'if you think you're lonely now....

....wait until tonight, girl'




Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man - Tom the Model.mp3

Dusty Springfield - The Windmills of your Mind.mp3

Candie Payne - In the Morning.mp3

Schnieder TM - The Light 3000.mp3

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Hot Summer Nights

Before summer is over, here is a required listening tribute to l'ete d'amour



Love Club - Hot Summer Nights Dub.mp3

Cover art

I'm going to geek out for a few...

I have been on this massive album cover project for my music collection and its proved to be a mission. Finding the (best) album art and including it the mp3s does take a bit of time. Here are some of the tools that I use to get the best quality jpgs in the mp3 tags.

First, you need to get a program to incorporate the jpg files into the mp3 tags. I use Tag & Rename. If you have a Mac, the mix of itunes and Coverscout work.

It seems the status quo of acceptable album art size is 600X600. If you have your songs tagged properly, retrieving the cover art from itunes should be fairly painless. However, only by using Coverscout are you able to transfer the album art from the itunes library into the mp3 tag. This is important because if your itunes library is wiped, i would assume that all your album art is also, because its not your mp3 tag.

What does this mean for pc users like me? We are fucked...(unless someone knows of something)

Alas, here are the sites where I usually find 600X600+ size cover art for my mp3s, and then incorporate the file into the mp3 tag using Tag & Rename:

Discogs (Best!!!)
Juno Records (Recent Releases)
Juno Downloads (Recent Releases)
Amazon
Good Groove (for amazing quality disco covers)



Droids - Star Peace 1978

the flyer

I have just received the flyer .... get out those microscopes

dj gig

I'm very happy that I finally have my first true public dj gig, outside of party, opening for Kathy Diamond (live) and Maurice Fulton (who produced her album). I guess its a late start to have your first set in public at 29, but I'm glad I held out because I think starting off in some unattended club or bar years ago, playing to an empty crowd or having to play the same type of music all night would have gotten old real quick. Its truly an honor to be able to play anything that I choose, especially because my tastes are everywhere.

I'm playing at my friends club, Mono, which I have been hearing about from him for a few years now. They have been bringing people such as Idjut Boys, Todd Terje, Reverso 68, Yam Who etc. all parties I would have loved to go to. So when I finally heard that Kathy Diamond was going to perform live, I could not resist the opportunity to pay mono a visit. After saying I would love to come that weekend to see her, I was invited to open the night for her!!

I'm still jumping around with excitement at the opportunity and already picking out the songs. Yeh It is only opening but still, have to do it right.

Bjork - Nîmes France 23/08/07

Amazing concert, amazing night
Small(ish) city in southern France
MIA opened
word.

Venue - Arènes de Nîmes

Hyperballad

Photos: Pommegranny
Video: Me