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Splashcast Test (Does This Thing Work Right?)
Because we’re like the annoying guys in the next apartment who keep cranking the stereo:
[Note: Splashcast player recycled. You only get three of 'em, alas.]
It doesn’t show the full playlist all at once, but I think you can advance the songs with the arrow-thing that appears at the top right.
Update: Aha, try it now.
Bonus in-passing update: Among other things, there’s a version of Television’s Marquee Moon in there that has outtake guitar tracks. Do most fans have this bootleg? I was thrilled to find it.
This is the coolest thing: You can hear how the big, famous Tom Verlaine solo on the album version was pieced together from several different tracks. They ran the tape, having Verlaine play straight through a number of times, and mixed the best parts into a single performance.
This version has stuff that didn’t make the final mix. It’s sometimes more interesting to hear a soloist’s second-rate playing and mistakes than to hear a polished performance: You can really tell what his instincts and limitations are when you hear him make wrong turns and try to recover, when you can see the familiar territory he’ll retreat to when he gets in trouble.
Other update: Frah! Songs missing in action include: Wire’s Map Ref., Swervedriver’s Rave Down, and Tenpole Tudor’s Swords of a Thousand Men. So much for a devastating display of middlebrow taste.
Because, like, everybody has Gang of Four records now, and all that, but what fool is batty enough to collect Tenpole Tudor singles? What fool indeed.
Douglas Watts said,
February 24, 2007 at 18:27
Fess up on what it is !!!
Other than what it obviously seems to be …
It made a noise with someone singing …
Does that mean it works ???
Porgy Tirebiter said,
February 24, 2007 at 18:51
Now we’re getting somewhere!
aplomb said,
February 24, 2007 at 19:01
Now we just need an iBroomstick to pound the e-walls until you kids cut out that racket.
And a cyber fist to shake to get you off our goddam compu-lawn.
Jillian said,
February 24, 2007 at 19:33
Bah. When I was your age, we made music by banging two witches together. If it was good enough for John Chrysostom, by gum, it’s good enough for me!
mikey said,
February 24, 2007 at 19:42
Hell yeah. If you could just make it randomly insert the sound of an 8 track deck changing programs, then I would be right at home with it…
mikey
judeanpeoplesfront said,
February 24, 2007 at 20:49
This version has stuff that didn’t make the final mix. It’s sometimes more interesting to hear a soloist’s second-rate playing and mistakes than to hear a polished performance: You can really tell what his instincts and limitations are when you hear him make wrong turns and try to recover, when you can see the familiar territory he’ll retreat to when he gets in trouble.
much like writers
television huh?
i see your television, and raise you a pere ubu.
what the hell, the lyres. there.
judeanpeoplesfront said,
February 24, 2007 at 20:53
jullian, how do you tune two witches?
Gavin M. said,
February 24, 2007 at 20:55
television huh?
i see your television, and raise you a pere ubu.
what the hell, the lyres. there.
I see your Lyres and Pere Ubu and raise you The Girls – ‘Jeffrey I Hear You.’
Muahaha.
judeanpeoplesfront said,
February 24, 2007 at 21:01
uh oh, i may be in over my head..
flies? feelies?
willie loco alexander?
Gavin M. said,
February 24, 2007 at 21:05
The Neighborhoods? The Freeze?
Apparently, Splashcast works in comments too. What a dangerous toy!
Tim said,
February 24, 2007 at 21:06
“They ran the tape, having Verlaine play straight through a number of times, and mixed the best parts into a single performance.”
As a veteran of several of these “battles”, I’d hate to burst anyone’s guitar hero bubble by telling you this is the norm. So I won’t.
kingubu said,
February 24, 2007 at 21:06
What, no Gang of Four?
Pikers.
nolo said,
February 24, 2007 at 21:07
ooooohhh . . . excellent new toy . . . Thanks for the version of Marquee Moon.
judeanpeoplesfront said,
February 24, 2007 at 21:10
um..(backing away, hands raised,)
fred schneider- helicopter
best song about acid. ever.
now, let’s just calm down..
don’t make me get all bud powell on yer ass..
judeanpeoplesfront said,
February 24, 2007 at 21:15
gavin, that girls song is most righteous.
fuzzy goodness
Gavin M. said,
February 24, 2007 at 21:16
Can you post Schneider’s Helicopter? If you have the MP3, you can throw it into Splashcast and just paste the code.
kingubu said,
February 24, 2007 at 21:23
Bud Powell? MONK, BIZNICHEZ!!
mrstrailerco said,
February 24, 2007 at 21:24
This sounds excellent. Too bad I don’t recognize any of these. Just how old are you trying to make me feel today?
BOSSY said,
February 24, 2007 at 21:25
Bossy would follow that Le Garage tune into battle.
mikey said,
February 24, 2007 at 21:30
Here’s what I do, mrstrailerco. I check in off and on and at some point somebody will say something that is at least remotely familiar to me. But for now, I gotta go turn over the Pat Benatar record…
mikey
judeanpeoplesfront said,
February 24, 2007 at 21:31
splashcasting my MP3 code would strain my computer skillz
i’ll try though..
judeanpeoplesfront said,
February 24, 2007 at 21:33
“if this stuff gets any stronger, i won’t be able to leave the house..”
LACJ said,
February 24, 2007 at 21:33
You guys are loosing it. Artitst?
Plus, server overload? Can’t comment…
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judeanpeoplesfront said,
February 24, 2007 at 21:35
kingubu, (fingers in ears) LA LA LA , i can’t hear you!
sonny rollins
steve_e said,
February 24, 2007 at 21:40
Most of you guys are speaking a moonman language. I don’t follow music, so I’m sort of lost here. Oh well, I’m listening to music on that Splashcast thing. Interesting. Damn, I’m a young guy. I should know about this stuff.
kingubu said,
February 24, 2007 at 21:44
Ah, the sweet essence of giraffe.
judeanpeoplesfront said,
February 24, 2007 at 21:48
need to convert from acc to mp3.. eyes glazing over..
Gavin M. said,
February 24, 2007 at 21:49
A lot of the songs are pretty old. I think the Skids song came out in ‘79.
It’s a record that you’d expect the guys in Franz Ferdinand to have tucked away. The Skids later morphed into Big Country and had some hits.
Mr. Roarke's Brand Salad Dressing's Poops said,
February 24, 2007 at 21:53
The Business is fucking awesome!
LACJ said,
February 24, 2007 at 21:55
Oh, nevermind.
Mikey, the garbled nature of it all is a feature, not a bug…I think. Precious few can follow all the inside jokes, I’d wager.
I certainly can’t.
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mikey said,
February 24, 2007 at 22:05
But I’ll never foget that night in ‘83 when I saw the Babies open for Scandal. Damn, what a show.
But just to make Gavin feel bad, I had a friend drag me to see Gary Wright at Winterland, it was right after he left spooky tooth, probably ‘75. But here’s the thing. My friend didn’t care a hoot about Gary Wright (I did), he was going to see the opening act, whom I’d never heard of. I’ll never forget his performance that night, regardless of how wrecked we got. It was Rory Gallagher…
mikey
judeanpeoplesfront said,
February 24, 2007 at 22:07
i’ll have to get back to you on helicopter.
it’d be easier to mail a friggin cd
ok, right over the plate…
the birthday party
bongwater
rockets from the tombs
and, fyi all, most of these are ancient history. you think you’re old?
judeanpeoplesfront said,
February 24, 2007 at 22:12
i have a tape of bongwater at the channel
ann in that pink negligee
favorite line”they have nick cave dolls? i waaaan’t one!”
Gavin M. said,
February 24, 2007 at 22:14
I’ll never forget his performance that night, regardless of how wrecked we got. It was Rory Gallagher…
Argh! I kneel in abjection — that guy could play the guitar. He’s not even one of those guitarist-guitarists whom only other guitarists like. He just had it…
marc page said,
February 24, 2007 at 22:37
What? No ‘Plastic Bertrand?’
judeanpeoplesfront said,
February 24, 2007 at 22:41
hugely said,
February 24, 2007 at 22:43
ahh bongwater….
theres band i recognize – as well as television…
“shopping and sucking, shopping and sucking….” or is it fucking?
judeanpeoplesfront said,
February 24, 2007 at 22:43
let’s try that again..
judeanpeoplesfront said,
February 24, 2007 at 22:46
helicopter is somewhere in splashcast
posted by knapperige kikker
judeanpeoplesfront said,
February 24, 2007 at 22:48
hugely, and what is it about chicken pussy?
cleek said,
February 24, 2007 at 23:15
Tenpole Tudor’s Swords of a Thousand Men
wow. i haven’t heard that song since like 80 or 81 – back when MTV used to show videos.
Rheinhard said,
February 24, 2007 at 23:30
FYI, this worked for me in Camino under Mac OS 10.4.8…
les said,
February 25, 2007 at 1:25
Mikey, ain’t those the greatest surprises? Mine–’76, I think; 3,000 seat hall, Univ. of Iowa. The band I’d never heard of? Springsteen and E Street, “Thunder Road” tour. I still get shivers…
SPIIDERWEBâ„¢ said,
February 25, 2007 at 3:53
Without trying to be too anal. You said.
arrow-thing
I believe the correct term is “arrow-thingie”. Just a suggestion.
will said,
February 25, 2007 at 6:06
Lou Miami & The Kozmetics ?
Dayv said,
February 25, 2007 at 6:30
Songs missing in action include: Wire’s Map Ref.
Wire is objectively one of the best bands ever.
Robert Green said,
February 25, 2007 at 7:20
Reuters, if you we are talking Wire.
Personal life highlight, right at the top where it will remain forever:
My friend shoots his movie “Love and a .45″ and goes back to NYC to mix the music/record a soundtrack. he calls me, says “hey man back from Austin come by my place [on the bowery across the street from CB's funny enough] i’ve got a guy playing some guitar and jamming out a soundtrack you should check it out.”
so off i go, wandering from whatever extraordinarly tiny shithole i was sharing with an inordinate amount of other bong smokers off to carty’s loft.
and there, sitting with a guitar and amp, is Tom Verlaine. who, upon noticing that a few people have gathered and are sitting there slack-jawed, proceeds to play whatever we ask for–soloes, riffs, songs, covers, everything. and leaves us after ripping out an arpeggiated version of the marquee moon solo.
i still get chills. they were also pretty spectacular at UCLA a few years ago, but that was just a show.
Robert Green said,
February 25, 2007 at 7:22
also, if we are being objective, or objectivist or whatever,
THE FALL. they are the best band of all time. by far. by very very far.
and tonight’s dance-around-with-the-kids playlist:
Tie Your Mother Down-Queen
Drug Raid at 4 AM-Lard (objectively the greatest punch line in punk history)
Street Hassle-Lou R
Aladdin Sane-DB (always need to bring them down a bit for bedtime, but that went poorly with this choice).
Martin Wisse said,
February 26, 2007 at 10:33
Because, like, everybody has Gang of Four records now
Really, that’s nice but if you like your marxism straight and undiluted with any commercial consideration (or much musical consideration for that matter) nothing beats the Pop Group.
LACJ said,
February 26, 2007 at 11:50
Wow. The best I can do is an X show in 1984. Billy Zoom had two poses: Left foot forward cool pose with a big grin, and right foot forward cool pose with a big grin. He just kept shifting from one to the other. I think that might be meta but I am not sure…
John said,
February 28, 2007 at 1:27
Is Wide Boy Awake the band that did Chicken Outlaw? Stupid song but catchy as heck.