an off and on type project, actually, but this it the most painless method to coerce OGGs to play in itunes so far. oddly enough the qt components page still claims that the component is busted under qt6. i like how the guy learned how to code on a mac on a lark over a weekend.