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Soundcloud Embed Test

_you best bless your phone when that stingray on_
_cause there aint no telling when that thing stay on_


https://soundcloud.com/ytcracker/ytcracker-hacker-music






 

Just heard Superfreak in La Place Cafe.

Was on the first cassette I ever owned. (First vinyl? Kiss Destroyer)

I wonder if people will remember their "firsts" going forward in a cloud based world....


https://play.google.com/music/playlist/AMaBXylLDTLqOEfkqa9onz7nF8OZV2Oot6mB9FrzK2DdmieX2Wg5iup7sNmAC...






 

A reminder from Vint Cerf about the importance of digital preservation

A reminder from Vint Cerf about the importance of digital preservation

It seems inescapable that our society will need to find its own formula for underwriting the cost of preserving knowledge in media that will have some permanence. - vinton cerf  - We're Going Backward

I've seen this firsthand. Albums from some lesser known bands I listened to in the 90s are not available in digital format. When the CDs finally bit rot the music will be gone forever unless someone rips and uploads them. Some content never made the jump from VHS, also at risk of loss when the tapes degrade.

Support the Internet Archive and other efforts if you value this. Also work towards a future self-archiving decentralized web where content can live beyond the data silos they currently occupy.

 

Bumper Music Playlist

Finally got around to starting a playlist of the dorky songs I play when meetings start late.

And for your Halloween pleasure you'll find the following tracks:

- _Edgar Winter_ - *Frankenstein*
- _Focus_ - *Hocus Pocus*
- and a very special instrumental version of the *Time Warp* from the _Rocky Horror Picture Show._

https://play.google.com/music/playlist/AMaBXynB0Y7GSMNgd3XrzHLe5CQOatDMjcWYhS0Gn7R7ACZuOmlJLQJ9vez4G...

 

Here's a 30 day challenge.

Only consume Youtube and Play Music content in a language you barely know.

This is how much of the world interacts with our products.

All of a sudden you understand why lyric videos are so popular on Youtube. It also explains weird comments on G+ from people that are just playing around with English.

I've been doing something like that for a few days. It's eye opening.

Oh and if you're interested in music discovery from Suisse Romande see the link below.


https://www.youtube.com/user/LesReperagesCouleur3






 

Curiosity

Today's inspiration: *Curiosity enabled Products*

So happy to work at a place that values and enables curiosity.

GPMAA and now Youtube Music generate curiosity. What's this song? Oh who's that? What are they saying? *Waynes World III*??!?

Google Search satisfies my curiosity.

And what do you know it's a song about curiosity: _I think about anything and everything, like a child_.

http://lyricstranslate.com/en/comme-un-enfant-child.html

_Je chante et je pleure, comme un enfant_
_Je joue à me faire peur, comme un enfant_
_Je pense tout et son contraire, comme un enfant_
_Je danse, j'ai le coeur à l'envers, comme un enfant_

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5c-GeBqUgAA&feature=youtu.be

 

Looking for funky, but Wahlberg's not your style? Here you go.

Sadly it'll probably be taken down before I get off this shuttle. Sorely tempted.




http://www.citypages.com/music/watch-prince-debut-purple-rain-at-first-ave-before-his-lawyers-take-i...






 

Bay Area Funk

Today's Inspiration: Bay Area Funk Compilations

If you're a Bay Area transplant like me you owe it to yourself to learn a little of the musical history of the place you live. I bought these on CD a while back and it had very educational liner notes. I wish we could get that into digital form somehow.

Sadly volume 1 is not available on Play Music. Volume II is. Recommended.

https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Various_Artists_Bay_Area_Funk_II?id=Bfnhqeirjlpwupvqkqkilx...

And here's some details on volume 1...

_On this first volume of Bay Area Funk 16 tracks represent the best of the infamous Bay Area scene. Ranging from the boogaloo and shing-a-ling sound of Marvin Holmes and the Uptights to the psychedelic funk-jazz of P-I-R-Square. The compilation covers the period from 1967 to 1976 and is packed with music from the key originators and characters including a 12 year old Little Denice produced by blues legend Jimmy McCracklin, rhythm and blues hero Rodger Collins, KSOL radio station director "Hard Punching" Herm Henry, and Sugar Pie Desanto, former opening act for James Brown who is still pulling back-flips on-stage even in her late 60s._

https://www.ubiquityrecords.com/shop/products/BAY-AREA-FUNK.html

 

Today's Inspiration: Before there was Lindsey Stirling: *Rasputina*

Playing tonight in SF if you're into Steampunk Cello music.


https://play.google.com/music/playpreview?preview=AE9vGKoi80sjOCKwG5Sf47AD7kx6-pr_DeFUwMRSoGkQ9KEZBq...






 

Knowledge Panel FR

When I search for a Phone (say Sony Xperia) show the music videos where it's been product placed.

This Avril Lavigne vid must be the worst yet. The video starts with "oh, my new Sony phone is ringing!".

Also: I wonder if Forrester includes these payouts in total digital ad spend?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuNTO31FlY8

 

Today's   inspirational tune.  Sadly there's no vid for this..


https://play.google.com/music/m/Tpletfdxsiuhlkgtsxt4b244uti






 

Today's inspiration.  Some chill, yet uptempo chamber music.  Great music for sharpening pitchforks, if that's your thing ....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvp28IVUpa0






 

 

MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS - CAN'T HOLD US FEAT. RAY DALTON (OFFICIAL MUSIC...: http://youtu.be/2zNSgSzhBfM


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zNSgSzhBfM&feature=youtu.be






 

 

 

I wonder if there's anything to learn here, especially with our push to split into multiple apps.


http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/21/5534814/twitter-music-is-officially-dead






 

 

Some perfect rainy day beats..

Some perfect rainy day beats..

Further blurring the boundaries between electronic music and rock, Ratatat's self-titled debut album mixes Evan Mast's fractured but propulsive beats and woozy analog synths with Mike Stroud's loud, yet somehow subtle, guitars.

 

Listening to this new Information Society release while upgrading all iOS devices to 7.0.6.   Hack, hack, hack.

Listening to this new Information Society release while upgrading all iOS devices to 7.0.6.   Hack, hack, hack.

Originally shared by Information Society

Baked fresh today! Get your full-quality music here: http://informationsociety.bandcamp.com/album/engage-classic-remixes-vol-2

 

Listening to some UK Garage today.  Altavista reference made me smile.

Listening to some UK Garage today.  Altavista reference made me smile.

You won't find us on Alta Vista

Cult classic not bestseller, you're gonna need more power

Plug in the free phase and the generator, crank it up to gigawatts

 

Listening to some UK Garage today.  Altavista reference made me smile.

_You won't find us on Alta Vista_
_Cult classic not bestseller, you're gonna need more power_
_Plug in the free phase and the generator, crank it up to gigawatts_


https://play.google.com/music/playpreview?preview=AE9vGKqCnCd3p4qn9iqqezTaS3AvK63bBfq4F2l1DgNR4I3HhL...






 

Daft Punk may have won some Grammys last night - but when I wanted retro electronic/synth I was pleasantly surprised...

Daft Punk may have won some Grammys last night - but when I wanted retro electronic/synth I was pleasantly surprised to discover Psykosonik via Google Play

Cyberpunk themes, Nintendo  SNES ties-ins and beats reminiscent of Crystal Method The   make this some great coding music.  They'll also be my soundtrack of choice if I ever make another ray-traced 3-D demo.

 

Waiting for people.oz to turn green?  Play this....

Or heck, play anything from the 51 albums in the Rockabye Baby collection.


https://play.google.com/music/playpreview?preview=AE9vGKrGos62UGCnyd2XAGkVtdWmgfUG8zFRifPE5W7eUdCTtL...






 

 

 

Bring on the #heirloomtechno  from Information Society No autotune modified organisms here.

Bring on the  from Information Society No autotune modified organisms here.  I've been having a great time exploring the back catalog on Google Play including a superb live album that recently came out [1].

Then again I think I'm required to enjoy any group that puts out tracks like an actual data transmission in 300bps N, 8, I (Terminal Mode or ASCII Download) and the ode to TLAs in Where Would I be Without IBM [2]

[1]

https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Information_Society_It_Is_Useless_to_Resist_Us_Inf?id=Bubk...

[2] https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Balm26lw46phqfatilqz7examd4&tid=song-T7cfz4oirp3pfm...

 

We really need to get your playlists supported as proper embeds.  We're already working on this for Youtube....

We really need to get your playlists supported as proper embeds.  We're already working on this for Youtube....

/cc Leo Deegan John Panzer 

Originally shared by Brandon Bilinski

It's new Tunesday! This week features no marquee hip-hop releases but has more indie-folk than you can shake a banjo at:

- Avett Bros, Head and the Heart,  and Cass McCombs all twang it out a bit

- Solid week for metal: New Red Fang, Pelican and Trivium

- We also have some new jams from established players: Paul McCartney, Pearl Jam and Dismemberment Plan (which on first listen is pretty blah)

Enjoy!

 

Listening to the new Deltron 3030 Album.  I'm not disappointed.

Listening to the new Deltron 3030 Album.  I'm not disappointed.

Folks in the Bay Area can catch an in-store appearance at Amoeba records in San Francisco today at 5pm.

 

 

Soundcloud and Google+: now better integrated.

Soundcloud and Google+: now better integrated.

If you already have a Soundcloud account go here:

http://soundcloud.com/settings/connections

If you create content on Soundcloud you definitely want to connect your profiles.  Add your Google+ profile here:

http://soundcloud.com/settings/advanced

And then add your Soundcloud profile here:

  https://plus.google.com/me/edit

Soundcloud supports authorship markup, and connected profiles makes your Soundcloud content eligible for enhanced search results!

Originally shared by Ade Oshineye

This: https://soundcheck.soundcloud.com/music/social-focus-google is cool.

But this: https://soundcloud.com/mayerhawthorne is cooler. /followed.

 

Unexpected pleasure - Google Now and All Access let me know about new releases that I would have forgotten about.

Unexpected pleasure - Google Now and All Access let me know about new releases that I would have forgotten about.  In the past week it's highlighted a new single from M.I.A., the new CSS album and this gem from Austra.

 

Feedback from my wife who doesn't follow many people.

- didn't like having followers show up in the list of people.  She had created circles for design/art/music but they were not set to 'Following'.  I think we should ask users to check this on startup.  (I'm assuming that following-only circles are not used for hangouts)

- She saw someone she didn't recognize and from a following circle.  Her first choice was to remove the person from her circles.  That did not remove the person from the chat roster. How does Babel sync circle members and the chat roster?  ANything I can tell her? (She reloaded, logged-out, logged-in) etc...









 

Can you guess the theme of this playlist which ranges from pop to metalcore?

Also this contains a song that is not in Google Play (Erykah Badu)  What do you see?  Is it playable?  (Hope not, that would put us on par with Grooveshark...)

https://play.google.com/music/listen?view=%2Fshpl%2FAMaBXykOdnDKHEIVjgwH6O0ujIrbAdS18q7_kOp1_rJ-mb1z...









 

 

 

Google House

"Google should just buy stuff for me" -- Sergey at a TGIF a while back.

... or Takeout for subscription services

Think about Spotify, Rdio, Netflix, HBO and other content subscription services.  Once you stop paying you have nothing left.  Takeout is nothing more than references to a paywall.

A way to disrupt this might be to structure systems to reward you with ownership of a portion of the catalog each month.  Examples:
- Your most listened song or TV show.
- The ebook you shared the most.
- etc.

Then when your subscription period ends you get to keep the fruits of this relationship.

In many ways this is like the Columbia House[1] or BMG music club.  You get a free thing each month by default.  You can sample the entire catalog, or get more if you want.  But you're always *owning* something new and interesting each month.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_House

 

 

Cloud based Music Queue sounds like an interesting idea.   Maybe you could 'fling' your queue to any screen....


https://plus.google.com/u/0/107928193007461262370/posts/Ums1ou7RzU6?e=-RedirectToSandbox






 

A little late to the party, but this is one incredible album.

A little late to the party, but this is one incredible album.

Recorded at the First Avenue and 7th St Entry you'll get plenty of Dick Valentine banter between a solid set of Electric Six classics including this quote:

"Put the two together and you have a kangaroo going down a water slide." 

And what's more you have long-time First Ave stage manager Conrad Sverkerson on the cover.  Read more about it here.

http://blogs.citypages.com/gimmenoise/2012/10/electric_six_release_live_album_recorded_at_first_ave_...

 

Nice to see a punk community springing up in Google+!

Nice to see a punk community springing up in Google+!  Here's my first pick.  Posting the play store link since they don't have many youtube videos available and since Revolution and World on Fire are my faves...

 

Music appropriate for

blaze-bin/devtools/janitor/terminator


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY0WxgSXdEE






 

 

 

Get your #musicmonday  moving with some Greek punk/grunge.

Get your  moving with some Greek punk/grunge.

You can really hear the Nirvana-esque Steve Albini production along with shades of X, the Sex Pistols and Gossip.

I suppose Punk from disaffected youth is the only silver lining for the Greek financial mess.

h/t to Pixbear for review.

 

I guess Die Young was a bad association for your new smartphone?

I guess Die Young was a bad association for your new smartphone?

I never understood why Nokia bothers putting their phones in music videos.  It all looks so staged.  That said the Ke$ha video is pretty weird.  I can understand why they wanted to remove it.

 

woohoo!  Warner Music on Google Play.  Glad to see they finally came around.









 

A new album by Mark Mallman, very catchy.  If you don't know his work read this review:

A new album by Mark Mallman, very catchy.  If you don't know his work read this review:

 Frankly, Double Silhouette, his latest, is the album the Killers were trying to make with Battle Born – an epic, gorgeous pop album filled with arena-ready choruses. But he does it in a way that doesn’t make him sound pompous (sorry, Killers).

http://www.letoilemagazine.com/2012/10/02/we-will-rock-you-local-reviews-part-deux-mark-mallman-and-...

 

Asking this author to implement the history api would probably be easier than us doing it ourselves sad to say.

Asking this author to implement the history api would probably be easier than us doing it ourselves sad to say.

Originally shared by Erica Joy

THIS IS NOT AN EXTENSION CREATED BY NOR ENDORSED BY GOOGLE (Had to say that in big bold letters so the people who follow me hopingwishingdreaming that I give them their big "story" break don't run off breathlessly trying to out scoop one another about this and wind up making themselves looking not so bright in the process.)

That out of the way, I like this little extension for using Google Music. It pops up a little miniplayer so I don't have to keep the browser window open to control my music. Bangorang.

Since it can scrobble, I've resurrected my Last.fm account from the dust and ruins. If you wish to be Last.fm "friends" you may find me here: http://www.last.fm/user/EricaJoy