Thursday, 22 February 2007

Tuesday, 30 January 2007

New Work Playlist – Thanks to Tangerine

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.

Thursday, 18 January 2007

Monday, 20 November 2006

Rediscover Your iTunes Library with Tangerine

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.

Tuesday, 14 November 2006

Thursday, 26 October 2006

Sunday, 1 October 2006

First Crack 85. Jeremy Messersmith Talking about the Alcatrez Kid

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]

Wednesday, 30 August 2006

Tuesday, 22 August 2006

Wednesday, 16 August 2006