2008 November

30 November 2008 POD - Jonathan Coulton

JoCo is one of those individuals who has actually quit his day job. You can read how he did it over at his blog. Mr. Coulton is very liberal on sharing his music and very Pro Creative Commons. He is more likely known to you than [...]

29 November 2008 POD - Ampliphonic

Sorry about yesterday folks. I have a little MIDI composition project going and got so distracted and frustrated by my rustiness at such things I forgot to ever post yesterday’s show. I woke this morning and went "Doh!". I decided to re-record it and publish it today.

Yesterday’s [...]

Good Day Readers. For any of you who have been here before, you know how I feel about DRM or, as I call it, "Dumb Retarded Mismanagement". (For those of you who may have been off with Rip Van Wrinkle, it really stands for Digital Rights Management.) There are many, many reasons [...]

There are times when I can put both of my feet in my mouth about knee deep. Just a few minutes ago, I finished with "Pick of the Day". I had mentioned how sad it is that today, Black Friday, seems to be a day of increased road rage and mall rage. [...]

28 November 2008 POD - Brolax Bones

Today’s Pick is "Creature Night" by Brolax Bones. I found them over at Podsafe Audio.

Thanks for reading and listening.

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To be honest, I don’t Twitter on the road often. The reason being is that I live at work and rarely ever use my cell phone. Even when at my desktop, I tend to be a follower and not a tweeter. Nonetheless, I do tweet. Lately, I have noticed more than a few [...]

One of the things I enjoy the most about doing Pick of the Day and producing podcast in general is the interaction I can have between myself, listeners and musicians. I don’t know if the process is more enlightening or more flattering but it "peaks the meter" on both.

In the past, members of 100 [...]

27 November 2008 POD - Michael McCann

This particular track is the opening theme for Regenesis and was nominated for ‘Best TV Theme’ at the 2008 Hollywood Music Awards. You can read more about Michael McCann over at his Bio Page.

"Anywhere but Here" by Behavior. I found them over at Garage Band. The [...]

26 November 2008 POD - Chillerstadt

Today I went with "Where You Are" by Chillerstadt. I found them over at Podsafe Music Network.

This band also has some interesting videos at their web site.

Thanks for reading and listening.

Garage Band

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Earlier this week, I posted an editorial about how I was getting bored with the suit counter-suit thing regarding the RIAA. This case, delayed, hopefully due to good legal fear, is far from that. The suit involving Tenenbaum is shaping up like a Perry Mason episode.

It is the list of defense witnesses that [...]

I would not be surprised if I learned that there are thousands of them. That would be streaming music sites. What do you listen to while at your PC? I am going to share what I listen to. A comment from you telling myself and others what your choices are would [...]

25 November 2008 POD - Chad Trent

Swing, Soul, R&B all come to mind when listening to Chat Trent. Not exactly one thick style of genre but good bits and pieces of them. I like his music much.

Today, I played "Common Flaws" by Chad Trent. I found him over at Garage Band. [...]

This is going to have to be part of a series kind of post. A good while back I scribbled a post March being Boycott the RIAA Month. In it, I mentioned a few places to seek DRM free and legal music. I still get asked where I find material very [...]

24 November 2008 POD - 77 South

I went with something lighter in mood, "Open the Pod Door HAL" by 77 South. I found them over at Podsafe Music Network.

This band hails from Cleveland and took thier name from one of our major freeways. Although this is one of thier lighter funner songs, they [...]

I have often believed that it stood for "Racketeering Idiots Association of Absurdity". The RIAA is in another RICO class action suite. This is the second case that Ray Beckerman is aware of.

Mr. Beckerman states that the claims include; RICO, Fraud, Conspiracy, Trespass, Prima Facie Tort, and violation of the Computer Fraud & [...]

23 November 2008 POD - Ay Project

Today I went with a long ambient trance track; "Chill" by Ay Project. I found them over at Garage Band. This song reached a peak rank of 345 in the Trance category over at Garage Band.

You can also check out AY Project over at Facebook.

Thanks for [...]

22 November 2008 POD - Ceilí Moss

Today I went with a Celtic tune, "Leis a Lurrighan" by Ceilí Moss. I found them over at The Podsafe Music Network.

They have a pretty eclectic mix of musicians and you can learn more about them at the about page. They have a player and links to [...]

21 November 2008 POD - TVs Kyle

The United Nations has decided that today is Television Day.

Because of that, I went with "Up all Night" by TVs Kyle. I found him over at Podsafe Audio.

Kyle has over two full albums of free downloads of his wonderful fun music. "The Peanut Butter of Rock" really [...]

20 November 2008 POD - DJ Topshelf

I knew there was a familiar sound to this tune! Today’s piece was done using sounds from a Commodore 64 SID chip. I am very aware of the Vic20’s and C64’s audio properties. They are the first PCs I bought them specifically because I felt [...]

This is just kewl. Jonathan Coulton, likely most known for his tune “Code Monkey,” is doing very pro-CC thing. I have had the good fortune to shoot a few e-mails back and forth with Mr. Coulton. He is a very likable musician and is very much into the Creative Commons philosophy.
According to this [...]