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Monday, March 20th, 2006
This afternoon I went to a free concert where Yellowcard performed. I was really pumped before hand because they are a great band live (I’ve seen them before), and they were being supported by a cool local band known as Faker. I misjudged the entire situation though - not realising that a free concert held by Channel V was just asking for an over populated mosh pit of school kids looking to run around and throw themselves at each other in the death circles. All in all, they still put on a great show which was fun!
In the world of amaroK, podcasting has taken a bit of a beating, I’ve been teaching them a little bit of respect for the user in doing what is expected. I’ve shifted them all over into the database, which has resulted in better organisation, more manageable settings and all round goodness. We’ll be seeing a brand spanking new set of podcast icons come in, to help classify episodes, thanks to our awesome new artists. We’re always looking for more artists, so come in and ask! Together with muesli, 1.4 will help us see podcast related information fed directly into both the context browser and the playlist. Eventually, you might even see podcast smart playlists, eg: “All new podcasts containing linux in the description.”
Things that make me mad about podcasts: Publishers that don’t know crap about using them… Some have dates, some don’t; some are ordered chronologically, others are seemingly random; iTunes? Sure, come in and screw everything up by inserting custom rss elements everywhere. I hope these people decide to put salty pretzels up their noses in their stupidity.
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Monday, February 20th, 2006
I just read that James Brown headlined the Good Vibrations festival in Sydney’s Centennial Park. WOW, how awesome - I hope you all went to kick up your feet with the King of Soul.
Also, Rolling Stones had over 1 million people turn out to their gig at Copacabana beach - incredible!
I wish I could have been there. Asia is fun though :). Missed out on the Bangkok 100 rock festival, with Oasis, Franz Ferdinand and more. Oh well.
Back to the beaches.
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Friday, December 9th, 2005
So before I tell you that I have the answers for the quiz I posted yesterday, let me warn you that I had to do it myself. I think I have all of them, with help of others, so let me know if you think I have missed on or got some wrong. I realise that there are some answers which could conflict, but it is all a matter of perception.
For those of you that are curious, the answers to the quiz are here.
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Thursday, December 8th, 2005
Here is a great “Where’s Wally” game but for music enthusiasts! This picture contains lots of scenes depicting bands and their members. See how many you can get!! For example, the bottles of roses with guns in them would represent the Guns n’ Roses.
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Sunday, December 4th, 2005
Spent the day yesterday at Homebake, an all day long music festival at the Domain, in the middle of Sydney City. It was a barrel load of fun, with about 30 performers (all aussies), and a beautiful hot day. Nearly 70,000 people packed the event, which made for an excellent atmosphere. I was very impressed with End of Fashion, Wolfmother and The Living End. Topped off the night by heading on the ferry over to Manly for Steve’s 21st.
I’ve uploaded some photos of Homebake:
Events/Concerts/Homebake05
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