I'm curious enough to accept an invite from msbelle if/when she gets them.
Oh, me too. I just don't think I fully understand their trading architecture. Or something.
Oh, smacked in the noggin with a 2x4 wrapped in velvet. Yeah, that's what it felt like.
Lorne ,'Smile Time'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
tina f. - Apr 19, 2006 8:59:31 am PDT #3033 of 10003
msbelle - Apr 19, 2006 9:00:44 am PDT #3034 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
here's how it works:
You list CDs you have (I am only listing ones I want to get rid of). Other members can search through member lists or for a CD directly, when one is found, they mark that they want it and all the people who have that CD listed get notified. Whoever responds quickest can mark that they will ship the CD. Pre-postage paid envelopes (I think) are provided by lala.
When you receive a CD, you enter that you got it and you are charged $1.49. $1 for the CD and $0.49 for shipping.
You can't start getting CDs until you list some to ship. And your ability to receive is always connected to you continuing to ship out.
They have language about members removing music from their MP3 players and iTunes once they are shipping it out, but as far as I can tell that is untraceable. They also say they do not accept ripped CDs, but that can't be traced either, can it? They ABSOLUTELY DO NOT accepted burned CDs.
I have no idea how the 20% back to artists work, but it is mentioned all over their site.
msbelle - Apr 19, 2006 5:39:08 pm PDT #3035 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Oh, it is to laugh: [link]
Jon B. - Apr 19, 2006 6:40:24 pm PDT #3036 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I'm one of those people who think that Daniel Johnston album is brilliant.
tommyrot - Apr 19, 2006 6:42:04 pm PDT #3037 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Poking my head in here again to see what people think of the new Fiery Furnaces album....
Right now I'm listening to it for the third time. It's growing on me. I already have some favorite songs on it - "In My Little Thatched Hut" and "I'm In No Mood."
Anyway, it's good enough to let me pretend that "Rehearsing My Choir" never happened.
Salon review: [link]
NYT: [link]
Chicago Tribune: [link]
Reviews have been mostly favorable.
eta: Pitchfork review: [link]
eta²: From Pitchfork:
"Waiting to Know You" is almost as good with its prom night slow dance chord progression, and bizarre mix; there's no logical reason why this song needs an absurdly fat Moog bass, but hey, turns out it does.
Heh.
Hayden - Apr 19, 2006 7:03:35 pm PDT #3038 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I haven't gotten the FF album yet, but that's all good news.
I'm one of those people who think that Daniel Johnston album is brilliant.
Me, too.
Jon B. - Apr 20, 2006 5:57:32 am PDT #3039 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I'm curious enough to accept an invite from msbelle if/when she gets them.
Turns out I don't need one. I clicked on the "interested in joining" link, entered my email address and a few hours later I was sent an invite.
Oh... unless the invite came from msbelle? But there was nothing on it to indicate that.
msbelle - Apr 20, 2006 6:20:06 am PDT #3040 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
nope, not from me. Everyone interested should just do that.
Tom Scola - Apr 20, 2006 6:32:33 am PDT #3041 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
On April 18, The Village Voice’s music editor Chuck Eddy was fired by Village Voice Media. Mr. Eddy is the 17th employee to leave the paper, either by resignation or termination, since Village Voice Media—then called New Times—assumed control in November. The paper lists 60 editorial positions on its masthead.
According to Voice staffers, New Times has also dismissed The Voice’s three-person fact-checking department and laid off two of the five copy editors. Last month, Mr. Lacey killed interim editor Ward Harkavy’s blog, the Bush Beat. The end-page essay has been discontinued. Voice writers now have to use the New Times stylebook, and according to a source, there are words—including “meta” and “subversive”—that are now banned from the paper.
Jon B. - Apr 20, 2006 6:50:16 am PDT #3042 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Someone needs to start a new paper in New York...
Hey, what's Joe Jackson up to these days? He's playing at the Somerville Theater at the end of June with Graham Maby & Dave Houghton. Is it going to be that crooney shit that may permanently blind me due to my eyes rolling back too far in my head, or is he rocking out again?