im still waiting on my mono vinyl arriving. pre-ordered it months ago.
― Pfunkboy in blood drenched rabbit suit jamming in the woods (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 25 March 2009 16:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Another vote of "fuck you", this time to the Norah Jones-lite Daily Mail jazz stylings of Melodie Gardot.
― zero learnt from nero (Neil S), Thursday, 26 March 2009 11:50 (fifteen years ago) link
If you subscribe you get
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Is it worth paying just to get any of that?
― Pfunkboy in blood drenched rabbit suit jamming in the woods (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 28 March 2009 15:59 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm not convinced, and at the moment I'm not using it enough to get annoyed with the ads.
I have noticed that when a cd has a hidden track at the beginning, Spotify plays it at the beginning of track 1 (eg on SFA's Guerrilla and Out Spaced), which is a bit weird, but probably easier than going through tracks individually and cutting them out and giving them names and worrying where you'd fit it in an album playlist.
― chord simple (j.o.n.a), Saturday, 28 March 2009 16:18 (fifteen years ago) link
invite? im not UK
― moullet, Saturday, 28 March 2009 17:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Sent, don't know if it'll work though. Good luck
― chord simple (j.o.n.a), Saturday, 28 March 2009 17:23 (fifteen years ago) link
does it have any good techno? like mixes or comps or anything? that's what I'm missing
― Local Garda, Saturday, 28 March 2009 17:24 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm listening to a Tiefschwarz mix of acid house right now!
― zero learnt from nero (Neil S), Saturday, 28 March 2009 17:25 (fifteen years ago) link
What should I look for?
― chord simple (j.o.n.a), Saturday, 28 March 2009 17:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Gah, I'm supposed to be working! Close Spotify. Close ILX.
Search for "phuture", the only two tracks by them are on that mix.
And here's a link to the entire Rekids catalogue:
http://open.spotify.com/user/smarmy/playlist/1tfLQYNse3QqpjJHegUxZ5
― zero learnt from nero (Neil S), Saturday, 28 March 2009 17:26 (fifteen years ago) link
thanks jona!
― moullet, Saturday, 28 March 2009 17:29 (fifteen years ago) link
All those "VIP" features are already available to free users, with the exception of ad-free.
― mike t-diva, Saturday, 28 March 2009 17:51 (fifteen years ago) link
I wonder if that means that they won't be (available to free users) for long.
― otm in new york (G00blar), Saturday, 28 March 2009 17:52 (fifteen years ago) link
― Pfunkboy in blood drenched rabbit suit jamming in the woods (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 28 March 2009 17:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Search by genre works for free users, as I already posted.
Spotify - anyone heard of it?
― the innermost wee guy (onimo), Saturday, 28 March 2009 18:00 (fifteen years ago) link
but you only can see a few results
― Pfunkboy in blood drenched rabbit suit jamming in the woods (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 28 March 2009 18:38 (fifteen years ago) link
― Local Garda, Saturday, 28 March 2009 17:24 (4 hours ago)
Sub Club Anniversary mix is great but mostly old stuff
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Saturday, 28 March 2009 21:27 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah old stuff all good. I just want a few house mixes to play when I'm cooking or something. This Tiefschwarz one is great btw.
― Local Garda, Sunday, 29 March 2009 18:07 (fifteen years ago) link
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7971784.stm
― zero learnt from nero (Neil S), Monday, 30 March 2009 11:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Some posts on a last fm forum about spotify http://www.last.fm/forum/21717/_/517178/49about half way down then again in the last post on that page.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 30 March 2009 22:26 (fifteen years ago) link
A couple of Agalloch albums are on Spotify now. I recommend them to all!
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 14:30 (fifteen years ago) link
Enjoying it, Neil?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 15:35 (fifteen years ago) link
yes it was good!
Some great Spotify news: the entirety of Black Sabbath's back catalogue is now available!!!
― zero learnt from nero (Neil S), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 13:17 (fifteen years ago) link
They're pushing the adverts more now, aren't they? You never used to get two at a time. And fuck off, Wired magazine with your "sorry for interrupting your listening".
― new drone spider (j.o.n.a), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 13:24 (fifteen years ago) link
Funnily enough, apart from whistling cunt, i find the adverts for bands/acts FAR more annoying.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 14:25 (fifteen years ago) link
It was kind of inevitable they'd up the advert frequency. How else can they make money? But it's particularly annoying when you're listening to classical music.
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 1 April 2009 14:29 (fifteen years ago) link
how much would y'all be willing to pay for (ad-less) this again?
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 14:31 (fifteen years ago) link
£5 a month is somehow more easy to swallow than the current £10, for me.
― zero learnt from nero (Neil S), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 14:32 (fifteen years ago) link
No, you whiny-sounding fuck, I have not been to the HMV sale. And no, I can't "get someone to cover" for me because I'm reading for an essay. And, furthermore, if I *was* going, you most certainly couldn't come. Now fuck off.
Still: music from £3? Films from £3? Hmm ...
― a tiny, faltering megaphone (grimly fiendish), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 14:36 (fifteen years ago) link
apart from whistling cunt
Here, I've not heard that git for ages. Have they canned that one? Good.
― a tiny, faltering megaphone (grimly fiendish), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 14:37 (fifteen years ago) link
I'd pay £5 a month, yeah.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 14:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, this is true (I mean, I find this also). At least the adverts are just adverts, and it's a bit like listening to local radio or something, but listening to music and then hearing completely different music really annoys me. Especially the radio 2 jazz woman.
The Wired adverts are just really annoying, like they've heard the Roberta from Spotify ad and based the whole thing on that. And there's more than one ad, so you can't directly tune out of it.
I don't know if I use it regularly enough to warrant subscribing (although I did just re-subscribe to last.fm without really knowing why I had), but I also think the £1 a day thing is too much. Maybe if I was having a party and playing only Spotify all night then I'd stump up one whole pound. Maybe £5.
It'd be nice if Roberta from Spotify or indeed anyone else from Spotify would read this and think 'well, there's £15 a month we wouldn't have had otherwise' and gave us special rates.
― new drone spider (j.o.n.a), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 14:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Shame there's not a spotify forum , like they have with last fm, where we could all tell them that.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 14:46 (fifteen years ago) link
You can comment on the blog, and the Spotify guy does actually answer questions there.
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 1 April 2009 14:49 (fifteen years ago) link
last fm forum is so dense, they're probably better off without one
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 14:51 (fifteen years ago) link
ok i'll post and all of you post after me then?https://www.spotify.com/blog/archives/2009/04/01/today-we-have-a-lot-to-celebrate/
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 14:52 (fifteen years ago) link
my post
Comment by pfunkboy2009-04-01 14:52
Congratulations.If you bring the price down to £5 a month I’ll happily subscribe. I’m sure you would get a lot more premium users at that price too. £10 a month is a lot in this climate.Any plans on changing the price?Who else would subscribe if it was £5 a month?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 14:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Have done so too. Solidarity, brothers and sisters!
― zero learnt from nero (Neil S), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 14:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Done.
― a tiny, faltering megaphone (grimly fiendish), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 15:09 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah! bring down the man by paying a different man some money to stop listening to the whistling man who is still on there, just not as frequent as he used to be.
― new drone spider (j.o.n.a), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 15:09 (fifteen years ago) link
damn that whistlin' man
― zero learnt from nero (Neil S), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 15:11 (fifteen years ago) link
I just hope more ppl post about halving subscription so that Spotify take notice.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 15:16 (fifteen years ago) link
just realised a massive chunk of the touch catalogue is on there
― straightola, Wednesday, 1 April 2009 15:44 (fifteen years ago) link
http://getsatisfaction.com/spotify/topics/what_is_your_source_for_the_music
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 16:04 (fifteen years ago) link
"A Merciful Release" - box set of the three remastered Sisters of Mercy albums now on
http://open.spotify.com/album/1iOqH6ohy8xJLFH9v8SaiB
spotify:album:1iOqH6ohy8xJLFH9v8SaiB
― the innermost wee guy (onimo), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 17:34 (fifteen years ago) link
pity they only email me when they add an artist from my last.fm top list. and i cant be arsed looking through pages and pages of stuff in alphabetical order in that google document thing.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 20:06 (fifteen years ago) link
It's not that hard to skim the google doc.
They added 140 squillion Grateful Dead albums this week.
― the innermost wee guy (onimo), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 20:21 (fifteen years ago) link
I see there's a couple of Saint Vitus albums on there
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 22:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Lazycame Finbegin album 12 spotify:album:1RedM5z0zcC8q6gYU2jSON
I think they must have finally captured every album in the world ever if they've managed to get to this crap.
― the innermost wee guy (onimo), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 22:48 (fifteen years ago) link