Month: October 2004

My new favorite radio station.

For your Friday music goodness I’m posting links to various online music sites I’ve come across over the years. Hope you enjoy!

Betalounge – is a SanFran electro lounge that’s been laying the beats down since `96. They don’t broadcast as much as they used to, but their archives have more music than you could ever listen to. This site requires free registration to listen to but it is worth the trouble. Most sets last between 3-5 hours.

Bassdrive Jungle music is a subset of drum and bass techno, I call it electronic heavy metal. It is the sickest, heaviest, bass pounding destructive force of man ever devised. Make sure you’ve got a good subwoofer for this one.

Just Concerts Ahoy to our northern brothers. CBC Radio Canada has an extensive archive of live concerts and studio sessions of some of the best bands out there today. From Franz Ferdinand to Fila Brazillia to TV on the Radio to other artist that you’ve never heard of but should have, this has everything. Do yourself a favor, pick a band at random and enjoy the rest of your day.

XFM Take a trip across the ocean and hear what radio sounds like in London on a Friday night. It really puts American radio to shame. Not only can they say what they want, but they have been known to broadcast some of the most slammin club beats mixed by some of the best dj’s in the world.

Last.FM Touted as the last radio station you’ll ever need. Sign up, start random radio and the system does the rest. They play a random song, you either let it play, skip the song, or ban it altogether. The system remembers what you like and builds a profile of your musical tastes, comparing it to others that like the same music. Over time it will start to give you exactly what you need: great new music that you’ve never heard and classic tracks you already love. It’s quite ingenious really, and I love it.

[From Salon] Four Britons who were held at Guantanamo are suing Donald Rumsfeld and other US military leaders for torture that they recieved while being held there. The men are suing for about $11 million each.

I’ll just keep my mouth shut here, but this next one is very interesting.

Here is a PDF file of a recently filed lawsuit brought against most of the entire Bush administration; it starts off by claiming that controlled demolitions brought down the world trade center, that it was a missle attack that damaged the Pentagon, not an airliner, that Bush et al had ample warnings about the attacks and that flight 77 was shot down. That’s just for starters. The lawsuit continues to accuse the media, the Bush II administration and the Enterprise (war companies profiting from the War on Terror) of conducting an exercise in propaganda with the “official story”. It accuses the entire Bush family and administration of conspiring to actively bring about 9/11 as a new Pearl Harbor in order to promote this Enterprise, getting a blank check from the American people to promote a war of American aggression.

The lawsuit goes on, saying that the 9/11 commission makes the Warren commission look like a bastion of truth-seeking, brings up Operation Northwoods as supporting evidence.
The lawsuit calls for a trial by jury.

I tried to Google some more information but only came up with the orginal Metafilter post and this here. Has anyone heard anything about this from the mainstream?

As the owner of a computer repair shop I immediatley let out a big ‘duh’ after reading this article. Those of you out there that are unbelievers, download AdAware and Spybot and see how many things have infected your computer. And if you’re not using antivirus you should just unplug your computer right and turn in your operator’s license right now

We use these on almost every computer that comes into our store. Spyware is the number one problem that we see. Thank god for it; it keeps us in business. After you’re done, make sure you download Mozilla Firefox and make sure you never see spyware again

From the site:

Last week GOP Chairman Ed Gillespie sent an extraordinary letter to the group Rock the Vote requesting that it “cease and desist” from promoting its campaign warning young voters that the government may reinstate the draft. Gillespie threatened to take legal action and said the group’s non-profit status could be in jeopardy.

[edited 2004-10-26 14:12:05]

Apparently the RTV people have some new commercial out for their Vote or Die campaign that states that if you don’t vote there will be a draft. Here’s a link to the Metafilter post on it.

I have no idea what the hell has been going on here at the store lately but it’s been dead. No computers to fix and the occasional phone call once an hour or so and I’m losing my mind.
I stumbled upon the pseudodictionary today while searching for words that end in -phile. (ex. oe·no·phile NOUN: 1. One who appreciates and enjoys wine. 2. A collector of wine.) It’s mostly slang and made up words but it’s rather large and has been the running ground of my bored imagination for the past few hours. May it help you kill some time as well.

See also the Word Spy for serious new words, and the Acronym Finder in case you need to know the meaning of ROFLMAOCTD or IMHO or NASA.

I figured I would post a few of my favorite bookmarks to whet your appetite a bit. They are pretty popular sites but as I am writing this page mostly for people who aren’t very familiar with the internet. Sorta like my own ‘how-to’ guide.

Wired This one is a technology news site. I check this one first thing in the morning. You must check out thier magazine also. Incredible. A mix of Popular Science and Time for the digital generation.

Salon Straight news…aww who am I kidding, they lean so far left it’s obvious after spending 2 minutes there. I go here for my daily anti Bush commentary. Seriously though they are not that bad. I actually like this site not just because of it’s critical political features but the other general news that you find lower down the page. Yes, they do have an annoying ad that you have to watch to get to the goods every day, but I think it’s a small price to pay to look at their site.

Nerve Literate smut, you ask? Think porn that’s not so dirty. Intellectual erotica? Definatley not what you would think of when someone says the words internet porn. Think more like Real Sex on HBO. Everything from photos to interviews to news to fiction. Plenty of free stuff, but the pictures require a pass.