She’s Lost Control Again
This week’s Breezeblock show has an even higher hit:miss ratio than usual, although the Knifehandchop live session should be skipped if you’re prone to nosebleeds. I started making a list of the good tracks but got tired of it because I was pretty much just adding every track. Can anyone out there be a lovely geek saviour and tell me how to record RealAudio streams and convert them to mp3?
Django’s offer of 25% off new CDs AND free shipping for new CD orders over $25 was just too good to resist.
- Low and Dirty Three: In The Fishtank ($8.78)
- TV On The Radio: Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes ($9.58)
- Mogwai: Ten Rapid ($9.58)
- Diverse: One A.M. ($11.18)
- Explosions In The Sky: Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place ($11.98)
Wheeeee!
[Random question: does anyone find my frequent use of lyrics/song titles as blog entry titles pretentious?]
How long does it usually take for your orders to get to you? I’ve been waiting for my last order for 5 weeks already and I’m beginning to think that they’re lost again.
What amazing luck I have!
To download real audio streams and convert to MP3, go to http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/video_capture_tools/streambox_vcr_suite.cfm and download StreamBox VCR Suite 2.0. That will capture pretty much any media stream off the net. Once you’ve downloaded the real audio file, you can then use the included Streambox Ripper program to convert to WAV/MP3 etc.
Love your weblog by the way (long time reader/first time commenter)
“does anyone find my frequent use of lyrics/song titles as blog entry titles pretentious?”
I can honestly say that the idea has never crossed my mind.
Benny: I must admit I don’t really bother keeping track, but five weeks sounds kinda long. You probably have to wait one more week and then write to them.
Matt: Thanks very much for the help! A Breezeblock mp3 now sits happily on my hard drive. Getting it wasn’t the most straightforward process in the world so I feel geekily exhilarated with my success in figuring out redirector URLs and the like. Tracking down streaming URLs is such fun!
Alec: Um, dear, the question was directed at people whose grasp of indie music lyrics extends beyond “Caribooooouuuuu”.
Caribou [3x]
Repent
Re-pe-ent
Pretentious? Lord knows, but it pleases me no end to hear a Joy Division reference in a fellow Singaporean’s blog.