Sillybean

Weekend project

… from a couple of weekends ago, now fixed up and more or less ready for prime time.

Buffy Music

Angel Music

Click the column headers to sort the tables. As usual, using other people’s Javascript produces an…

Research

I’m in research mode for my current novel-in-progress. Do you know of any autobiographies or online journals/accounts written by people who became legal guardians of younger siblings after their parents died? Let me know!

Selling through iTunes

CD Baby tells us how iTunes works from an indie industry-insider perspective. Fascinating.

Where have I heard this song?

I accidentally bought Patty Griffin’s Flaming Red over the weekend. (I was thinking of Patty Larkin. Argh.) It’s one of those happy accidents, because I love the second song, “One Big Love.” (You can hear a clip at Amazon’s…

Out of context

Radio Buffy is amusing this afternoon. As usual, there are some songs you’d recognize from the show and some random bits of score and dialogue and such. Here’s a selection of today’s playlist:

“Rest in Peace” – James Marsters

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Must have

That’s it, I must own an iPod. The new ones have built-in recording features, although they aren’t activated in the current software. If I can plug this thing into my car, play hours of my favorite music without changing…

Steamed

We got the latest issue of Time in the mail today. I was sort of idly flipping through it when I found a lengthy article on online piracy that was so one-sided and accusatory that I couldn’t help it……

my own radio station

I know I’m not the only one who’s noticed that radio sucks lately. Salon has done several fine pieces on Clear Channel’s bully tactics. But for those of you who listen to the rock/alternative stations: have you…

Gotta have Sneaker Pimps

I need to figure out how to make iTunes play Six Underground for me at least once a day. I don’t know why it cheers me up, but it does.

Halcyon day

Orbital’s “Halcyon and On and On” is excellent at dispelling post-meeting anger and promoting writing productivity. Play -> infinite repeat -> happiness.

iTunes psychic?

Twice today, I’ve turned on iTunes and set it to play random songs from my top-rated list only to have it start with the song that was already running through my head. (At the moment, it’s K’s Choice, Virgin State…

And there was much rejoicing

Hilary Rosen, Wicked Witch of the West RIAA, is resigning.

Thank $deity for MP3

My 5-star iTunes list includes a lot of stuff that isn’t (as far as I know) available on CD. A quick sampling:

Angie Hart, Blue [1]

Sheryl Crow, Ode to Billy Joe (from VH1 Storytellers)…

Angie Hart rocks

Journalists have been busily reporting that Aimee Mann and the Breeders are making appearances on Buffy this month, but the biggest news is the act that’s sandwiched between the two. Angie Hart’s haunting “Blue” stole the show last night…

Minas Tirith was Minas Anor

From the depths of rec.arts.sf.fandom, I bring you…. LOTR filk to the tune of “Istanbul.”

Even old Mirkwood was once the Greenwood Great.
Why it changed, I dare not say.
[Evil One liked it better that way.]

All…