This site called grooveshark is an online music data base thingy that works kind like you tube does with video. I wonder if we could somehow embed it on the blog so that music picked for the week (for example) would play in some random order when you opened it up. This way, we could have a sound track for our daily shantying. Thoughts??
WEbsite : http://listen.grooveshark.com/
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Monday, August 31, 2009
Sunday, August 30, 2009
The Alibi Network
As seen on CSI NY...
Do you need a RESCUE call to be made at any time from any number? Do you need us to make a phone call, but want the phone call to appear from Paris? With the Paris number showing up on the caller id of the intended party? Are you in Dubai, but telling your partner you are in Tokyo? Would you like to have us assign a Tokyo number to you, receive the phone call on your behalf and forward it to your number in Dubai? Do you want to create an impression that you are staying in a certain hotel anywhere in the world? Complete with the 24 hr hotel receptionist answering in the accent of your choice and confirming your stay? Do you want to create an impression that you are flying by a certain airline on a certain date anywhere in the World? Are you married but looking to spice up your relationship by spending romantic time with your spouse away from work, friends and relatives? Do you want to create an impression that you have a job with your own business phone, personal secretary and business cards? Do you have a personal or business sensitive matter that needs to be solved? We have professional actors and actresses who will study your background material and handle your situation effectively whether it is a phone call to a third party or a meeting.
The Alibi Network offers their services for the following client needs...
I'm not saying you should ever take advantage of their services (priced reasonably from $75 to $175, mind you). I'm just saying if you ever wanted to, it's there.
Friday, August 28, 2009
Fun For All Ages
I just realized that the Shanty Blog has been lacking in one very important, very central component of the original escape shanty - procurement of daytime binge drinking. As a result, I invite you all to visit the website below. It is a city-by-city listing of Happy Hours in your area.
www.dailyhappyhour.com
Now get out there and pickle those livers!
www.dailyhappyhour.com
Now get out there and pickle those livers!
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Your Guide To Music On The Web
TechCrunch lists a number of online music service providers with some commentary, some of which I'm sure you're already well versed in. They include...
Some music visualization sites include...
Some web radio sites include...
Check out. Enjoy. (Lean enough for ya?)
More Videos from Portugal. The Man
I may have played "Salt" like 8 times already. Over and over. It may be my new drug for a while. Thanks, you pusher. If you're interested, Portugal. The Man has plenty more videos available on Vimeo. Unfortunately, most of them appear to be acoustic versions of many of his songs, including "Salt." Same thing with his Youtube page. Not that there's anything wrong with that...
But man, it sounds so much better with a full band.
Monday, July 27, 2009
Always Sunny Full Episodes - NO COMMERCIALS!
Hey doods,
Long time to see. Sorry I've been away for so long. I don't think I've stopped in The Shanty more than a handful of times these past few weeks. My culpa, folks. Give me a couple more days and I'll be right back to it. Just have this thing I need to take care of before then.
However, I wanted to share something that I recently stumbled upon that's been making my life the past couple of weeks a little easier. It's a website, I think like a blog type site, that hosts every single episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
"But don't they have that anyway on their actual site? Isn't FX or something?"
Yea, they do have that. But their site plugs ads into the actual episodes. You waste like at least over a minute in ads. Here, there are no ads, no commercials built into the episodes (mind you, there are plenty of banners all around). What's more is that these episodes are rated so you can be sure to watch all the funnier episodes first. They even have a handy "Five Funniest" list available. And they index their episodes according to characters, topics, whatnot.
Check it out. It's great fer Sunday couch day. Can't wait 'till new episodes this September.
Monday, July 20, 2009
This is not America.
Saw this on AGENCYSPY today. Wow. Three decades apart. Two refreshing beverages. One way to sell. It never gets old. But it certainly has gotten just a bit more lewd. Crazy Europeans. It being Obama's sixth month in office, I wonder how much the FCC's policies will change over the next 3.5 years, especially since they've tightened up so much during the Bush administration.
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Fionn Regan
Can't remember if I've mentioned this guy before or not, but I was listening to the album today and it put me in a good mood to share. HERE is more for listening pleasure. Happy weekend!
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
New Site - RCRD LBL
I don't have much time for this one. It's late and I really should have gone to bed hours ago. But I can't go to bed yet without making sure this makes it's way out into your cyberspace. Check it out.
RCRDLBL.com. Free streams, downloads and other media from some of your favorite artists. The way they put it:
RCRD LBL is a network of online record labels and blogs serving up fresh new music downloads and exclusive content curated by our team of editors and partner labels every day.
You may remember a while back when I was ranting about The Pirate Bay decision and how parties on either end of the conflict are hurting the industry. Well, it seems to me that RCRD LBL may be one of those services in "the middle," where artists and their fans can connect more directly and both can benefit. Of course, I haven't done ANY legwork to back up that claim. All I'll probably do is pay attention to the site over the long haul and see how it develops. In the meantime, I'll be taking advantage of all the cool downloads.
And they've got some goodies, too. Shanty favorites like
There are more. You should check it out.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
25 Best Blogs 2009
Yes. A blog about blogging. Indeed, it's trippy. But follow me for a second on this one. Time magazine has ranked the 25 best blogs "in the world" about anything really that you can think of, from politics to economics to frugal living to foreign living to popular culture to very unpopular culture. The 25 best include:- Talking Points Memo
- The Huffington Post
- Lifehacker
- Metafilter
- The Daily Dish by Andrew Sullivan
- Freakonomics
- BoingBoing
- Got2BeGreen
- Zen Habits
- The Conscience of a Liberal: Paul Krugman
- Crooks and Liars
- Generación Y
- Mashable
- Slashfood
- Official Google Blog
- synthesis
- bleat
- /Film
- Seth Godin's Blog
- Deadspin: Sports News without Access, Favor, or Discretion
- Dooce
- Confessions of a Pioneer Woman
- Said the Gramophone
- Detention Slip
- Bad Astronomy
I haven't read any of these. Ever. Liberal estimates indicate that I've heard of four (TPM, Huff, Freak and Boing). Whatever happened to my favorite blogs? Like:
Wired Blogs, like Threat Level or This Day in Tech
Eric Goldman's Technology and Marketing Law Blog
And of course, The Shanty Blog
By the by, why isn't Twitter considered a top 25 yet? At least I've heard of that one, and visit it quite frequently (check me out @brncnnr) Jay Mac n' Cheese (or @jlm08726), gonna back me up on this one?
Friday, June 19, 2009
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Jack Conte
I frequent Digg.com infrequently. It's one way of finding that diamond in the rough without all the mining. At Digg, you let other miners, or Digg'ers (ha!) do it for you. Usually they digg things like pictures, movies and articles. Less often do they digg music. But today they dugg Jack Conte and I checked it out.
What's great about this video, disregarding the actual music for a second, is the different pieces of footage detailing his recording of the song. He does EVERYTHING: vocals, rhythm guitar, bass, drums, piano, keyboard. Presumably he even produced, filmed and directed the music video. All from what looks like a dorm room (and I thought watching TV was cool!). For that reason alone I have to at least give this guy a chance. I haven't come a conclusion on the actual music yet, which is why I'm tossing it to The Shanty for the final verdict.
An added bonus. This guy covers Gorillaz.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Monsters of Folk
Here is that collaboration from Jim James, Connor Oberst, and M. Ward that they were working on when we met them at Mr. Toad.
http://www.jambase.com/Articles/18430/Monsters-of-Folk-AlbumConor-Oberst-Jim-James-M.-Ward
http://www.jambase.com/Articles/18430/Monsters-of-Folk-AlbumConor-Oberst-Jim-James-M.-Ward
Friday, June 12, 2009
Two Gallants
You guys may remember me trying to push this band on you years ago. Thought I'd try again.
(this one reminds me of evan williams)
(give this one time, at least once through)
(this one reminds me of evan williams)
(give this one time, at least once through)
Check out the band's site and their MySpace page.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
One Day, One Deal, Woot.com
You guys gotta check this out. Woot.com has one of the coolest sales models I've seen. Everyday, they sell a new product. That's one product. And they only sell a limited amount, a very limited amount. After they sell out, or the day is done that product is no longer available. Period. Sometimes these things sell out in a matter of hours. Most importantly, they sell the product cheap. Like, really cheap. 50% or more off cheap. Today's product is an Ion TTUSP05 USB Turntable, normally listed at $99. Woot.com lists it at $49. Check out past offers here.
Now, I'm not plugging the site or anything. If you like USB turntables, go for it. The site sells a bunch of other stuff (one at a time, mind you). I'm only talking about it because I think the idea is really cool. Questions arise, like how the hell does this site turn a profit? The site itself doesn't anticipate profitability until 2043, although their marketing style is often self-depreciative, in a kind of cool and honest way. Or dishonest mocking. Like their projected profitability, maybe. There is some advertising on the site, like from other deal offers from other sites. From what I can gather, Woot.com takes advantage of excess inventory in the same way that Overstock.com does. The difference is the One Day, One Deal model, which apparently banks on the appeal of real scarcity. Not only is the product itself scarce, but the price at which it is offered is also scarce.
Sounds like a cool model. I'm going to pay attention. You should too.
Monday, June 8, 2009
Lala
Ok, dudes. This has been around a while, so maybe you've already heard about this site. But I just learned about it today and I'm trying it out as I write and it seems pretty sweet. Lala is a website to listen to music and create an online library. You can upload your mp3 files to create a personal online library, add songs to that online library for ten cents, download mp3 albums for around seven bucks and I've been using the feature that allows users to listen to any song once for free. This means you can try out any album included in Lala's collection (which includes major and indie labels) before you feel like purchasing it. HERE is a more recent article about the site if you wanna know more.
Friday, June 5, 2009
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