Monthly Archives: January 2008
4 of 10, Nectarine, fresh rediscovery
The 4th place in the top 10 online radio stations is taken by Nectarine. It’s a bit of everything, but mostly it’s fresh underground music by bedroom composers.
The style is all over the place, however the biggest chunck of the music is very electronic oriented. For instance, you will hear a lot of chiptunes. An [...]
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Number 3, contemporary classical, the countdown continues
The top 10 continues, with a spot for contemporary classical music. You know, Philip Glass and the likes. Many artists offer an impressive amount of samples on their site. Check out Glass’s site, or for instance the Sequenza21 listening room. However, finding a continuous mix of music is quite hard.
One of my top recommendations is [...]
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2007, the music, part 1 of x
I didn’t buy much music last year, however, the few things I did buy are almost all worth mentioning. Lets start with Trentemøller’s late 2007 electro-ish double CD. I still like to have something real in my hands, so I bought the CD, but “The Trentemoller chronicles” is also available from Beatport.
It is kind of [...]
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The short and sweet answer to Jazz
This is going to be short. But it will be sweet.
I think I found a worthy station for my number two spot in the online radio station top 10 (that will be finished one day, I’m sure). It is SKY.fm’s Modern Jazz station. The choice in music is excellent. John Coltrane does make a very [...]
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Vinyl, the choice and some Astralasia musings
It took me a while and it wasn’t easy, but I’ve decided to get rid of the few vinyl record I still have lying around. I just don’t play them enough any more to justify the space they use (and the record player). I also believe that they will be in better hands elsewhere. Most [...]
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Integrate script.aculo.us with WordPress
I don’t know if you noticed, but if you click the little “nav” link on the left, the navigation menu disappears. If you click it again, it will reappear. This is done via a little JavaScript and the script.aculo.us library.
I have written a short tutorial on how to achieve this effect. It is intended for [...]
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Best way to lose some time
As a hardcore videogame player, you might have missed the briefing. But I’m here to tell you: tabletop games are back. One of the more popular games is Days Of Wonder’s “Ticket To Ride” (some extensions are available). It has simple rules, especially compared to an average real time strategy videogame, for instance. But therein [...]
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2nd best online radio station, position still open, reserved for Jazz
A few years ago, inspired by Sunday night’s Jazz on Radio 1, I started my search for the ultimate online Jazz radio. I must say, it wasn’t as easy. There’s plenty of great electronic radio out there, as you will see in other blog posts. Most Jazz is a little too tame for me.
Lets listen [...]
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Out of the box