Tag Archives: music

Putting Music from Amarok 2 on the iPod Touch

In case I ever forget this again, I’m posting these instructions here.  It’s actually really easy. Install OpenSSH from Cydia Mount the iPod’s filesystem: mkdir -p ~/touch && sshfs -o allow_other root@192.168.1.7:/ ~/touch/ Then, in Amarok 2, go to the collection browser, and find all the songs that match your criteria (I use ratings): Highlight them [...]

My New iRiver IMP-350 CD player

I’m very happy with my new CD player.It came with an older firmware on it, and supposedly the new ones will play OGGs, so I decided to upgrade.

Poor Franz

It’s a sad day when a random one-hit wonder band who stole your name gets a higher page rank in Google than you do. Poor Franz Ferdinand.  I’ll bet he’s rolling in his grave.  He should Black (back)Hand that band.

Importing MySQL 1.4 Amarok data into Amarok 2.2 Nightly

I was having a bunch of trouble today importing my old MySQL amarok database into the new nightly version of amarok I installed.  The Amarok Wiki had a great section on how to convert a MySQL Amarok collection into an SQLlite one.  This was the key to importing my old 1.4 collection into the new [...]

Iron Sky trailer and I’m on a boat!

Here’s a really awesome movie trailer if I’ve ever seen one. It makes me wonder if this will excite the neo-Nazis… Get the Flash Player to see this content. var params = { ‘allowfullscreen’: ‘true’, ‘allowscriptaccess’: ‘always’, ‘wmode’: ‘transparent’ }; var attributes = { ‘id’: ‘video0′, ‘name’: ‘video0′}; var flashvars = { ‘file’ : ‘http://www.ralree.com/videos/ironsky.mp4′, [...]

Classical Rickrolling

Sometimes, I want to hear classical music, but it helps if I can relate to the music being played and really get into it (see: John Williams). Walt Ribeiro recently has awoken me to some awesome arrangements like Pork and Beans and The RickRoll Song that he has produced. You should buy them here if [...]

The SixtyOne: An Awesome Free Music Site

I love the SixtyOne. It uses a point-based system to allow me to vote up my favorite music, which accrues me more points when more people vote it up. It’s basically like digg for music. Not all the songs are free, but you can listen to the full versions of the songs on demand without [...]

There are some things money can’t buy

But Slash isn’t one of them, obviously I love this picture. Source

Radiohead’s In Rainbows For However Much You’ll Pay

Radiohead made an album recently, and you can buy it for however much you type in. I spent $5 on it, and downloaded it immediately. It made me feel good. It’s too bad more artists don’t do this.

I’ve got your PGP key, hot stuff

I was listening to my music today, and I heard a line that I found hilarious coming from mainstream music. The song was Guarded by Monkeys by Cracker. It goes like this: You are so beautiful You should be hid deep in the jungle On some forgotten island I heard about you I got your [...]