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• How to Make a Sonic Purée From Pop Snippets

  A new interactive program retrieves internet song files, slices off audio snippets and blends them into sonic collages.

  (Sounds cool. Can’t wait to try it.
• AOL blogs
  • I remember Usenet
    • The September That Never Ended
  • “That said, Usenet != Blogistan. I don’t think the impact will be nearly as severe, or in fact, negative at all.” (ed: +1, very thoughtful post)
• Dean Allen has updated his wonderful Textile formatting engine. New features include table support and sensible inline styling.
• via BBC:
  • Candlelit vigil for soul star White

    Friends and fans of the late soul singer Barry White have gathered in a Los Angeles park for a candlelit vigil.
    White died on Friday after losing a battle with a kidney disease.
    About 100 people assembled in Leimert Park on Monday to celebrate the life of the star.

  • Singer White’s album sales soar

    Sales of late soul star Barry White’s greatest hits have shot up ten-fold in the UK, according to figures released on Tuesday.
    Early chart positions show The Barry White Collection is at number 69 and is expected to rise even further by the weekend when final places are announced.

• LFO (the legendary techno outfit, not the silly boy band) announce the impending release of their first new album since 1996, and only their third in their thirteen years of existence. There’s a short interview with Mark Bell at Warp Records’site.
• via BBC: A tooth reportedly belonging to Elvis Presley is to be auctioned online, with a starting price of $100,000 (£60,000.)

  It is the tooth that bit into 1,000 burgers - a molar said to belong to rock’n’roll legend Elvis Presley is to go up for sale on Tuesday.

:: Dave Walker 14:44 (EST/EDT) [+]

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