Tag: music

Halloween playlist

  • October 28, 2009 at 11:28 am

  • I’ve set up a Spotify playlist for Halloween. Predictable I know, but fun. It’s collaborative (meaning you can add to it yourself, if you have a Spotify account). So go on, add some songs to our Halloween playlist and get other people to as well.

Harvard professor says downloading is 'fair use'

  • May 21, 2009 at 10:01 am

  • "Downloading music without the permission of the copyright holder should qualify for copyright laws' exemptions for 'fair use', a Harvard academic has said. Partial responsibility lies with the music industry itself for failing to adapt, he said."

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Auntie Elsie’s music box: the tunes

  • May 19, 2009 at 8:09 pm

  • Recently I wrote about Auntie Elsie’s music box. Unfortunately it’s impossible to tell which track is which, because – being on a cylinder – it’s not possible to tell which comes first. So I need your help. Can you match the music to the track list? Here are the tunes (in mp3 format): Auntie Elsie’s [...]

Vetiver at the Hare and Hounds

  • March 11, 2009 at 12:05 am

  • I rarely go to gigs these days, but a couple of Fridays ago – on a whim – I joined Pete Ashton at the Hare and Hounds in Kings Heath to see a band I’d never heard of. It was a good whim. I’m not going to try and write a piece of music journalism [...]

Drum Set

  • March 10, 2009 at 4:01 pm

  • This is AWESOME!! And threatens minutes of complete time-wasting. It's a very garish qwerty keyboard (Flash-base, I presume) with an 80s drum noise behind each key. Click those minutes away!

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Seven things you may not know about me

  • January 27, 2009 at 2:23 am

  • This is Bruce Lawson‘s fault, and I’ve never even met the bloke (well, not since I had any idea of who he is; taking second-hand books from his front door – legitimately – doesn’t count). I’m not as brave as he is so I’m going to revert to the original premise of this ‘chain letter’ [...]