freeform goodness

I’d had a stressful workday plus an afternoon commute in one of the nastiest traffic environments the U.S.A. Thankfully the iPod knew exactly what was needed and served these up on the way back to my hotel.

1. For You (JDSY Mix) – Solvent
2. The Flowers She Sent – The Magnetic Fields
3. Breakfast In America – Supertramp
4. Melotronic (Peel Session) – Luke Vibert
5. Paper Planes – M.I.A.
6. Amazon – Underground Resistance
7. Ceremony – New Order
8. Chesh – the Black Dog
9. Seabird – Air Miami

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I don’t often do this sort of thing, but this is a really great deal and it only lasts one day…

For a while AmazonMP3 has been offering some crazy good one-day deals via Twitter. I’ve gotten a few really good albums for almost no money, and today’s is a really special one.

There are no hidden affiliate links or anything, it’s just a really good deal worth spreading around.

Disclaimer: I think (but I’m not positive) this is a US-only deal. Also, if you’re reading this after 2008-Nov-30 (Sunday) you’re already too late, sorry.

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Just try to resist this song, I dare you.

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We rebooted our Muxtape over at moodmat, and I took the opportunity to push a long overdue refresh of my personal mux at the same time. No criteria here, it’s just a bunch of music I like. No themes or genres or anything else, just tunes.

:: Dave Walker 16:42 (EST/EDT) [+] ::

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More festival coverage at Moodmat.

Hoped to be able to blog things realtime, but <sad panda>no wifi onsite.</sad panda>

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So “Fairplay Version 3” apparently has the ability to handle expiring content. If I had to hazard a guess, I’d say that Apple could, if they wanted, apply the same expiration logic to music. Steve Jobs has repeatedly stated that customers don’t like to rent their music, and the relative success of online music sellers (e.g. iTunes, Amazon, eMusic) as opposed to renters (Rhapsody, etc.) would seem to bear that out.

Still, it’s an interesting new wrinkle.

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We were able to get right up to the main stage. Apologies for the crappy YouTubiness of the video. Enjoy.

Further Movement ‘07 coverage at moodmat.

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I’ve been pretty quiet around here, lately. One reason is that I’ve been working with good friends Dan Sicko, Aran Parillo, and Matt MacQueen on a new collaborative music blog.

We are proud to present moodmat.

Most of my future music-related posts will go there, but everything else (technology, personal, travel, and all those other bloggy things) will continue to live here.

:: Dave Walker 10:26 (EST/EDT) [+] ::

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Awesome musical meme thing, via Sven who got it from Blogography-Dave.

Answer a series of questions about yourself using only song titles from a single band. I chose the Fall.

1. Are you male or female? “Big New Prinz”

2. Describe yourself: “I Am Damo Suzuki”

3. How do some people feel about you: “Spoilt Victorian Child”

4. How do you feel about yourself: “Wrong Place, Right Time”

5. Describe your ex boyfriend/girlfriend: “Bad News Girl”

6. Describe your current significant other: “Sing, Harpy!” (I kid, I kid!)

7. Describe where you want to be: “Hit The North”

8. Describe how you live: “Live At The Witch Trials”

9. Describe how you love: “Your Heart Out”

10. What would you ask for if you had just one wish: “Disney’s Dream Debased”

11. Share a few words of wisdom: “Get A Hotel”

12. Now say goodbye: “Eat Yrself Fitter”

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I’ve been a blogging delinquent lately, I know, but I did want to mention that I’m working on something, with some friends, and there’ll definitely be something to see soon. We’re still in stealth mode, but if you want to get an idea of what my initial contribution is going to look like, you could always subscribe to http://del.icio.us/rss/ffg/system:filetype:mp3+sxsw2006 in your podcatcher (e.g. iTunes or Odeo or Yahoo or iPodder Lemon or…)

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