February 13, 2001
are these too looooooooong?

are these too looooooooong?

napster is up and down

napster is up and down upanddownupanddownupanddownupanddown... today.  but it is not gone. 


i fear it will be, though.  they ask us to press our congresspersons to support the movement, to express our napster-devotions to record companies, and to stay connected and keep napster running on our computers.  the last i will do.  hell, i religiously practiced the seti 'distributed processing' thing for a long time.  and if i am going to be religious about it, the napster thing is much more a part of my world and closer to my heart than ET. 




 


And the world will be better for this


That one man stormed and covered with scars


Still strove with his last ounce of courage


To reach the unreachable star


 


from Impossible Dream



but these things -- persuit of hope and the love of song -- are the politics of the muse and quite alien to politicians and businesses.  indeed the muse is anathema to the music industry.  so i fear for napster; shawn fanning has become a don quixote for me, and has revealed to me the beauty of his dulcinea, music.  which, for some reason, i never really noticed before.  i fear for the impossible dream. 


yet, i hope... 

ok, after some motrin and

ok, after some motrin and broken dishes, i think i have that stupid script working!  comment at will...

napster was smokin last night

napster was smokin last night (or this morning, like 4am) -- everybody was there!  searches were fast, high bit-rates were abundant, and i got stuck in some sort of sixties reminiscence (thank you kvjc, you have an excellent collection!) 


now, of course, i obey the wishes of those pricks (whose assholes are so tight they could snap broomsticks) who want the RIAA to rule (heil!), and i do not actually keep any of these things.  that would upset the economic balance of the universe, and send us careening into really dangerous places (lions and tigers and bears -- oh my!) or at least into places unfamiliar.  (lions and tigers and bears -- oh my!)


anyway, these are most of the gems i found, almost all at 320.  and of course i am not listening to them right now, of course i am not flying through the intoxicating ether that is music, of course i am not swimming in that exquisitely delicate, massively moving sea that is music. 


i am not.  that would be anti-social (or something). 


enjoy life a little. 

 

 


a small list of all the songs which are not in my possession, but which make me (egad!) happy:







*Bangles - Manic Monday.mp3

*Cole Porter - Night and Day (vocals by Ella Fitzgerald).mp3

*Law & Order.mp3

*Gene Pitney - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.mp3

*Paul Revere & the Raiders-Indian Reservation (Cherokee Nation).mp3

*I'm Henry the VIII, I Am.mp3

*Young Rascals - You Better Run.mp3

*Young Rascals--Groovin'.mp3

*Young Rascals - Good Lovin'.mp3

*Turtles - Eve Of Destruction.mp3

*Bee Gees - New York Mining Disaster 1941.mp3

*Donovan - Jennifer Juniper(256).mp3

*The Turtles - Eve Of Destruction.mp3

*Young Rascals - A girl like you.mp3

*Hermans Hermits - Cant You Hear My Heart Beat.mp3

*Tommy James and the Shondells - I Think we're alone now .mp3

*Young Rascals - How Can I Be Sure.mp3

*Louis Armstrong -- What a Wonderful World.mp3

*Ani Difranco -Two Little Girls.mp3

*Starz - Cherry Baby.mp3

*Bee Gees - (1967) - Massachusetts.mp3

*Eric Burdon And The Animals - When I Was Young.mp3

*Turtles - Elenore.mp3

*Eric Burdon & The Animals - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood.mp3

*Herman's Hermits - Listen People.mp3

*Ani Difranco --When I'm Gone.mp3

*Herman's Hermits - I'm Into Something Good.mp3

*Eric Burdon and the Animals - We Gotta Get Out Of This Place.mp3

*Herman's Hermits - There's a Kind of Hush(320).mp3

*60s - Kingston Trio- The Lion Sleeps Tonight.mp3

*Oldies - Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made For Walking.mp3

*Eric Burdon & the Animals - San Franciscan Nights.mp3

*Otis Redding - Sitting on the dock of the bay.mp3

*Lulu - To Sir With Love.mp3

*Donovan - Colours (Rare - 4.mp3

*Association - Along Comes Mary.mp3

*Herman's Hermits - Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter(ok).mp3

*Donovan - I'll Try For The Sun.mp3

*Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Teach Your Children.mp3



*The Turtles - Happy Together.mp3

*Carrie Anne - Hollies.mp3

*Hollies - Bus Stop.mp3

*Young Rascals - People Got to Be Free.mp3

*70's Bob Welch - Sentimental Lady.mp3

*Greatest Hits - The Association - Windy - 12.mp3

*Rainy Night in Georgia - Brook Benton.mp3

*Turtles - You Showed Me.mp3

*Petula Clark - Downtown.mp3

*Association - Never My Love.mp3

*Petula Clark  Downtown.mp3

*Bob Dylan - Lay Lady Lay.mp3

*bob dylan - lay lady lay2.mp3

*Lionel Richie - Easy like Sunday morning.mp3

*Ani Difranco - Up Up Up Up Up Up.mp3

*John Lennon - Woman.mp3

*Association - Cherish.mp3

*Eddie Holman - Hey There Lonely Girl.mp3

*Mungo Jerry - In the Summertime 1.MP3

*Eagles -Best Of My Love.mp3

*Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody2.mp3

*Christopher Cross - Ride like the wind.mp3

*Ani Difranco - Outta Me, Into You.mp3

*Donovan - Mellow Yellow.mp3

*Cheap Trick - I Want You To Want Me.mp3

*Donovan - Ballad Of Geraldine.mp3

*lonely-days--bee-gees.mp3

*The Guess Who - The Best of The Guess Who - 09 - Share the Land.mp3

*how-can-you-mend-a-broken-heart--bee-gees.mp3

*Donovan - Atlantis.mp3

*07 - Ruby Jean And Billie Lee.mp3

*Seals & Crofts - Diamond Girl_Various Artists.mp3

*Hollies - He Aint Heavy He's My Brother.mp3

*The Zombies - Time Of The Season.mp3

*Sade - Smooth Operator.mp3

*Commodores - Easy Like Sunday Morning.MP3

*BoDeans - Fadeaway.mp3

*Ani Difranco - New Orleans - Wish I May.mp3

*Eric Burdon and The Animals - Paint it Black.mp3

*Donovan - Season Of The Witch.mp3

*third eye blind - the background.mp3

*ZZ - Ray Charles - Rainy Night In Georgia.mp3

*1970's FM Hits - Various Artists - (Don't Fear) The Reaper - (Blue Oyster Cult).mp3

*Eric Burdon and the Animals - Sky Pilot.mp3

*Piano concerto No. 3 - Sergei Rachmaninov - 04 - Andante from Cello sonata, op.19 (arr. by Volodos).mp3