From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V12 #153 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Tuesday, June 13 2006 Volume 12 : Number 153 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Today's your birthday, friend... [Mike Matthews ] Re: Discs Needing New Homes [andrew fries ] Re: Discs Needing New Homes [wojizzle forizzle ] re: about Happy's next album, by way of another artist's reflections ["Su] Re: Discs Needing New Homes [andrew fries ] Pitchfork article on music discovery software ["Karen Hester" Subject: Today's your birthday, friend... i*i*i*i*i*i i*i*i*i*i*i *************** *****HAPPY********* **************BIRTHDAY********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** ********************* Joerg Plate (no Email address) ********************** *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joerg Plate Mon June 12 1967 Gemini Chris Montville Tue June 13 1978 Gemini Ectoplasm (original name) Mailing List Thu June 13 1991 Fuzzier blue Paul Huesman Wed June 14 1967 coffee drinker Mark R. 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Tsai Sat July 09 1966 Cancer Larry Greenfield Tue July 11 1950 Virgo Rising; Gemini Moon - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 17:13:08 +1000 From: andrew fries Subject: Re: Discs Needing New Homes On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 23:30:35 -0700 Neile Graham wrote: > Kirsty Stewazi - Jailbirds - $3 Oh dear, I guess my favourite record ever (or pretty close to it, anyway) has failed to impress you. Well, I'll admit Kirsty Stegwazi is an acquired taste... I'll try not to take this personally :) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 09:44:04 -0400 From: wojizzle forizzle Subject: Re: Discs Needing New Homes one time at band camp, andrew fries (afries@internode.on.net) said: >On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 23:30:35 -0700 Neile Graham wrote: >> Kirsty Stewazi - Jailbirds - $3 >Oh dear, I guess my favourite record ever (or pretty close to it, >anyway) has failed to impress you. Well, I'll admit Kirsty Stegwazi is >an acquired taste... *perks ears* ;) woj ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 16:11:27 -0400 From: "Suzanne DeCory" Subject: re: about Happy's next album, by way of another artist's reflections >From: "Kim Justice" >One of the two personal blogs I read on a regular basis is that of >Robert Fripp (http://www.dgmlive.com). The topic of Happy's next CD >often comes up here and in those discussions I'm often reminded of a >few of RF's aphorisms; >1. We may do whatever we like, providing we can pay the bill. >2. Never become so popular that the public take an interest in you. >3. When a record company makes a mistake, the artist pays for it. >When a manager makes a mistake, the artist pays for it. >When the artist makes a mistake, the artist pays for it. RF's aphorism's are always thought provokingly brilliant! I love reading them! One of my favorites is: "Reason alone is a one legged stool." Suzanne (: (email filtered and set to exclusive contacts) To get the full value of a joy, you must have somebody to divide it with (Mark Twain). May your February and the year ahead be filled with long division ;) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 07:25:23 +1000 From: andrew fries Subject: Re: Discs Needing New Homes On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 09:44:04 -0400 wojizzle forizzle wrote: > one time at band camp, andrew fries (afries@internode.on.net) said: > >Oh dear, I guess my favourite record ever (or pretty close to it, > >anyway) has failed to impress you. Well, I'll admit Kirsty Stegwazi is > >an acquired taste... > > *perks ears* ;) Heh, give it a go then - it's only 3 bucks... But I think she might be one of these people who need to be seen perform in order to really bring their recorded material to life. And her songs just resonate for me on a personal level I can't even truly explain... I don't claim it is the best record ever, just that it is possibly my personal favourite. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 15:04:50 +1200 From: "Karen Hester" Subject: Pitchfork article on music discovery software http://pitchforkmedia.com/features/weekly/06-05-22-better-than-we-know-ourselves.shtml A roomful of people will never keep up with all of the music that's coming online. So why not give the job to a computer? Kate reference - MusicIP software, "After the analysis, the mixer affixes a signature to the header of each file containing all the information it needs to compare that song with any other. The signature takes up a tiny 100 bytes-- which is less memory than this sentence-- and though the Mixer took hours to get to know your songs, when you ask it to come up with a playlist, it performs the task in a split-second. Start with Elvis Costello's "Clubland" and the Mixer will give you a playlist of bouncy pop songs. But start with atmospheric electronic music, and it'll match that as well. I wanted a mix that followed the hiccuping beat and eerie pauses of Boards of Canada's "The Devil Is in the Details", and the songs it pulled from my library-- which ranged from David Sylvian to *Kate Bush* to Jorge Ben to Pulp-- all fit that same strange tone, and often the same rhythmic pattern. On the other hand, it also makes weirdly culture-blind decisions: I threw in a copy of the * Chicago* cast recording, and for some reason almost every mix MusicIP gave me included cuts from the musical, maybe because the distinct rhythms were so easy to match." (long article, can't read entire thing while appearing to work!) Karen ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V12 #153 ***************************