winrar

I'm using the 'trial' version, but it says to please purchase the winrar license. It says to either delete the program or buy a license after 40 days. It's quite annoying. Seriously. Ok. I'm not serious. I almost bought it. By 'almost bought it' I mean one time I almost clicked on the purchase button instead of the close button once. I'm not sure if that download will be the trial version but it's worth a shot.

ah. I will give it a shot. I'll probably get annoyed with the license popup thing after a month and just pay the 30 dollars. or something else.


edit: works smashingly so far. I'll tell you on february 5th how annoying it is.

Good news. I think the fact that Pitchfork had it so high on the year-end list even though it came out like 11 months ago REALLY speaks to the album's quality. I hope it doesn't get forgotten.



1) Broken Social Scene is pretty awesome. That album -- You Forgot it in People -- has almost no weak spots. Just great, accessible pop songs. "I'm Still Your Fag" and "Anthems for a Seventeen Year Old Girl" might be the two faggiest songs, ever, but they are both awesome.

2) I did not make an 80s mix. Perhaps you are thinking of LLY? I just made a 20-song "Best of 2007" list that I am considering adjusting. (I think I need to add "Paper Planes" by MIA and "Woody Woodpecker" by Dan Deacon)



Wang

1) I know, right! they really are super, SUPER gay. and thats why I love them. jesus, if anybody ever heard me singing along to anthems while driving down the road, jesus christ. I don't even want to think about it.

2) yeah I realized that later after I unzipped it, but it was late and I was far too lazy to come in here to correct myself. I meant the best of 2007. I need to burn that now actually, I'm kinda excited about it.


edit: aahhhh, what the hell. wang, are you using some sort of huge cd or something to burn yours? the last 6 songs won't fit for me (700mb cds, like NORMAL people use. GOSH.) how should I arrange this? which middle song should be the last? I'm so confused.

It was a two-discer, I recall.

oh son of a bitch. damn you wang.

I just made a mix this morning myself, although I'm pretty sure its not to the taste of any of the posters in here. its all hard stuff, like korn, ministry, disturbed, etc. I like to pretend that I have the ability to beat peoples asses on occasion.

Any of you guys big MIA fans? I didn't like Arular all that much (except for a few tracks that were oddly catchy), and have always been put off by her weird persona, but my little brother told me that Kala was his 3rd favorite album of the year, so I started listening to it. (I think I downloaded it when it came out, and listened to it once, planning on not liking it at all.)

I hate to say this, but it's really, really good. "Paper Planes" is just a great song ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4q4YJ4TyFsU ).


Yeah, Shake, sorry about that. It was a double-disc, since I couldn't really fit 2007 onto a single CD. I figured everybody has an iPod anyway, and the CD is almost an outdated format for music. But, yeah, double-disc.

yeah, true, I of course have an ipod, and I listen to a lot of my music directly off of my computer, but pretty much my favorite way of "absorbing" (as you music snob fags like to call it) new music is by listening to it on a cd in my vehicle. I like driving and listening to music quite a bit.


but seriously, my new mix is awesome. if you like fighting, killing, and generally being a huge badass like myself.

Yeah, even though I almost all of my music-listening on my iPod, I still spend a lot of time listening to CDs in my car, and when I get a new album, I usually burn it onto a CD and then listen to it during a long drive.

I think the album format could be dying, though. I mean, it's only a matter of time before more people get their music from iTunes (or the like) than Best Buy or Wal/Mart. Bands are going to start releasing more EPs and stuff, and the full-album will be totally outdated. I don't know exactly what I'm trying to say, but when the medium changes, the art changes, too.


Wang

I deleted a substantial editorial on the album thing because I'm pretty sure it made me look like a douche on a level I'm yet to reach.

...So I'll skip to the immediate, technical problem: it's like $50-100 to have your car fitted with the direct from-iPod or even the closed-circuit transmitter input. I swapped cars this month, and the first thing I did was have input installed.

I actually worked out a deal with my little brother where I drive his car while he's at college (because it's a lot more fuel efficient than mine, and less prone to stop working for extended periods of time), and he has an iPod jack in his. I love it. Pop that bitch in, and I've got 600 songs at my disposal.


I can't stop trying to sing the chorus to Paper Planes. It's hard because it involves gunshots and a cash register.

600? haha. loser.

I was thinking the same. I could carry that many songs around on vinyl. *Highfive*.

I probably have many fold that many albums on mine. I haven't listened to most of them, but...they're there, anyway. It's time for the 160GB, my friend. Plus, if you can't fill it, you can at least use it to make people really uncomfortable by watching hardcore fetish porn on public transit.

The Beatles- White Album

So for Christmas I got a pair of nice headphones. I'm not sure if they're the best (Bose around ear), but they're a billion times better than anything I've ever had before. Unfortunately, I can hardly listen to most of the stuff on my iPod anymore without getting nauseous. I've got some high-quality Ghostface stuff that sounds really crisp, but everything else is kinda hissy. I think I'm going to have to redownload my entire catalog.

Also, I recently had to go out and buy a new cell phone (my plan was up, so if I renewed I got a phone for cheap), and finally have a phone that has good RingtoneCapability. I found a website that just makes them for you for free, so right now my ringtone for calls is "Bodysnatchers," and for texts it's "Hunting Bears" which I think is pretty hilarious.

Are these the TriPorts ($150), I assume?

I have/had a pair, and the sound is great. Normally I'm not a fan of Bose (those in-ear TriPorts are worse than some $20 in-ear pairs I've used), but these are in my top 10, sound-wise. And they're #1 for comfort. The problem is they fall apart like a Japanese motorcycle. I've had mine replaced twice under warranty, and since then, they've broken in at least seven (I'm not kidding) other ways. I'd've thrown them away, but the sound wasn't affected, so I use them for the dining room desktop. Here are some pictures of ol' Trusty:





Yes, both ear cups broke off, but not just in the obvious place. They broke off in the obvious place, too, but they also broke off in two other interesting places (on both sides. One thing would break on one side, then on the other. Than a month later, something else would fail, and then even itself out again) that you'd never think could break. It's almost like they're magic. The bad kind of magic, but let's see Panisonic build something that defies the laws of nature.

I just learned that one of my childhood heroes, Oscar Peterson, died this month. Drag. Well, not really, since he was old, I didn't even know for sure he wasn't dead two years ago, and there was about zero chance of him putting out anything of merit any time after the age of 70 or so, but still...drag.

In his honor, everyone should listen to Night Train, which is one of my favorite piano records. It's not as mesmerizing as some of his stuff, but it's mostly covers of standards you've heard, and his phrasings are going to be a lot more palatable to the non-jazz listener than his usual quadruple-type stuff:

http://www.mediafire.com/?dhmr0tif6tz

Great record.

what kind of phone do you have and what is the website? I have a razr and I've been trying to figure out a way to get songs on it to use as ringtones for free since I got it, and my friend even bought some program and even that didn't work.


I want "ridin dirty" as my ring.

www.mobile17.com


It's the best website ever.

ok I've set up my account, uploaded my song, and now I'm waiting 62 minutes. I did it by sending it in a picture message to my phone. is that how you did it? if so, how the hell do I get it from the message to my ringtone or whatever? if it works this is gonna be pretty cool.



THEY SEE ME ROOOLLIN, THEY HAAATIN, PATROLLIN AND TRYIN TO CATCH ME RIIIIDIN DIRRTEEEHHH

When you get the message, just bring up the options menu on your phone while looking at the text, and one of the options should be something like, "Save as Ringtone."

I don't think it worked. I didn't receive anything on my phone and the webpage said "ready, sent". hell I don't know, maybe I can't get picture messages. god damn it.

It might take awhile. I ordered one at like 10PM last night, and didn't get it until 5AM

Wow, you guys are for-serious fags. Maybe you should think about developing a personality so you don't have to rely on ringtones and kooky T-shirts to emulate one for you. Just a thought.

Also, mine is Wolf at the Door.

You should upgrade, when I got Bose headphones over 2 years ago, I went with the regular triports. However I learned how flimsy they were and tried them out. They were nice but I ended up returning them and then upgrading to the QC2s. I've also heard good things about the QC3s but I still think the 2s are better and more comfortable.

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I hate myself, but I thought the first 5 songs off of "The Sunset Tree" were phenomenal.


As for me, I'm listening to My Bloody Valentine's masterpiece of masterpieces Loveless while looking at Wade Boggs's OBP during the 10 year stretch from 1982-91, and trying to figure out what the hell is going on. He has 3,000 career hits, 1400 career walks, and barely 1,000 career RBI. What a weird career. You'd think he would have accidentally driven in 90 runs in a season once, right? He had a super weird year where he hit 24 HR and slugged .588, but apart from that he never drove in more than 78 runs or slugged .500.

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Like a lot of good music, it rewards multiple listens. It's really dense, so the melody hides for awhile, until you track it down beneath the noise. At first the noise is distracting to some people, until you figure out what's going on, at which point it really enhances it. "Dense" is a word I would use to describe it. Listen to "Only Shallow" a few times, take a break, then listen again. Your brain will start putting it together differently.

I feel very strongly about this. Give it another shot.

Meh, I use a pair now that are much better. I'm not a huge fan of the "comfort" that they profess to deliver, and the sound isn't really great value, compared to the rest of the market. Bose are overpriced and poorly made.

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Those of us who think we can probably can't really, and we've only convinced ourselves that we can because we hate money so much. I'm barely joking, too.

Lucky - Radiohead

That's the life of a #2 hitter...(sometimes lead-off, too, I think). Also, these were pre-juice days, for the most park and we didn't yet have 2nd basemen hitting 40 HR's in a season (in general). Yes, I know Boggs is 3B

From Wiki: Although not known primarily as a power hitter, Boggs is the career leader in home runs for a player born in Nebraska.

Minus the Bear: Planet of Ice

I've been rockin' Okkervil River's Blacksheep Boy a lot, lately. It's really a masterpiece, in my opinion.

Kurt Rosenwinkel - Heartcore

amazing jazz guitarist. this album is a mix of jazz and electronica co-produced by Q-tip. ****in badass.

Yep.

I'm digging a lot on Grandmasters by GZA and DJ Muggs.

I've become obsessed with that Twilight Sad record, and just realized the obvious connection with the record with which I'm balancing it: Tigermilk.

You are now the second person to mention the Twilight Sad in here, and I only had to make the first 19 references to it myself.

I recall you've been pimping it since around the time I started pimping Boxer, but I couldn't really get into it 'til now. As someone who gets incredibly frustrated when people won't listen to my music, I'm incredibly bad about taking my sweet time on shit like that. ****, I solicited recommendations from MK, and I still haven't listened to half those electronica records.

it's almost music.

richard cheese - lounge against the machine

also tuxicity and later my first listen of I'd Like a Virgin

Yeah, it's just one of those things. If anybody tells me to watch The Wire again, I'll stab him. I'm sure I'll like it when I watch it, I'm just going to watch it when I want to fucking watch it. Doesn't matter how many times somebody tells you to listen to an album, you'll get around to it when you get around to it, and there's no point in trying to speed that process up.

I've been listening to Fishscale a lot lately, since I've somehow been too lazy to really listen to Big Doe Rehab.


Have I mentioned how much I love Fishscale. Ghostface is phenomenal. I was thinking about it, and I've decided Fishscale is now my favorite Ghost release, and probably in my top 5 rap albums.

Oddly, I have people on my ass to watch The Wire, lately. Like, starting three days ago. It's annoying as ****.

Wang, you will like this CD.

Just got a Bob Marley discography. Has 300+ recordings, a mixture of studio and live stuff.

LOL @ anyone who gives me music recommendations that is not Dutch, lVpro, or mk.

(Actually, I think somebody mentioned that disc to me when I said something retarded about shoegaze, and I just forgot the name. Thanks. I'm downloading it presently.)


Wang

I didn't really feel like starting a thread for this last night, when she first posted it on her blog, but it's spread to Pitchfork, so I figure I'll just mention it here:

My favorite blogger, and the woman who now fills the Dutch's Obsessing shoes left by Natalie Portman, Elyse Sewell, had the shit beaten out of her by Shins keyboardist and boyfriend, Marty Crandall. As horrific as it is, it's only slightly worse than Wincing the Night Away.

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/47...omestic-assault

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Dead to me.

I'm listening to Rise Above by The Dirty Projectors because I haven't yet.