Spring 2008 Indie Music Podcast

Posted on May 26, 2008 by Thomas Purves

It’s been far too long since I last uploaded a new music podcast but here at last is my long-awaited spring 08 catch-up mix. If you are new here though, you should know that a quarterly music dump of indie and discovered music is an old tradition on thomaspurves.com

Now, of these tracks, many probably have or have heard a lot of them by now, something to do with indie going more mainstream or more mainstream going indie. But for those who asking for music tips, I hope there’s a few surprises in here for you.

I really like this mix though it’s a good combination of bands I’ve been listening to the last few (ok several) months. It’s a little more upbeat and electro too than the last few mixes which were getting a little bit sleepy in parts.

This is a preview, still working on the mixed together version to actually slip into the postcast feed. But not to wait any longer, you can get it as one big download.

1	Kara Keith		Kick This City
2	Vampire Weekend		M79
3	Plants And Animals	Bye Bye Bye
4	Glass Candy		Beatific
5	Crystal Castles		Air War
6	The Teenagers		Homecoming
7	Black Kids		I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend 
				How To Dance With You
8	Cut Copy		Feel The Love
9	Bon Iver		Skinny Love
10	The Mountain Goats	Sax Rohmer #1
11	The Acorn		Crooked Legs
12	Wintersleep		Weighty Ghost
13	Tokyo Police Club	In A Cave
14	Lightning Dust		Listened On
15	Times New Viking	DROP-OUT
16	Los Campesinos!		Death To Los Campesinos!
17	The Chromatics		Night Drive
18	The Go Find		Dictionary
19	Crystal Castles		Untrust Us
20	Vampire Weekend		A-Punk

Right now the set is right here as one big zip file (100MB so have patience). There’s a playlist file in there and the tunes are numbered in the most optimal sequence.

enjoy!

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Microsoft, failing to own the main internet, may try to buy a new one

Posted on May 22, 2008 by Thomas Purves

From Scoble today: Why Microsoft will buy Facebook and keep it closed

That Microsoft will buy Yahoo’s search and then buy Facebook for $15 to $20 billion. Add that to all the news that Microsoft is buying Yahoo’s search and that gets very interesting…

[Facebook] can’t be seen if you don’t have a Facebook account. It’s NOT open to the public Web. Google’s spiders CAN NOT REACH IT…

Google is locked out of the Web that soon will be owned by Microsoft. We will never get an open Web back if these two deals happen.

This has created HUGE value for Microsoft and has handed Steve Ballmer an Internet strategy which brings Microsoft from last place to first in less than a week.

Boom!

Now Microsoft/Yahoo search will have access to HUGE SWATHS of Internet info that Google will NOT have access to.

Data and social graph portability is dead on arrival.Microsoft just bought itself a search strategy that sure looks like a winner to me.”

This is a monster of an idea. Out of desperation you could see MSFT going for it. They have far more cash than is healthy for any company to be sitting on. They’ve failed pretty spectacularly at owning the consumer internet like they own(ed) the deskgtop. When it comes to consumer-facing services, in recent years Google and just about any other startup (facebook included) have walked circles around microsoft, seemingly with a fraction of the effort.

So much so that sending 15-20B to buy a big chunck of the future social web is actually cheaper or more efficient than Microfts efforts to build anything equivalent themselves. But there’s a few ways this strategy could go wrong. Mostly related to putting a lot of eggs in one basket.

facebook has to continue to stay relevant in the social web. Something else could come along.

facebook has to grow up and offer an environment catered to a broader demographic, especially in the US.

MSFT has to not sit on facebook for 5 years with no enhancements while they work on the fabulously overwrought vista of facebooks…. Can you hold your breath for Windows Live BookFacePoint 2013 Ultra Edition?

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Foush Reports on CaseCamp7

Posted on May 16, 2008 by Thomas Purves

Rahaf Foush has a new video blog series called the Foush Reports in which her first report she covers CaseCamp7. Or rather the CaseCamp7 afterparty. Watch for my sound bite on the camp phenomenon about half way through. The CaseCamp7 afterparty was so much fun it made my nipples glow. (not pictured here) Stay tuned to the casecamp.org site (or this blog) for news of the next casecamp event.

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