Rambling Sid Rumpole of the Bailey
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hirezIn winding down from doing something about this, I was having a peaceful listen (inasmuch as listening to old Peel programmes could be termed 'peaceful') to the 1982 Festive Fifty (all time, unfortunately) when the Birthday Party was followed by some splendidly minimalist Harthouse skronk.
It took me several minutes to work out that the Peel section had ended and it was Winamp doing the work.
This, and some idle experimentation with Pandora (the musical service) lead me to thinking that no collaborative recommendation engine on the planet is going to be as good as a keen chap with an arseload of records. See, if I tell Random Computer X that I rather care for, say, Severed Heads, Orbital and Squarepusher, it'll play those first which is well and good. Then some Kid606 will pitch up, reasonably obviously but the D&B is getting a little wearing by now so I tell the machine that I'd like to hear some Tackhead. It goes 'Yer wot?' and sticks on Plaid instead. Again, jolly good were I in the mood, but I was kind after something from Estrus Records to leaven the scratty experimentalism.
At this point I always go back to Winamp, set it to random-as-you-like and out comes a JH-R flavoured Peel Programme.
This is fine as long as I remember to continue feeding new things that I find or buy into the thing.
The previously-mentioned Post-Punk Junk is a fine source, for instance.
I'm not sure what the point is here. Something about You ain't nothing but a hound-dog returning to vomit over my record-collection, no doubt.
It took me several minutes to work out that the Peel section had ended and it was Winamp doing the work.
This, and some idle experimentation with Pandora (the musical service) lead me to thinking that no collaborative recommendation engine on the planet is going to be as good as a keen chap with an arseload of records. See, if I tell Random Computer X that I rather care for, say, Severed Heads, Orbital and Squarepusher, it'll play those first which is well and good. Then some Kid606 will pitch up, reasonably obviously but the D&B is getting a little wearing by now so I tell the machine that I'd like to hear some Tackhead. It goes 'Yer wot?' and sticks on Plaid instead. Again, jolly good were I in the mood, but I was kind after something from Estrus Records to leaven the scratty experimentalism.
At this point I always go back to Winamp, set it to random-as-you-like and out comes a JH-R flavoured Peel Programme.
This is fine as long as I remember to continue feeding new things that I find or buy into the thing.
The previously-mentioned Post-Punk Junk is a fine source, for instance.
I'm not sure what the point is here. Something about You ain't nothing but a hound-dog returning to vomit over my record-collection, no doubt.
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n winding down from doing something about this...
Date: 2006-03-26 07:09 pm (UTC)Re: n winding down from doing something about this...
Date: 2006-03-26 07:55 pm (UTC)Mind, what works in rock&roll might not work elsewhere.
and the lack of opportunity to polish something to death might be a good thing.
Date: 2006-03-26 08:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-26 07:28 pm (UTC)Theres nothing wrong with Plaid... ;)
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Date: 2006-03-26 07:57 pm (UTC)When you'd rather hear Keith LeBlanc, Doug Wimbish et al - somewhat less fine.
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Date: 2006-03-26 09:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-26 09:23 pm (UTC)I couldn't see what the fuss over Boards of Canada was originally, but now Geogaddi has become my all-purpose coding music (once I've been jumpstarted with some humppa).
I also have some random music-biz game stuck in my head that works like Subbuteo, only you have to flick to kick out the jams. The soundtrack is, of course, 'My perfect cousin'. Thank you for a particularly odd image.
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Date: 2006-03-26 10:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-26 09:19 pm (UTC)It works well here too, in a Peelish way, as iTunes on random does (a) wonderful juxtapositions and (b) the occasional vile unlistenable horror courtesy me (for
I'd not have realised that I actually like James Taylor (and not just the quartet flavour) else, though I fear that
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Date: 2006-03-28 02:34 am (UTC)