Category Archives: Music

Recording streaming audio using Radiopod on Mac OS X

Posted on February 14, 2006 by Tim

Ben Hammersley wrote a little perl script – Radiopod – a while ago. It uses mplayer and the lame mp3 encoder to create mp3s of RealAudio streams, which are then usable on iPods and other portable mp3 players. I had … Continue reading →

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Musical Baton

Posted on May 23, 2005 by Tim

Matt (after I asked, as no-one else spontaneously passed it on – snif) has passed me the meme of the moment: the musical baton. Total volume I think iTunes contains about 12.5 GB of music: a mixture of my own … Continue reading →

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Slightly Successful DJing

Posted on December 12, 2004 by Tim

Along with Jez, I DJd at St. Philip and St. James’ Christmas Party last night. ‘Twas a good laugh, especially the cheese/80s mix I finished off with. I had the incredible foresight to record most of it with my Archos, … Continue reading →

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BBC: UK music sees record album sales

Posted on November 26, 2004 by Tim

So it turns out that, in the UK at least, the record industry is in rude health: UK record companies are celebrating their best ever year for album sales, with a record 237 million sold in the 12 months to … Continue reading →

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Albums you should have listened to before you die

Posted on October 14, 2004 by Tim

Jonathan told me to: Copy the list on to your blog, put in bold the ones you have listened to (completely from begining to end) and then add three more albums that you think people should have heard before they … Continue reading →

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Finn Brothers to play Bristol

Posted on August 3, 2004 by Tim

According to the BBC Bristol web site, Neil and Tim Finn are to play the Colston Hall in October. As a long-time fan of Crowded House (I went to see them in the slightly larger surroundings of Birmingham’s NEC in … Continue reading →

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Second-hand ripoffs

Posted on August 2, 2004 by Tim

I’m coming increasingly to the conclusion that (a) second-hand iPods are overpriced, and (b) eBay is a living, breathing example of the power of a heady mix of capitalism and stupidity. You know, more money than sense and all that… … Continue reading →

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Things to make and do

Posted on July 28, 2004 by Tim

Install BBEdit Lite on my Mac. Install the mtgravatar” plugin on the blog. Spring-Summer-clean the Mac. Only 1.5 GB space left! Find out why people will pay over the odds for iPods on eBay. Actually, that could be trickier…

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Archos Jukebox: 21st Century Life-Support

Posted on July 13, 2004 by Tim

A week last Sunday I turned 29 (less than a year to go ‘til the Big Three-Oh! Poop!). My present from my brother, sister-in-law and nephew was an Archos Jukebox Recorder 20, an MP3 player with, in reality, 18.6 GB … Continue reading →

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Praise Be!

Posted on December 22, 2003 by Tim

Thank goodness: this year’s Christmas Number One is a product neither of Pop Idol nor Fame Academy: Little known US singer Gary Jules has clinched the Christmas number one with his cover version of Tears For Fears’ 1982 hit Mad … Continue reading →

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