23 December 2008 – 2:10 pm
The Defective By Design folks probably don’t mean that title in an ironic way. But the whole idea behind their anti-DRM campaign is itself problematic. The site should be a general resource of information on Digital Rights Management and why it is in general a bad idea. There is some of this – they do [...]
By Bangsplat
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Posted in Musings, music
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Tagged Apple, boycott, Creative Commons, Defective By Design, Digital Rights Management, DRM, iPod, iTunes, piracy, pirate, theft
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14 December 2008 – 11:54 am
I finally got my iPhone yesterday. Early Christmas present! I downloaded Bloom of course. And Four Track, which has gotten some interesting reviews. But when I went to get Sonic Lighter, I discovered that Smule had released more apps. More iPhone ChucK goodies! The popular one is Ocarina, which is exactly what the name suggests. [...]
By Bangsplat
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Posted in Instruments, Musings, music
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Tagged Bloom, Brian Eno, Chuck, Four Track, Ge Wang, generative music, iPhone, iPod, Jeff Smith, Kaossilator, Korg, Korg DS-10, Ocarina, Peter Chilvers, Smule, Sonic Lighter, SonicVox
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11 December 2008 – 2:01 am
Paul McCartney proves why he was the best Beatle. Only partially joking, though he was always my favorite. *** This is starting to sound familiar – and it’s a good thing. Paul McCartney, in his Fireman guise (with collaborator Youth), has a new album, Electric Arguments. And he seems to have gotten over whatever it [...]
By Bangsplat
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Posted in Musicians, Musings, music
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Tagged Apple Lossless Audio Codec, Brian Eno, Creative Commons, David Byrne, digital distribution, digital download, DRM, electronic music, FLAC, high definition audio, MP3, Paul McCartney, The Fireman, vinyl, Youth
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8 December 2008 – 3:29 am
A little off topic for this blog, but… I had pizza at Disneyland yesterday. Oh, yeah. This is noteworthy because I have some serious food allergies, including wheat, and eating out – especially pizza – is really difficult. Disneyland has always been sensitive to special dietary needs, at least by providing ingredient lists. But even [...]
5 December 2008 – 2:51 am
AAAAARRRRRGH! Why Do They Insist On Doing This? A friend told us that the new 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of Murmur sounded really good. Woo-hoo! Remastered R.E.M.! Well, not so fast there, bucko. Let’s look at the booklet… In the remastering credits, no one from the band or the original production team is listed. That’s [...]
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