Due to the passage of some Senate bill, which changes the anti-webcasting rules in some way I don’t really understand, SomaFM is broadcasting again! Check them out! They’ve got 128 Kbps streams, but I can tell you that the 56 Kbps streams aren’t noticably worse, because I have to listen to them during the day, due to limited bandwidth. Steve really digs their Secret Agent broadcast, but the poorly-recorded james bond quotes between songs usually just bug me. Personally, I listen to Groove Salad most of the time.
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This adorable French girl spins an incredibly long and detailed story that starts with Winnie the Pooh and Tigger and some baby monkeys, and ends with Hippos and Mammoths and ghosts and witches. - Trek On
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Okay, like any good Trekkie, I've got some concerns about how the new film slots into continuity, but after this trailer, I'm ready to let all that slide. The opening scene alone is worth the price of admission. - Trailer: Watchmen
Lots of controversy over Snyder supposedly changing the ending, but he earned a LOT of credit with me for the way he adapted 300, so I'm inclined to cut him some slack. Oh, and the trailer is amazing. - Trailer: Transporter 3
It's cheesy, I know, but I absolutely loved the first two, and I'm super excited about this one, too. - Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex
The infamous essay on the infeasibility of Superman sleeping with Lois Lane. This has been out of print for some time now, but Larry Niven put it up on his site. - A clip from the Firefly Blu-ray reunion featurette.
Joss and some of the cast discuss his ideas for Monster Cattle. I miss Firefly. - Make Cake in a Mug
Instructions on how to bake a mini-cake in a mug using your microwave and hot cocoa mix in just a few minutes. - WW II vet held in Nazi slave camp breaks silence: 'Let it be known'
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This guy is awesome. He's so serious, and you can tell he thinks he's a complete badass - but the whole thing just flops and feels like an awful joke. "Yeah, c'mon."
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I miss Downtempo’s Afternoon nap. Is it still around?
December 10th, 2002 at 12:03 pm
Check out [http://www.downtempo.org! I used to listen to that all the time.
December 10th, 2002 at 5:50 pm
Sorta… they had to cut back to a single, low-quality Live365.com stream. But if you go to the links page here, there’s a link to some streaming DJ sets he posted.
December 11th, 2002 at 9:11 am
That Senate bill is also delaying something like $60,000 in *back* royalities my former college station (KDVS) would have to pay. It’s insane. We broadcast at 9200 watts and happen to have streams too… and suddenly they wanted something like 3 years retroactive royalty payment… but to whom??? Not really sure… apparently the FCC… because KDVS focused in on underground labels and bands.
I’m glad things like SomaFM are back because of this too… the DMCA thing is just absurd.
December 11th, 2002 at 11:17 pm
But they’re all in disgusting RealAudio. Is there any alternative to RealPlayer for listening to these?
December 12th, 2002 at 11:59 am
When I load Afternoon Nap, it opens up in WinAmp for me…
December 12th, 2002 at 12:33 pm