Saturday, April 15, 2006

Song Of The Week: I Don't Know

About an hour ago I didn't have a song, aside from the beats and background stuff I recorded this morning. I'm still not sure I have one, but whatever it is, I think I can work with it.

For now, it is what it is.

I see what you see
I hear what you hear

I don't know
what you know

I touch as you touch
I feel as you feel

but I don't know
what you know

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Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Ad Supported Downloads? Why Not?

Disney has announced that they will make some of their ABC programming available online for free, with embedded advertising being the catch. I'm fine with this. I'm certainly not paying two bucks for the iTunes downloads. The whole season of Alias (which I've missed so far) as well as current episodes of Lost (never seen), Desperate Housewives (never seen) and Commander In Chief (never seen). The two month experiment starts in May, I understand.

This site says streaming video, which I'm not interested in, cuz I can't get those on my PSP. The ABC site says downloads, but isn't giving much more in the way of details. If I can put these on my PSP, I'm there, ads and all. Of course I can, anyway. I'm just not currently interested in hunting down these shows, from my usual sources (usenet, etc.)

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Monday, April 10, 2006

Cover Song Of the Month (March): No Meaning No

This is a bit late, but here 'tis. A remake of a great Chuck D song I found on a Wired Magazine CD back in November 2004.

I go into the process a little bit here.

And posted the song on the Internet Archive. I tried FLAC, but the Creative Commons tool chokes on large files (I still have a mess from January to clean up), so Ogg Vorbis will have to do.

The original's by The Fine Arts Militia (Featuring Chuck D). Get the original and some of the samples here.

My version's here (or click on the title).

The words:

And it goes a little something like this (hit it);

no comeback stories
no corny choruses
no former glories*
no hallehluahs
landcruisers
no drug users
no grins
no trends
no phony ass friends
who begin with ends
and end with no ends
and no estrogen

no gas ups
no soups
no les coups*
no crackers
no backers
no niggers for no blackers
no trips to New Orleans*
no mainstream dreams
no stress beams
no accusations,
cop cases, court cases

no rape charges,
sarges,
no DeBarges
no lightweight
bounce up in the air
shoot-outs and no sellouts
no negroes with egos
no more shows
calling women bitches and hoes
no thoughtless flows
no woes

no singing voices
no Rolls Royces
no wack choices
no volunteers
getting peers or career years
no solutions
no problems
no more final revolving (?)
no happy campers
no offence
no funk samples


the easiest and the hardest word to say is no
only got two letters, (only) takes a second to say it
no meaning no
no conscience, no stress
no second guess
no bodyguards
no questions
(repeat)


no succotash
no girl I gotta cash rap
no sex traps
no Rolexes
no unprotected sex
no false hopes
no hang rope folks
no car notes
no killers
no vanillas
no Big Willies in the wilderness*

no jail time
no fucking little kid rhymes
no studio terrorists
no mirrors
look mom, no spelling errors
no absinthe pop (?)
no sweatshops
no porkchops
no justice, no peace
no Please Please Please

instrumental

no legal freestyles
no comicbook movies**
no Groovy Ghoulies**
no industry rapes
no capes
no suits and no ties
no stars
no overpaid A&Rs
no American Idols**
no gold teeth
no mad cow beef**

no dumb looks
no onesided hooks
no hero crooks*
no finesse
no mess
no struggle, no progress
no hidden fees*
no HIV
no hi-def TVs*
no contacts*
no speeches for no academies


the easiest and the hardest word to say is no
only got two letters, only takes a second to say it
no meaning no
no conscience, no stress
no second guess
no bodyguards
no questions

(repeat)

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