Tag Archive for Audio

Popeye’s!

March 9, 2008 Uncategorized No comments

There’s a great post that I picked up from Waxy.org from Clapclap.org, with the title of “It Doesn’t Matter Which You Heard”: the Curious Cultural Journey of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah”. I remember hearing John Cale’s version back in ’96 when I saw “Basquiat”, and it struck me pretty hard then. It’s an incredibly emotional song. You can listen to even more covers over on My Old Kentucky Blog. Apparently this song is a cultural phenomenon.

This brings me round about to Hype Machine. Hype Machine has been my dirty secret for a pretty long time, it’s fairly popular now I think, but I’ve been using since right after it’s launch in December of ’06 for finding new and remixed stuff. I highly recommend it.

So I’m working on this project for our PR company, to automatically read email to you in your car. I’m using Quartz Composer to build the interface, and a little bit of programming in Xcode. It’s shaping up nicely. I got the first proof of concept done in about 5 hours using QC, with some help from the super nice guys at Kineme.net. They develop some pretty awesome patches, filling in parts where QC is lacking. Anyways, I’ll post some development screenshots soon, but unfortunately I don’t think I can post the source. /shrug

What’s your dirt doin’ in his ditch?

November 11, 2007 Uncategorized No comments

[audio:paulnewman-plastic.mp3]

I don’t care if it rains and freezes
‘Long as I got my plastic Jesus
Sittin’ on the dashboard of my car.
Comes in colors pink and pleasant
Glows in the dark ’cause it’s iridescent
Carry it with you if you travel far.

So get yourself a sweet Madonna
Dressed in rhinestones sittin’ on a
pedestal, of abalone shell.
Going eighty I ain’t scary
’cause I got the Virgin Mary
Assuring me that I won’t go to hell.

Definitely one of my new favorite movies, this had some how escaped my notice for the past 29 years. Mind the audio, it’s a little loud.

Sub Pop releases new mp3 albums!

November 9, 2007 Uncategorized No comments

We just finished a pretty massive import of MP3 albums into our store, giving us close to 200 full-length albums in the digital format! In case you haven’t noticed yet, we think this is pretty great. We’ll be working to add singles and EPs and fill the holes in the catalog in the coming weeks and months, and we have every intention of making rare and out-of-print titles available exclusively through our shop.

So take a look around and let us know how it works for you. For more details on the downloads and how the sales work, take a look at this longer and more detailed post.

UPDATE: You can now see all the mp3 downloads we have for sale in one place. Click me

Sub Pop has produced such greats as Nirvana, Hot Hot Heat, The Shins and more.

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