music
nerdcore indeed
<3 Weezer sometimes:
Nerdcore indeed.
weekend whatsits and stoof
did some canvassing for Obama, enjoyed the rain.
had a new flavor at locopops.
played a bit of Mario Party with frijole & friends on his new, massive TV.
got my 30-track fix from emusic, including Aphex Twin’s Selected Ambient Works 85-92.
helped a friend of my mom’s clean out for a move. Got about 20 free paperbacks out [...]
the humans are dead
Apparently I’m behind the times. I’d never heard of a duo called Flight of the Conchords. Here they are (NSFW language):
blinkenlights and tofurkey day
Successful integration of blinkenlights and noisemakers:
Oh, and happy tofurkey day!
Quoted in the DTH on music downloads
I’ve been quoted in the paper.
Sadly, the article focuses heavily on the downsides of using p2p networks to get music from RIAA-signed artists. Worse, it equates “famous” artists with RIAA-signed artists. Perhaps I didn’t communicate clearly. I come out like this:
Palmer said the idea of downloading MP3 files for free and legally from famous artists, [...]
Sail Away (full song, picture)
Looks like I got clearance. The song is in the public domain and the two musicians are happy to share this version of “Sail Away Ladies” under a Creative Commons License. The two musicians are Jason “Jaso” Phillips (fiddle) and David Cranford (banjo), seen below holding their instruments.
Thanks guys! I look forward to coming out [...]
Sail Away (clip)
I was out in the Pit about an hour ago to get a snack from the Daily Grind. There were two guys standing on the steps leading up to a side (staff) entrance for the Undergrad Library. One had a banjo, the other a fiddle. I’ll post a full mp3 of Sail Away if I [...]

