man, we should all mick Mick's band.

and yes... rapidshare sucks.

What do you mean? I have! Well, obviously I haven't heard those specific Sun Ra albums, but he's literally got 100s of albums out so I'm not sure what you're expecting.

Or if you're referring to the Bear Vs. Shark album, that's because it just came out. It didn't EXIST before... so of COURSE I couldn't have heard it. In fact, it's not even supposed to be officially released until the 14th... so technically I STILL shouldn't have heard it. But I've heard it now, and I can safely say it doesn't disppoint. In fact, it was better than I even expected... which is saying something because I expected quite a bit. In fact, it's fuckin GREAT.

And before there are any smartass comments (that's my beat, goddamnit!), I won't be getting to anything like that rapidshare thing any time soon. I've officially capped off my to-do list, and I'm still busy trying to put the finishing touches on this. (But, assuming no bugs, it should be up by the end of this week.)

Shouldn't you at least listen to them before you post?

Man, someone should write something that works like rapidshare without the annoyance. Fuck. I mean, shopping carts proliferate throughout the internet. Is it so hard to adapt them into a queue that would let you download from rapidshare without manually starting your allotted one download??

At least then I wouldn't be so frustrated by the lack of 'rapid' in the share...

well... I usually let eric do the regnyouth notifications, but since he's on hiatus I'll take up the duties today. Bear in mind my tastes are somewhat different, and he probably would've never picked the ones I'm about to list:

1. Bear Vs. Shark's brand-new full-length, Terrorhawk. They do sort of an indie/emo thing, and are pretty good... but this is their first album in 2 years so it should be interesting to hear if they've made any changes to their sound. As of yet, I haven't listened to this album, but I'm a fan of their first one.

2. Gorilla Biscuits' album Start Today (password = "kru5ty"). Gorilla Biscuits are one of the most underrated New-York hardcore bands of the late 80s. Now's your chance to catch up with one of the contemporaries of Minor Threat. Whereas Ian Mackaye went on from Minor Threat to form bands like Fugazi, Walter Schreifels left Gorilla Biscuits to form one of the best post-hardcore bands of the 90s, Quicksand. After Quicksand was done, he further continued a successful musical career in the fantastic band Rival Schools (who for some reason share a band name AND album name with an SNK video game entitled "Rival Schools: United By Fate"... I haven't quite figured out what the connection is though...). Currrently, Schreifels is working on a less aggressive pop outfit Walking Concert who is signed to Some Records.

3. Speaking of Quicksand, here's their album Manic Compression: file 1, file 2, password: "kru5ty".

4. And while we're at it, how bout Rival Schools' acclaimed album, United By Fate? file 1, file 2, password: "kru5ty".

5. Here are the collected B-side singles (1993-2001) from the ever-absurd Notwist. If you like what you hear, check out their album Neon Golden which made its appearance in my top-10 list of 2003.

6. And since we're getting into weirder territory here, it'd be a shame if none of you had heard the great Sun Ra. This dude is considered one of the better jazz musicians of his time, and he's disgustingly prolific, having released 100s of album in his career. But he's not just a jazz musician, he's a PERFORMER of the highest caliber. All of his albums have weird science-fiction themes and he tended to make clearly absurd lies about his own identity. Genius has it's price I guess. Here are some of his albums for download:

yeah, it's probably 93. It's been a month or so since I wrote that paper and you know how I am with numbers...

Tay I don't think the date thing really matters for that LambdaMoo thing does it? I found a source that said 93 but I don't think it really matters. 93, 94 either date is way too early for the majority of people to have internet access.

-Strictly for my ninjas

Interesting reading on that LambdaMoo virtual-rape case. More interesting that it happened in 1993 before the vast majority of north americans had even entered the internet. We are dealing with these issues now only because they effect more of us. It will be interesting to see what else developes. I'm kind of scared though. Can we handle it? Or have we gone too far?

-Strictly for my ninjas