So yeah, if I wasn't in the band I'm in now...

I would love to use this thing live.

New visualizations for iTunes make me seasick! (Not really, they fucking rock!)

Magnetosphere revisited (audio by Tosca) from flight404 on Vimeo.

Hey look! Another thing I want!

Saw this goofing around on the web.

3 of these lined up on stage would look pretty damn cool and pretty much set the tone.

Since they're only about $150 we could prolly swing it before our next gig.

I'm not suggesting you do anything...

Local Gentry :: Beatles Purple Chick

New U2 songs leaked by... Bono? (subtitled: turn your stereo down asshat!)

TorrentFreak has a great story about some leaked U2 songs from their next album that got leaked because Bono played his stereo too loud!

Some mooks recognized his voice blaring from his villa and quickly recorded the new songs. I'm sure the quality sucks but rabid fans won't care.

I know that U2 are still huge, but my question is do they matter anynore?

MUST HAVE!!!

Blorp, blorp, bleep, bleep, bleep!

All I need is the kit from Bleep Labs and build my own Thingamapoop.

I have no idea how to fit it in to our music though.

New and free? WIN WIN!

I'm a cheap bastard. I haven't gone early-bird dinner yet, but I seem to be on my way. So imagine the thrill I got after finding Free Albums Galore.

Free Albums Galore is run by some guy named Marvin who takes the time to chase down legal free music sources. Now, your not going to find much (read any) mainstream commercial stuff linked, but you are more than likely to find music that you've never heard or heard of before.

Most of the links go directly to artists' sites that have free DLs. Some of the artists ask for a small donation if you like the music, which is more than fair to offset bandwidth costs.

From the FAQ:

I won’t link to files that require site registration before downloading, or to files with restrictive DRM. I also won’t link to albums with seperate tracks hosted as a single, inseperable track.

So, I finally did it...

So I finally got the Epiphone '56 Gold Top Reissue last week.

Initial likes: everything.

Initial dislikes: nothing.

So far this guitar is a winner. The action was seriously screwed up with a major back bow. All kinds notes were fretting out all over the fretboard. Adjusting the truss rod a couple of times and taking the action back down at the bridge turned it in to a real joy to play.

It doesn't play like a $499 guitar, it really feel and sounds like it should cost at least triple.

In my exctiement though, I forgot to order the case!

Savenetradio.org

If you're like me (and of course, you are) you grew up with radio. Before corporate radio I used to love listening to all of the different kinds of music I could find on the FM dial. With just a quarter turn of the dial you could go from listening to Asleep at the Wheel to Rachmaninoff.

Those days of course are gone.

But I still get the same experience from internet radio... at least for now.

To make the story short, internet radio's royalty costs have been raised between 300 to 1200%. These outrageous rates will kill internet radio.

But there is hope...

The future of Internet radio is in immediate danger. Royalty rates for webcasters have been drastically increased by a recent ruling and are due to go into effect on May 15 (retroactive to Jan 1, 2006!). If the increased rates remain unchanged, the majority of webcasters will go bankrupt and silent on this date. Internet radio needs your help! H.R. 2060, The Internet Radio Equality Act was introduced by Representatives Jay Inslee (D-WA) and Donald Manzullo (R-IL ) to save the Internet radio industry. Please call your congressperson to ask them to co-sponsor H.R. 2060

So please head over to Savenetradio.org and join the fight to keep internet radio alive.