Saturday, July 13, 2002

Misia, Portugal's Melancholy Muse. Singer's Powerful Voice Evokes the Fateful Sadness of Fado. [NPR All Things Considered] Beautiful voice. Way grooving guitar style.

Military Codename Generator. I thought I could take a bit of load off the hard working men and women at the Pentagon by creating this codename generator.[Hotpoop] OK, this is off subject, but I couldn't resist!

The Art of the Mix - Making Mix Tapes, Mixed CDs and MP3 Playlists. I think I've found a home. They even have XML support and an RSS feed. Subscribed. Doesn't appear to be an easy way to trade mixes though. Copyright considerations? Still exploring. [A Blander Blog]

Welcome to The Covers Project. We're building a database of cover songs (songs performed by an artist other than the original performer) with the intention of creating cover "chains." A cover chain is a set of songs in which each song is a cover of a song by the band who covered the preceding song. OK, sounds a bit trite, but sort of cool in a here's-a-metadata-application-on-music sort of way. Which I like, cause it no doubt will lead you to other interesting stuff. BTW, Bartok's Piano Concerto isn't a song :)

Satellite radio goes head-to-head. Nationwide competition gets Sirius. Consumers should anticipate a brief primer on satellite radio the next time they go shopping for a car costing more than $30,000. [CNN.com]

Carp-Free Independent Music Labels [Slashdot: Index]

F.C.C. Chief Slams TV Makers on Digital Conversion. U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell slammed consumer electronics makers on Friday for an inadequate commitment to accelerating the transition to higher quality digital television. By Reuters. [New York Times: Technology]

Kellner: Digital recorders could end free TV. San Francisco Chronicle Jul 13 2002 4:17AM ET [Moreover - moreover...]

The week in review: Quit copying. If you've ever taped a "Seinfeld" episode or traded music online, Uncle Sam may want you to stop. Draft legislation is taking a harder stance on copyright protection. [CNET News.com]