Hard News: An inspirational record
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And one more from the archives:
Fiona has scanned and posted a hugely important Listener feature from August 1981, in which Tony Reid and Phil Gifford reporting from the Springbok tour find a country "unrecognisably changed, angrily divided and threateningly alien."
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recordari, in reply to
see you at The Adults
Yep. In tonight. MagikJ has been remixing them already too.
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Ghostfunk: Ghostface Killah mixed with vintage African funk, high-life, and psychedelic rock music. It's been on high rotation since I got it (yesterday).
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Russell Brown, in reply to
see you at The Adults
Yep. In tonight.
I'm going tomorrow night with some of my Media7 crew. Might tap you tomorrow for set times.
MagikJ has been remixing them already too.
Tune!
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Danielle, in reply to
Ghostface Killah mixed with…
Right there. That’s where you had me.
Thin Lizzy vs Pixies – The Boys Are Back In Heaven
"Rock me, Phil". Or something.
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Russell Brown, in reply to
Right there. That’s where you had me.
You, beat-lovin' lady, need to open your digital wallet and get yourself some local hip hop in that @peace record.
Just sayin'.
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OK since it's Friday, I have a very cool music-sciency video to share: make your own dancing alien blobs!! Srsly.
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Can anyone give me a quick rundown of what the different formats mean for the @peace download. It sounds really beautiful and I want to to purchase but not sure what each is, other than MP3. Is it just bigger file is better?
Skip that request - I just found the explanation on the site. -
Viva Vox Choir
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3410,
Can anyone give me a quick rundown of what the different formats mean for the @peace download. It sounds really beautiful and I want to to purchase but not sure what each is, other than MP3. Is it just bigger file is better?
FLAC is - give or take - about 4 times better than 320 (it equals CD quality, essentially). Worth it, if you can afford the bandwidth and want higher quality. For most listening purposes 320 is plenty sufficient. v0 is a variable bitrate mp3 (at the highest setting, ie a variable version of 320; a bit smaller in file size, but with similar performance). Not too familiar with the performance of the others formats.
Recommendations, in short:
For hifi? FLAC
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chris, in reply to
@Peace, loving it Russell, smooth and laughs.
Interested in indigenous folk music? (scroll to bottom to play)
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Marcus Turner, in reply to
Thanks Chris. That film looks excellent.
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nzlemming, in reply to
Oh, cornstarch! Is there nothing it can't do?
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You can listen to it --
You know I can't afford to buy you wine and camembert
but we can put some candles on the fan and have a chandelierI like the way he with the words.
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I really enjoy these Friday columns. I love the new music I hear through them. Here's an NZ one I found through National Radio a month or so back - Sheep, Dog & Wolf - Ablutophobia
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Ian Dalziel, in reply to
one step furthur...
Oh, cornstarch! Is there nothing it can't do?
Ken Kesey has been using it for years...
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Lilith __, in reply to
Ken Kesey has been using it for years...
Balls, Holmes?
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I'm looking forward to a quiet hour or so to enjoy that @peace album. In the meantime, my pick for one of the best records to come out of NZ is "Little Death" by Steve Abel. Here's a vid of him singing a wonderful duet with Kirsten Morrell.
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Just watched the @peace video....
How on earth did they get into my old student flat to film that music video? -
Russell, have you or the Cactuslab boys changed the timeout on the blog? Normally, I leave the pages I’m reading open for days without having to relogin but today it’s happening every time I come back to it. Chrome on Win7. And not just HardNews, but all the PA blogs.
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Alert for Chch bibliophiles...
a reminder about the fridge full o' books:
Think Differently Book Exchange
- Gap Filler project #7
Launch: Sunday 17 July, 3 - 5pm.
Former Herbal Dispensary site,
cnr Kilmore and Barbadoes Streets -
Lilith __, in reply to
bibliophiles...
Ian and others might like this guy with his secret second-hand bookshop hidden in his NY apartment.
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Russell Brown, in reply to
Russell, have you or the Cactuslab boys changed the timeout on the blog? Normally, I leave the pages I’m reading open for days without having to relogin but today it’s happening every time I come back to it. Chrome on Win7. And not just HardNews, but all the PA blogs.
The upgrade this week -- which will deliver the much-requested "jump to first unread comment" feature, among others -- has been throwing up an array of bugs.
This one might take a little longer to resolve because the CactusLads are at Bar Camp Auckland all day, but I've passed on the report.
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Sacha, in reply to
the much-requested "jump to first unread comment" feature
Excellent. Looking forward to hearing how they've approached that.
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I need to talk up Ben Sollee, a US celloist who is doing wonderful things in a folk/pop blend. This is an official video:
But watch the same thing live and you’ll see him treating his cello a bit like a bass guitar.
The guy is also an activist against the crazy mountaintop coal mining where they blow the whole top off the mountain and push it off into the valley to get to the stuff.
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