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http://www.ted.com/talks/ryan_holladay_to_hear_this_music_you_have_to_be_there_literally.html The music industry has sometimes struggled to find its feet in the digital world. In this lovely talk, TED Fellow Ryan Holladay tells us why he is experimenting with what he describes as "location-aware music." This programming and musical feat involves hundreds of geotagged segments of sounds that only play when a listener is physically nearby. (Filmed at TED@BCG.)

With his brother, Hays, Ryan Holladay creates site-specific sound installations, interactive concerts and GPS-based compositions for sites across the United States

Canadian rock icon Neil Young launched a blistering attack on the Harper government and Alberta's tar sands prior to his show at Massey Hall (the proceeds of the tour are for the Athabasca Chipeyan First Nation Legal Fund) -- January 12th, 2014
Donate: http://www.honourtheacfn.ca
Learn more about the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) legal challenge: http://www.drawtheline.ca
"It's the greediest, most destructive and disrespectful demonstration of just something run amok that you could ever see," he said.

More details: http://globalnews.ca/news/1077245/neil-young-blasts-alberta-oilsands-and-ottawa/

Something that is really irritating me lately is the debate, especially in the U.S., regarding who deserves what, and what has occurred to me is that with regard to human rights the idea of deserving is completely irrelevant. The second amendment in the U.S. Constitution grants freedom of speech, there is no clause on their stating that you can't say what you want if you are a bigot, or insane, or just an awful person etc... etc...

While his name escapes me at the moment, the fellow from Duck Dynasty has been the latest magnet for this topic, I really don't care about what he has to say anymore than anyone else I disagree with on such a fundamental level, but I'm glad he can freely speak his mind. That way I know that such foolishness, in my opinion, exists and don't have to wonder about what hateful things people believe. Frankly I think Christian conservatives are perverts, not that there is really anything wrong with that, but it is the hypocrisy of their perversion. Christian conservatives believe that it is okay to be concerned with the sexual interactions of others for the purpose of condemnation, but that to be interested in the sexual activities of other because what they are doing might be pleasurable, and something you might also want to join in on, is not acceptable. WTF????

There is also the right to healthcare, in the U.S. we have the obligation to pay for health insurance, but there is no guarantee of uniformity or quality of coverage. Most people are unaware of how few choices we have for healthcare in the U.S. because we are all too busy passing judgment about who should have access to healthcare. We in the U.S. have the obligation to pay private industry for insurance but few guarantees of the level benefits we will receive.

In general here in the U.S. we are all in support of other people rights as long as the rights of others don't cost anything monetarily or conflict with our own personal brand of superstition. Put simply if you are Christian and rich, life is just peachy, but if you are poor and or not prone to the Judea Christian brand of superstition then you are going to have problems. The right to espouse about your Christian beliefs and the right to make money at the expense of others is king in the United States, and you are a stupid socialist/communist if you believe anything else. I guess that is what makes me out-of-place.

in a world of neverending neverstranding ways

down the streets with everchoosing everlosing strays

under sun's everblinding neverminding rays

on the ocean's everpounding everhounding waves

show me how the wind blows, where the sailboats go

throw me all their ropes, all the hobos' hopes

from the demons fallen into - carried into grace 

every angel walking with us with a lonesome face 

to the speeches truly loving to the ending phrase

for the noise all these nights bring, to the silent days

tell me how your heart sings, how your bells ring high

tell the rays in the waves, fallen from their sky

in a world of neverending neverstranding ways

https://soundcloud.com/tidebreakers/into-grace-with-mick-whelan-work-in-progress

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odJxJRAxdFU

Friday morning. Listening to Radio Eins. Radio Station in Berlin and Brandenburg. They are playing "Transmission" by Joy Division! Best Radio in Germany http://www.radioeins.de/

what the eyeballs did while waiting in line at the Roundhouse, July

Hi everyone!

So with 2014 knocking on the door, I am going through my end of the year donations and also, offsetting the carbon footprint of my goddamn travel for 2013 and 2012, because I spaced out last year!

I use http://www.carbonfund.org/individuals

it's pretty awesome - there are nice calculators on the site where you can specify your train, plane or car travel and it calculates the CO2 emissions and the $$ amounts it takes to offset it. Well, the best thing to do is NOT TO TRAVEL at all - but since that is not realistic - this is the least I can do....

In my case, 2012 was BAD - Radiohead tour contributed a little, but overall - 4 trips to Europe, 2 trips to the West Coast, 2 to Texas, 2 to FL - that's pretty ridiculous. I was much better behaved in 2013 :-)

ANyways - I encourage you guys to use their little calculator and offset the flights. - they are the worst. You can specify the three main way of how you want the money to be spent: alternative energy, energy efficiency - poke around their site.

And HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

"Fade Out live streaming on the 28 December 2013. start at 22:00 (ROME GMT). For the live stream, tune in to: http://j.mp/1ccRGPF"

http://pulseradio.net/

http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1781

EDIT on Feb 19, 2014:

YAY!! our movie made it into http://www.wasteheadquarters.com/ !!

The link is right underneath Polyfauna

ATOMS FOR PEACE
September 24th, 2013
Temple University Liacouras Center
Philadelphia, PA USA

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=476446

NOW ON DIME!!!

AND

AFP in Philly movie now also running ON ZOMB!!!!!! download away!
http://zombtracker.the-zomb.com/details.php?id=48794

audio:
AT831 (SP-CMC-2)>SP-SPSB-11>sony PCM-M10 (24bit)>usb>pc>adobe audition 3.0(level adjust) + (downsample to 16bit) > tlh (flac level 8)
taper: Booboo
Editor: joebreslin
seeded here: http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=466975 and on the hub (of course!)

video (5 cams):
inez & joebreslin (Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS20)
Carol (Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS20)
Godieinhell2 (Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS7)
Matthew Sun/aerofan2007 (Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5)
Tom Kojy Florczak (Canon EOS-M)

All footage obtained as original raw files; codec: AVC; HD 1280x720 or 1920x1080 resolution; bitrate 15-46 Mbps/sec

Video editing: Austin Brock (Sony Vegas 12.0)
Original video sources rendered with Vegas 12.0 Sony AVC Codec > MP4 @ 25 Mbps (1920x1080 59.97 fps), audio source rendered @ 384kbps AAC.

Overall project procurement: inez

Editor's comments:

My first video editing contribution to the community, and it has been a great learning experience. It has been a pleasure to work with such high quality audio and video. I must thank inez for keeping me on my toes and pushing to get the best out of this project. I sincerely hope you enjoy it! A big thanks to joebreslin for the amazing Radiohub! Would also like to say thanks to everyone who I have ever met through the AustinBrock YouTube channel. I wouldn't have been here editing this show if it wasn't for your love and support from the beginning. Thank you.

Uploader's comments:

Hi everyone!
Here is the product of the community and by the community for the holidays! The opening show of the North American leg of the AFP 2013 tour :)
THANK YOU Thom, Flea, Nigel, Mauro and Joey!!! - this was a great gig and a ton of fun!
Many many thanks go to our tapers! Booboo, who flew in from TX and handled the audio rig from the seats, all six video tapers (joe, carol, godieinhell2, Matt, Tom and yours truly) who donated their raw footage for this project and of course Austin for editing and re-editing and re-editing - and being super-responsive to my endless requests to cut a few seconds here and overlay there and zoom some place else and what not - so that in the end, 3 months later, we get the best document of this awesome show for all of you guys to enjoy.

So ENJOY!!
inez

setlist:
01. before your very eyes
02. default
03. the clock
04. ingenue
05. stuck together pieces
06. unless
07. and it rained all night
08. harrowdown hill
09. dropped
10. cymbal rush

11. skip divided
12. feeling pulled apart by horses
13. rabbit in your headlights
14. paperbag writer
15. amok

16. atoms for peace
17. black swan

and a pathetic supercompressed youtube preview :)

    HI  EVERYONE!

*   I  WISH   TO  ALL  YOU  A  SPECIAL,  MAGIC  CHRISTMAS  TIMES!!! AND LISTENING  SEVERAL  RADIOHEAD SONGS! *

 GOD   BLESS   US!

 GOOD  WEEK!

natercia(Planet Ed O' Brien)

I just discovered a genius of electronic music : Charanjit Singh  

Charanjit Singh - Raga Todi  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKdbjpxGuPU

At one point we have sounds as in Sit down, stand up!!! Don' t you think??

Cheers!!

figured this deserves its own blog :-)

We just released it on dime last night - I can't believe things like this still emerge!!'

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=475663