2008 December

31 December 2008 POD - Zamarro

This another artist originally referred to me by Len of Jawbone Radio. Thanks again Len!

It is a hard rockin’ pick like yesterday’s. Yeah, I tend to go in binges with the hard stuff. I played some music by ZAMARRO. A hard rocking trio from Switzerland.

I will [...]

30 December 2008 POD - Chance

This artist was originally referred to me by Len of Jawbone Radio. Thanks Len!

As far as today’s pick goes… Chance is a solo artist from Los Angles, California. I like the material I have heard enough to easily make it a pick of the day.

I will also be [...]

28 December 2008 POD - AjT
 
I chose this well mixed piece titled “Tell’s Second Shot” by AjT. I found him over at The Podsafe Music Network. I like it - it is rather different. It builds and flows nicely. It uses the range of your hearing in interplay. A [...]

27 December 2008 POD - Tom Malafarina

This post should have been up yesterday but I had issues connecting to the server so you are going to get his one today and another pick late tonight.

I have said it many times before and will say it many times again. What I enjoy and find most [...]

26 December 2008 POD - Cagey House

I played the "The Ming Thing" by Cagey House. This band offers a good number of tracks for the fans to listen to at their web site. Thier music is eclectic and good.

This track is from the Steel Tantrum album.

Thanks for reading and listening.

25 December 2008 POD - Christmas Music
Something went wrong and I think the gremlins ate the post.
Today I changed things up a bit and played two Christmas songs. One I know you will recognize the melody from is by Natalie Brown and the other is “Homeless Babe” by Sean McGaughey. Merry Christmas All!
Thanks for reading [...]

23 December 2008 POD - Binary Beats
Binary Beats is the work of James Powers. He offers a large number of his Creative Commons ambient tracks at his web site. He also does over styles of music. He also has a short clip of some material he is currently working that [...]

22 December 2008 POD - The Dust Rhinos

I went with a live performance of a Celtic sounding song, "Perfect World" by The Dust Rhinos. I found them over at Podsafe Music Network.

One of the genre I have been trying to build in my podsafe library is Celtic. I think they fit that style [...]

21 December 2008 POD - Mathew Ebel

Today I played an A-Capella tune, "Lost My Way" by Matthew Ebel. I originally found his music over at the Podsafe Music Network. You can also check them out at Podshow.

I can not say enough about this artist. He is one of the best out [...]

20 December 2008 POD - Lee Alexander

Today I played "Meyhaw Wine" by Lee Alexander. I originally found his music over at the Podsafe Music Network. You can also check them out at Podshow.

The Track I am playing today has a bluesy folky kind of sound to it. Lee is another one of [...]

19 December 2008 POD - Natalie Brown

Today I felt like some R&B music by playing "In My Dreams" by Natalie Brown. I originally found her music over at the Internet Archive but she is on every podsafe site I can think of. She is blessed with a beautiful voice, very photogenic, talented and [...]

18 December 2008 POD - Bandjoe

Today I chose to go with some pretty kewl banjo music by playing "Rocky Top" by Bandjoe. It is a pretty kewl traditional sounding bluegrass tune that makes you wanna grab a jug an play along.

Also, please check me out on Geeks Radio I have a spot there this [...]

17 December 2008 POD - Iona Leigh

Today I chose a Celtic sounding song, "Ocean" by Iona Leigh. I found her over at Garage Band.

I am also going to take a moment to mention the folks over at wyldryde.org which is, in my opinion, one of the best IRC networks on the planet. You [...]

I am rather stunned and even more skeptical to hear form a P2Pnet article that the RIAA may be dropping its massive sham litigation campaign. The P2Pnet article references this Wall Street Journal article, which states the lawsuit campaign may end. So all is good now right?
I doubt it. As the P2Pnet article points [...]

This post over at download squad brought to my attention that yester day was free shipping day.

I never heard of this before this read but I wish I had know that when I spent my paycheck online last week. Apparently 100s of merchants will waive shipping on December 18th. I don’t know about [...]

It seems there is the thought of taxing downloaded music in New York State. According to this download squad article, that and other taxes are being considered. The tax rate on this "digital media downloads" would be 4%.

The Yahoo Tech News Article it refers to also mentions that the tax will target "soda and [...]

Now this is not too much of a surprise to me — is it to you? They seem to be reporting it like it is somehow revealing. In my opinion, it just confirmed what I already thought. Seems that many of us want the Internet more than sex.
A survey indicated that “46% [...]

Thanks to Ray Beckerman for bringing the Expert Witness Fund to my notice via a post post over at his blog.

I was unaware that the donations to the fund were tax deductible. This, however, is a defense fund I am all in favor of.

Another great "rightful" organization to keep in mind’ is the EFF. [...]

16 December 2008 POD - The Nashville Session Players

I am also going to take a moment to mention the folks over at wyldryde.org which is, in my opinion, one of the best IRC networks on the planet. You can find the #geeksradio channel there as well as the #santa channel. The Santa channel [...]

15 December 2008 POD - Frictionless Man

Sorry, Lump got so intot the launch of Geeks Radio that it was thi morning that before I relaized I never posted this. It is also about the time that I getting nervous about my spot there this Wednesday from 6-8 PM EST. I will be spinning [...]