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May. 23rd, 2005 09:05 pmOr, Today I ar' bin mostly listenin' to...
An interesting new game, or if you prefer, way to expand your musical horizons.
A while ago I added a new webcomic to the collection of bookmark-tabs that I read at the start of all but the most hectic of days. It's Questionable Content by Jeph Jacques, AKA![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
qcjeph. It's a splendid strip, a wry observation of life as a disaffected indie-kid. It may not be me but I find it hauntingly reminiscent of every single one of you that posted a little elegy to John Peel, back when. I may have said this before, in fact.
One amusing aspect of it is the regularity with which the characters drop in the names of (to me) obscure bands. If Marten and his mates talk about it, then it's virtually a given that I've never heard of them. [Yet they are probably already too passé forsparktastic. :¬) ]
But following some recent geeky conversations, I had a thought.
( What conversations? )
But for now, it's still there. Don't get Kazaa unless you actively want to cripple your PC with spyware.mr_flay recommends Poisoned, but it never worked well for me. A friend & client WINOLJ (AFAIK) recommended Limewire instead and for me this works a treat.
So, recently, I've gone back to #1 of Questionable Content and read through the whole sequence - it's only been going a couple of years - and made a note of every band mentioned.
There are quite a few. Go on then, pop quiz, how many of these do you know?
( The Bands )
So what I've been doing is, harvesting all these names, sticking 'em into Limewire and grabbing as many MP3s of each one as are being shared by more than, say, 3 people. You get a sort of instant top-ten of each band that way: the most popular tracks are the ones shared by most people. Then I point Winamp at the folder and tell it to random-play whatever it finds. There's some good stuff - and an awful lot of extreme guitar noise, but I'm still working my way down the list.
I wonder if I do this enough, I'll miraculously become musically cultured and sophisticated and be able to eruditely discuss matters musical?
An interesting new game, or if you prefer, way to expand your musical horizons.
A while ago I added a new webcomic to the collection of bookmark-tabs that I read at the start of all but the most hectic of days. It's Questionable Content by Jeph Jacques, AKA
qcjeph. It's a splendid strip, a wry observation of life as a disaffected indie-kid. It may not be me but I find it hauntingly reminiscent of every single one of you that posted a little elegy to John Peel, back when. I may have said this before, in fact.One amusing aspect of it is the regularity with which the characters drop in the names of (to me) obscure bands. If Marten and his mates talk about it, then it's virtually a given that I've never heard of them. [Yet they are probably already too passé for
sparktastic. :¬) ]But following some recent geeky conversations, I had a thought.
( What conversations? )
But for now, it's still there. Don't get Kazaa unless you actively want to cripple your PC with spyware.
mr_flay recommends Poisoned, but it never worked well for me. A friend & client WINOLJ (AFAIK) recommended Limewire instead and for me this works a treat.So, recently, I've gone back to #1 of Questionable Content and read through the whole sequence - it's only been going a couple of years - and made a note of every band mentioned.
There are quite a few. Go on then, pop quiz, how many of these do you know?
( The Bands )
So what I've been doing is, harvesting all these names, sticking 'em into Limewire and grabbing as many MP3s of each one as are being shared by more than, say, 3 people. You get a sort of instant top-ten of each band that way: the most popular tracks are the ones shared by most people. Then I point Winamp at the folder and tell it to random-play whatever it finds. There's some good stuff - and an awful lot of extreme guitar noise, but I'm still working my way down the list.
I wonder if I do this enough, I'll miraculously become musically cultured and sophisticated and be able to eruditely discuss matters musical?
