Thursday, February 09, 2006

I'm working on a couple posts, one short, one not as such, but I wanted to stop by and say this.

If you have access to a surround sound system, especially a 5.1, you need to pick up the new DVD version of The Soft Bulletin. Your ears and head will thank you for it.*

(*Not literally. If your ears and/or head actually do thank you, please consult a doctor.)

Seriously, though. I liked it so much that I'll forgive them for packaging it with the same damn CD (complete with Mokran remixes and "Spiderbite" instead of "Slow Motion").

Tuesday, February 07, 2006

dragonfly wants a piece of pie

cheruzzel: i tried downloading the new built to spill...

nsa656: Oh, I think I downloaded that but never listened to it

cheruzzel:
and only got one song, so i was listening to it, and it was
good but there was this crazy sample throughout it (of what sounds like a rastafarian shouting something about "my town"). and i was
thinking "wow, this is totally weird for a built to spill song, but
strangely good. i found out later that it's not actually in the song,
just some digital tag inserted into it to combat downloading, i guess.
problem is, i think it makes the song better


nsa656: Haha

nsa656: Yeah, that sort of thing usually pops up on promo copies of rap albums

cheruzzel: exactly

cheruzzel: but since i only had one track, it didn't occur to me that it
was in the others


nsa656: It's like "YO THIS IS THE NEW SHIT FROM PIMPY Q DOWNLOADING
BLOOOOOOWS"


nsa656: That's pretty funny

cheruzzel: the kicker is that the sample always occurs at the right
moments, especially the first time


nsa656: Weeeeird

cheruzzel wants to send file C:\Documents and
Settings\daj156\Desktop\DC temp\built to spill - you in reverse promo
(2006)\04 - built to spill - saturday.mp3
.


nsa656: I wonder if they knew what they were doing

nsa656 received C:\Documents and Settings\daj156\Desktop\DC
temp\built to spill - you in reverse promo (2006)\04 - built to spill -
saturday.mp3
.


nsa656: HAha, you're right!

nsa656: WHO IS MIKE DOWNS??!

nsa656: He seems to say

cheruzzel: i should just copy this convo and blog it

cheruzzel: ah, that didn't occur to me

cheruzzel: i kept thinking "who is my town?"

cheruzzel: but that makes no sense

nsa656: That could be it too

built to spill - saturday ('who is mike downs?' version)