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Posted by G lib on 2005-09-19 12:49:53 +0000

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I got an office with my new job.

It's small, it's in the sub-basement, it doesn't have any windows, and it's ridiculously over-air conditioned, making it regularly about 40 degrees in here at all times. Sometimes I feel like an earthworm, as I spend half my life underground, coming up for sips of air every once in a while. When I emerge, I'm always surprised by changes in the weather.

Despite all this, I love the damn thing, because i can close the door and listen to music all day as I rummage through paper. Yes, I rummage through paper for my job.

But because I listen to my own music 8 hours a day, I've grown tired of just about every single album I've got. Chippy and I bought a analog to digital converter yesterday, which will soon overwhelm me with big band, jazz, 80s, and shmalz-core, but I'm also looking to listen to new music as well.

Any suggestions?

Posted by frame609 on 2005-09-19 16:44:36 +0000

<a href ="http://alphabetical.blogspot.com"> I can think of a few. </a>

Posted by bizquig3000 on 2005-09-19 17:49:46 +0000

Best two CDs of the year, in my humble ears, so far:
* Various Artists "Run the Road" (Vice)
* Sufjan Stevens "Sufjan Stevens Invites You to Come On, Feel the Illinoise" (Asthmatic Kitty)

Runners up (flawed for various reasons, but worth a listen):
* The Books "Lost and Safe" (Tomlab)
* Kano "Home Sweet Home" (679)
* M.I.A. "Arular" (XL)
* Hopewell "Hopewell and the Birds of Apetite" (Tee Pee)

These aren't from this year, but, been enjoying nonetheless:
* De La Soul "De La Soul is Dead" (Def Jam)
* The Last Poets "The Last Poets" (Fuel)
* Stu Walker "Stu Walker" (Odd Halo)

Posted by rladew on 2005-09-19 17:53:11 +0000

I will never hear the words "motherfucker" in quite the same way after hearing the Last Poets on the back porch of H3W.
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Posted by frame609 on 2005-09-19 21:16:34 +0000

Recently it's been the new Death Cab For Cutie record, Sleater-Kinney's "The Woods" (what up, Ned!), Lucero's "That Much Further West" (saw 'em last night), PJ Harvey, and the A-Frames' "Black Forest."

Posted by Miriam on 2005-09-19 21:17:38 +0000

I got a new Neil Sedaka album at the Goodwill yesterday, along with a stack of other "rockin'" classics. As soon as I get the needle on my player replaced/fixed I'm gonna dance to the oldies.

Posted by G lib on 2005-09-20 14:35:18 +0000

Thanks, guys!
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Posted by Travis on 2005-09-20 16:01:47 +0000

1. download a bit torrent client from www.sourceforge.net
2. go to www.isohunt.com
3. destroy the record industry as we know it

i would recommend:

super furry animals
elbow
kaiser chiefs
super furry animals again (the welsh language albums this time)
dolly parton's bluegrass album
the jonny cash / american recordings box set

for the french hip hop and reggae fans:
mc solaar
i am
zebda
massilia sound system

then you could move on to west africa & high life - baba maal, n'dour etc

and for some polish folk punk - the warsaw village band

songs in english are boring...

Posted by rladew on 2005-09-20 16:22:53 +0000

STILL downloading my bit Torrent cave In dvd... almost for a week and Im only @ 51% or so....

do any technically apt people here know how a bit torrent works?, (or should I just ask jeeves and leave everyone the fuck alone?)
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Posted by rladew on 2005-09-20 16:28:43 +0000

a few:

Cave In: Pitch Perfect black
Stooges: fun House
Coltrane / monk @ Carnegie
Captain Beefheart: Safe as Milk
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Posted by Travis on 2005-09-20 16:57:39 +0000

it works by swarming (like bees only without the funky butt shaking and honey) therefore the more people who are downloading the quicker you get it - thats why it might take 15 mins to download a nirvana album but 2 weeks to download something obscure

for a better explanation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bittorrent

Posted by Travis on 2005-09-20 16:58:21 +0000

plus a dvd is probably something like 5 gigabytes - thats a big chunk of download

Posted by rladew on 2005-09-20 17:05:59 +0000

Another exapmple of wiki's awesomeness...

thx Travis! hope Cave In's lawyers dont read this post :)

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Posted by tgl on 2005-09-20 18:28:38 +0000

Can you give a description of the A-D converter you purchased?

Posted by G lib on 2005-09-20 18:40:00 +0000

<a href=http://www.xitel.com/product_inport.htm>Xitel INport Audio Interface-- I haven't tried it out, but Chippy seems to like it...</a>

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Posted by G lib on 2005-09-20 18:42:36 +0000

Goddamn double post...
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