Subject URL: Noooooo......

I want my Futurama :(

Subject URL: Make your own VCD

Converting the VHS video of your first gig to VCD so it won't (hopefully) crumble to nothing in the next ten to twenty years? VCDHelp.com gives masses of advice on how to do this magic with heaps of solutions using freeware software.

Subject URL: eTree

eTree, digital live bootleg trading network for bands that allow taping (like Ben Harper, Pearl Jam, Greatful Dead etc.). And they use a non-lossey compression format.

Subject URL: Roger Ebert

... says stuff like :

Back when I was a member of the prime music-buying demographic, I went into Markland's Record Store on Main Street in Urbana, Illinois, and took the latest 45s into a soundproof listening booth where I could sample them. I sampled them a lot. So did all the other kids. Sometimes we would sample the same song every day for a week. The Marklands knew what we were up to. They also knew that we yearned to own those records, and that when we found the 89 cents for a 45 or the $3.98 for an LP we'd be their customers. We were fueling our enthusiasm.

(via Null)

Don't forget, MP3 Is Not A Crime.

And, what is a (US) gold record. Dave says it all:

The link provides American terms. In Australia, a gold = 35,000 units and platinum = 70,000 units (7% of US sales, because we have 7% of their population). In the Oz Top 50 this week there are 12 gold singles and 8 platinum. In the US Top 50 there is a single gold single, which has been in the charts for 38 weeks. Most of our Top 50 have been there for less than two months.

Worth noting, the current number one single in Australia, "Not Pretty Enough", Kasey Chambers is priced at $1. Australian singles are usually around $8 to $10 or $5 if discounted. Maybe that says something about single pricing...

Hey, and Regurgitator are funny bastards. Check out this recent interview where Ben and Quan blab on about Ed&Rod and their plans for the year off. (via SilentUproar).