It’s that time of year again – the time of year when SXSW releases their 3GB torrent files containing 739 mp3s this year’s Showcasing Bands.
Yippee!
And like past years, I’ll be keeping you up to date on my picks.
It’s that time of year again – the time of year when SXSW releases their 3GB torrent files containing 739 mp3s this year’s Showcasing Bands.
Yippee!
And like past years, I’ll be keeping you up to date on my picks.
Since discovering Tangerine a couple months back, I’ve been tweaking the BPM-based playlist to find the ideal collection of tunes that keeps me working without calling too much attention to themselves.
Here’s the iTunes Smart Playlist that’s been working for me for 2 weeks:
BPM - is in the range - 90 to 110
My Rating - is greater than - 2 stars
This give me 6.4 hours including tracks from; Minutemen, Mac Lethal, Brad Sucks, Transplants, The Odd Numbers, The Gentle Readers, Two Cow Garage, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, The Its, Winter Blanket, Diesel Jenny, and Tullycraft.
Many thanks to AJ for putting together the first Minnesota PodSafe Music Awards and asking the PodcastMN community to help pull it together.
If you haven’t hear my voice in a while…I introduces the nominees and announced a couple of the winners.
Like everyone else, my podcast listening (and publishing) has an inverse relationship to how busy I am at work. I’ve cut back to only the gPod – bookending the day – with music in the middle.
A couple weeks back, I found Potion Factory’s Tangerine, a great little app that generates iTunes playlist based on BPM and beat intensity and a handful of different patterns (think treadmill workout patterns).
I’ve got 5 Tangerine playlists right now – each a couple hours long with a different random selection of music that falls within specified BPM and beat intensity ranges. I’ve found it a great way to shake up my favorite tunes with others that I’ve neglected for too long.
Modern day troubadour Jonathan Coulton is the latest cult-of-personality on Ze Frank‘s GimmeSomeCandy micropayment platform.
In related news – Amanda Congdon announced new projects with ABC News and HBO.
Duckies, robots, and bananas for everyone!
So, despite your better judgement you got involved in a workplace romance. Now you’re no longer crazy about your colleague or the job. Time to move on.
A song for you:
The Gentle Readers – Last Day at the Office
A song for your other:
Jeremy Messersmiths – Day Job
Here’s my long-awaited conversation with Jeremy Messersmith talking about his new album, the Alcatraz Kid ($13.00 PayPal, City Pages review, Pulse review), and playing a couple of the songs of from it – two of my favorites (Day Job, Snow Day) and one of Jeremy’s (Great Times).
Listen to Jeremy Messersmith Talking about the Alcatrez Kid [15 min]
This Saturday – Sept 2nd, Jeremy Messersmith is having a CD release party at the Acadia Cafe.
Jeremy and I sat down for a podcast a couple weeks back talking about his new “The Alcatrez Kid CD” ($13 Paypal). Unfortunately, life got in the way of me getting it up earlier this week.
Crap. I’m sorry. It’s coming. Watch this space.
MINNEAPOLIS, MN October 6 Fitzgerald Theater; 7PM
With Neal Pollack.
THERE WILL BE AN ADMISSION CHARGE: STAND BY
PopSci Podcast #14: Jonathan Coulton asks Bruce Schneier about the risks of snakes on a plane.