Re: FLUXLIST: edition

2006-05-02 Thread Rod Stasick
On 2006 Apr 30, at 1:34 PM, Kamen Nedev wrote: I remember a fascinating moment in "Ninotchka" in which Greta Garbo (in her role as a Soviet envoy to the West) tells her just-seduced Western counterpart who's about to turn on the radio: "No, honey! Let's play music just for ourselves!" and

Re: FLUXLIST: edition

2006-05-02 Thread Björn Eriksson
A nice little tool is the "Screamer Radio" www.screamer-radio.com Free application to listen to and record internet radio/audio streams. /Björn - Original Message - From: "Kamen Nedev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 6:52 AM Subject: R

Re: FLUXLIST: edition

2006-05-01 Thread Kamen Nedev
Ah, that would be the ultimate utopia - no physical media anywhere, everyone just emitting their own sounds and pieces, everywhere in the world! And then, tools - in a Net crowded with streams and sounds, we could devise tools to navigate the audio streams, sonnar-like. Then, by the tim

Re: FLUXLIST: edition

2006-05-01 Thread Kathy Forer
On May 1, 2006, at 10:11 PM, Rod Stasick wrote: Apart from those, you can really get "personal" using something like "Nicecast": http://www.rogueamoeba.com/nicecast/ With them (and probably others that are PC friendly), anyone can narrowcast from their desktop. If I want to hear ForeRadio, t

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2006-05-01 Thread Björn Eriksson
Be yourself the neighbourhood broadcaster: http://www.broadcastyourpodcast.com/ /Björn being ambushed by small bits of diverse things to hear. I have boxed sets too and seldom listen to them because somehow "I want to hear X" occurs to me much less than "I want to hear something. Surprise

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2006-05-01 Thread Rod Stasick
On 2006 May 01, at 8:48 PM, Kathy Forer wrote: The concept isn't quite as personal as yours, -- it's a commercial service customizing a feed to your taste, not an individually produced station, -- and some are lacking in variety and depth, but there are a few pretty darn good custom radi

Re: FLUXLIST: edition

2006-05-01 Thread Kathy Forer
On May 1, 2006, at 7:24 PM, Rod Stasick wrote: If we really don't have a central repository of all recorded music readily available to us, then I've long wished for everyone to have their own personal radio station - which is possible now. Even if you only have a dial-up connection of Crispin

Re: FLUXLIST: edition

2006-05-01 Thread Rod Stasick
On 2006 Apr 30, at 9:03 AM, Ann Klefstad wrote: Very interesting, yes! It presumes a kind of purposeful inquiring search that I mostly seem not to have. Radio survives, I think, because we like being ambushed by small bits of diverse things to hear. I have boxed sets too and seldom listen

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2006-04-30 Thread Kamen Nedev
On 01/05/2006, at 0:07, Rod Stasick wrote: On 2006 Apr 29, at 2:18 AM, Kamen Nedev wrote: Well, the costs are the costs. Once upon a time, we had these things called public libraries, which were really cool for people who couldn't, you know, buy 20-30 books or records a week. But we k

Re: FLUXLIST: edition

2006-04-30 Thread Rod Stasick
On 2006 Apr 29, at 2:18 AM, Kamen Nedev wrote: Well, the costs are the costs. Once upon a time, we had these things called public libraries, which were really cool for people who couldn't, you know, buy 20-30 books or records a week. But we kind of forgot about these places. I mean, even

Re: FLUXLIST: edition

2006-04-30 Thread Rod Stasick
On 2006 Apr 29, at 1:53 AM, Kamen Nedev wrote: So maybe, in this sense, an appropriate way to prepare a Fluxbox nowadays would be to turn it into a Fluxdrive... Yup, I'm in for it. Yeah, a Sony Fluxstick. rod --- Now playing: The Fall - New Puritan RANDOM RODIO: (often) rod

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2006-04-30 Thread Rod Stasick
On 2006 Apr 28, at 11:03 PM, Kathy Forer wrote: Ahh, then you need to go to molecular, protein or holographic memory. How about 10 GB per cubic centimeter in a sugar cube? http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~nd/surprise_97/journal/vol1/ary/ Thanks for this. I've been watching the holographic storage fo

Re: FLUXLIST: edition

2006-04-30 Thread Kamen Nedev
30, 2006 10:04 AM To: FLUXLIST@scribble.com Subject: Re: FLUXLIST: edition Very interesting, yes! It presumes a kind of purposeful inquiring search that I mostly seem not to have. Radio survives, I think, because we like being ambushed by small bits of diverse things to hear. I have boxe

RE: FLUXLIST: edition

2006-04-30 Thread Allan Revich
Disease of the will - or the willing of dis-ease? Either way it afflicts me too Ann. Allan Are -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ann Klefstad Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 10:04 AM To: FLUXLIST@scribble.com Subject: Re: FLUXLIST: edition

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2006-04-30 Thread Ann Klefstad
Very interesting, yes! It presumes a kind of purposeful inquiring search that I mostly seem not to have. Radio survives, I think, because we like being ambushed by small bits of diverse things to hear. I have boxed sets too and seldom listen to them because somehow "I want to hear X" occurs to me

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2006-04-30 Thread Roger Stevens
Interesting post thanks On 2006 Apr 28, at 4:08 AM, Kamen Nedev wrote: > > Hmmm, you have a point here. CDs suck. Period. The thing is, I'm > not into CDs, I'm into the idea of "publication", "edition", or > whatever you might call it. I don't care if it's a CD or a USB > stick or a vinyl

RE: FLUXLIST: edition

2006-04-29 Thread Allan Revich
And I want to vanish into the ether of the eternal infinite Internet. A!!an -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rod Stasick Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 9:50 PM To: FLUXLIST@scribble.com Subject: Re: FLUXLIST: edition On 2006 Apr 28, at 6

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2006-04-29 Thread Kamen Nedev
Well, the costs are the costs. Once upon a time, we had these things called public libraries, which were really cool for people who couldn't, you know, buy 20-30 books or records a week. But we kind of forgot about these places. I mean, even our university libraries aren't what they used

Re: FLUXLIST: edition

2006-04-28 Thread Kamen Nedev
On 29/04/2006, at 1:04, Rod Stasick wrote: So, I think of a single Terrabyte for my work. The idea of making it one long work that uses 40 years of pieces dropped inside at various points. One of the things that I've learned and've appreciated during my studies with Stockhausen over these pas

Re: FLUXLIST: edition

2006-04-28 Thread Kathy Forer
On Apr 28, 2006, at 9:50 PM, Rod Stasick wrote: No, I want to move UP from 1 TB. Something like this: http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=10351 There's bigger too - 2.5TB but you get into large RAID arrays. Ahh, then you need to go to molecular, protein or holographic memory. How

Re: FLUXLIST: edition

2006-04-28 Thread Rod Stasick
On 2006 Apr 28, at 6:23 PM, Kraig Louis Lamper wrote: i'm not gonna lie... i've almost purchased the Merzbox about 7 times and each time i manage to resist the temptation somehow. lately i've been wanting to buy An Anthology from LaMonte Young and the MELA foundation except it costs so dam

Re: FLUXLIST: edition

2006-04-28 Thread Rod Stasick
On 2006 Apr 28, at 6:41 PM, Kathy Forer wrote: On Apr 28, 2006, at 7:04 PM, Rod Stasick wrote: Need a solo 29 minute work? OK, let me play the part of the Metzgermeister and just slice some off for you. Would you like that wrapped? How about 3/4 of a terabyte? http://www.technologyreview.

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2006-04-28 Thread Kathy Forer
On Apr 28, 2006, at 7:04 PM, Rod Stasick wrote: Need a solo 29 minute work? OK, let me play the part of the Metzgermeister and just slice some off for you. Would you like that wrapped? How about 3/4 of a terabyte? http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=16748

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2006-04-28 Thread Kraig Louis Lamper
i'm not gonna lie... i've almost purchased the Merzbox about 7 times and each time i manage to resist the temptation somehow. lately i've been wanting to buy An Anthology from LaMonte Young and the MELA foundation except it costs so damn much for a poor college student to purchase. Quoting Ro

FLUXLIST: edition

2006-04-28 Thread Rod Stasick
On 2006 Apr 28, at 4:08 AM, Kamen Nedev wrote: Hmmm, you have a point here. CDs suck. Period. The thing is, I'm not into CDs, I'm into the idea of "publication", "edition", or whatever you might call it. I don't care if it's a CD or a USB stick or a vinyl record, as long as I get this ide