Radio Blog
You might have noticed that little rectangular boxy thing next on the left of your screen...if you have eyes and all that. Anyhow, that happens to be a handy little app called Radio Blog. For a while, I've been looking for a way to play music on this site without the visitor having to download anything. Additionally, I didn't want anything that would start playing music without a prompt from the visitor, because I know I like to listen to my own music when surfing blogs. I used to have a link to my Launchcast station, but that required you to a) have a Yahoo user ID and b) navigate off-site. Well, along comes Radio Blog to solve all my problems. It took me a while to set up, since it runs on PHP, which Blogger doesn't support. Fortunately, there's a way around that obstacle.
Anyhow, here's what all this boils down to: A new weekly feature, that'll run on Sundays, showcasing some cool music. That's right - the weekends are a pretty fearsome one-two punch now, what with the Read of the Week on Saturdays. However, I'm going to premiere the inaugural version of Weekly Music right now, since I've been fiddling around with this thing for a couple hours and have no interest in delaying gratification...
Bloc Party
Who are they?: One of those art-punk bands that seem to be coming out of the woodwork these days. I imagine that if The Cure had started making music in the early days of the 21st century, they'd sound a lot like Bloc Party. I picked up their debut album, Silent Alarm, after hearing the band compared to Franz Ferdinand.
4 Songs: "Banquet" and "Helicopter" are representative of many of the songs off their album, with catchy guitar riffs, great drumming and repetitive lyrics. "She's Hearing Voices", which I think was their first single, follows a similar route and rocks out towards the end. "This Modern Love" scales things back a bit for a (relatively) low-key love song.
To play, press ZAP. Press it again to skip songs.
Anyhow, here's what all this boils down to: A new weekly feature, that'll run on Sundays, showcasing some cool music. That's right - the weekends are a pretty fearsome one-two punch now, what with the Read of the Week on Saturdays. However, I'm going to premiere the inaugural version of Weekly Music right now, since I've been fiddling around with this thing for a couple hours and have no interest in delaying gratification...
Bloc Party
Who are they?: One of those art-punk bands that seem to be coming out of the woodwork these days. I imagine that if The Cure had started making music in the early days of the 21st century, they'd sound a lot like Bloc Party. I picked up their debut album, Silent Alarm, after hearing the band compared to Franz Ferdinand.
4 Songs: "Banquet" and "Helicopter" are representative of many of the songs off their album, with catchy guitar riffs, great drumming and repetitive lyrics. "She's Hearing Voices", which I think was their first single, follows a similar route and rocks out towards the end. "This Modern Love" scales things back a bit for a (relatively) low-key love song.
To play, press ZAP. Press it again to skip songs.
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