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The Beatles Never Broke Up

djStelios — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:58:00 +0000

This is of course a hoax, but it’s still great. Someone who says his name is James Richards claims he has a cassette tape of a Beatles album that was never released. He says:

On September 9, 2009, I experienced something that I still am having trouble believing happened to me. I came into the possession of a cassette tape containing a Beatles album that was never released. I don’t expect you to believe what happened to me, I sure wouldn’t, but thats why I grabbed the tape as proof that my experience was real.

Album Released on USB Uzi

djStelios — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:24:30 +0000

Now that digital music releases aren’t shocking any longer expect to see a few more of these on the digital horizon. Rap trio, Get Busy Committee (GBC), is releasing their latest album “Uzi Does it” on a USB flash drive shaped like an Uzi machine gun. The Uzi will likely have just enough space to hold the album’s tracks in MP3 format and no more. The memory stick fits into the Uzi as its clip. It would be really cool if the follow up album became available as an extra-mag-only version. That would enhance the environmental benefits of departing from the CD and DVD distribution industry. Those “keep” cases and packaging are huge generators of landfill waste and any move away from wasteful is a good one.

Listening to the album the band is definitely trying to move in a slightly different direction from overly “serious” street rap. The Uzi icon makes that a little hard to believe without listening though. The picture of the Koala with an Uzi on the CD cover is almost adorable and only a little disturbing. We’re fairly certain they were trying for the latter. The Uzi should hit e-tailers in early November.

Content of a Beatles song

djStelios — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:07:47 +0000

A last… An MP3 player with microSD slot

djStelios — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 09:52:36 +0000

SanDisk announced Sansa Clip+ MP3 Player. Is much like the slotRadio player as comes with a new microSD memory card slot that enables consumers to listen to thousands songs effortlessly without the hassle of downloading and syncing. It is fully compatible with the slotRadio and slotMusic cards as well as any microSD loaded music.

Some other features include wearable clip for hands-free portability, large OLED screen, built-in microphone, and support for files such as MP3, WMA, WAV, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis and Audible files (for audio books), in both unprotected and protected files.

The Sansa Clip+ MP3 player will come in the colors blue, black, and red will retail for $39.99 for a 2GB version, 4G for $49.99 , and 8GB for just $69.99.

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He Puts It in the Wrong Hole (music video)

djStelios — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:58:33 +0000

Taryn Southern and DJ Lubel prove that every time a guy makes a mistake in bed, Scott Baio is there to make everything right again.

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Inspector Gadget theme song played on beer bottles

djStelios — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:22:02 +0000

The beer bottle drummer in front of Paddy’s Market in Sydney.

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MP3 Diags Scans and Repairs Your MP3 Collection

djStelios — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:39:30 +0000

Window/Linux: Fixing a tag here and there is one thing, but what if your MP3 collection is in need of a deep and serious massaging to get things in order? MP3 Diags lets you dig into the guts of MP3s.

The creator of MP3 Diags was frustrated with how limited many of the MP3 repair tools he used were and how many of them used tags incorrectly or inserted their own tags into the MP3s. MP3 Diags is a powerful MP3 editor that not only allows you to diagnose and fix surface problems with your MP3 collection such as incorrect track numbers or song names, but it digs even deeper and enables you to repair things like problems with the VBR header and other hidden but important aspects of your music collection.

If you’re a bit hesitant to mess around with MP3 Diags but you’d really like to get at least the albums, song names, and tracks cleaned up in your collection you definitely want to check out previously reviewed iTune’s add-in Tune Up.

MP3 Diag is freeware and available for Windows and Linux.

How-To: Portable voice recording booth

djStelios — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:50:44 +0000

Some cardboard, a plastic handle, and some sound insulating foam make for an impressively portable vocal booth by Instructables user humanworkshop.

Freeze and drill hot dog flute

djStelios — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:40:00 +0000

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Les Paul – Inventor of multi-track recording

djStelios — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:19:52 +0000

Les Paul (1915-2009) Besides the solid-body electric guitar which defined the sound of rock and roll, his many recording innovations include overdubbing, looping, delay effects such as “sound on sound” and tape delay, phasing effects, and multitrack recording. Here, Les Paul and Mary Ford are hosted by Alistair Cooke on a 1953 broadcast of the legendary CBS show “Omnibus”.

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