It's a little known fact that Bob Dylan doesn't even have working electricity.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 11 April 2013 19:16 (eleven years ago) link
on the bonus cuts from some recent album - together through life? - which are taken from an episode of his radio show, dylan's talking up, i forget, whatsername the singer, and he instructs the listener, 'go on to YOU tube…'
― j., Thursday, 11 April 2013 19:57 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, I was thinking about that on the way home. Sometimes Dylan seems to want to present himself as an ascetic monk, oblivious to whatever the rest of the world's interested in, and I'm sure in some regards he is. But when I read his memoirs, I was often surprised/amused when he'd make reference to some pop-culture name you wouldn't think in a million years he'd have been aware of (the first one that comes to mind is Gorgeous George, the wrestler, but there were others).
― clemenza, Thursday, 11 April 2013 21:04 (eleven years ago) link
well shit the man's been on tour for forty years, reading saint augustine can't be the only thing he does in his downtime
― j., Thursday, 11 April 2013 21:07 (eleven years ago) link
lol @ the idea that dylan wouldn't know what youtube was
― wk, Thursday, 11 April 2013 21:08 (eleven years ago) link
I feel like there's probably a more apt thread for this, but someone tell me what it is:http://johndarnielle.tumblr.com/post/47019871450/so-people-ask-me-this-sometimes-and-i-appreciate
― --808 542137 (Hurting 2), Thursday, 11 April 2013 21:27 (eleven years ago) link
Dude didn't know what overdubbing was (or that it was possible) until 1970 or 1971. Not knowing about YouTube would be totally in character for him.
xp
― Pope Frank is the messenger of your doom (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 11 April 2013 21:55 (eleven years ago) link
Dylan dropped booty call &Alicia Keys refs so I'm sure he knows youtube
― ums (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 11 April 2013 22:25 (eleven years ago) link
i'm sure after he dies there'll be some big reveal about dylan avidly posting on yahoo groups about the civil war.
― tylerw, Thursday, 11 April 2013 22:37 (eleven years ago) link
Dude didn't know what overdubbing was (or that it was possible) until 1970 or 1971.
really? where'd you hear that?
I think it's impossible that somebody who recorded and released an album on a major label as recently as last year wouldn't know what YT is. I mean, maybe if he really was a retired recluse that might be conceivable but not for a working professional! unless he just really never talks to anyone else and everyone around him is afraid to ever speak to him?
― wk, Thursday, 11 April 2013 22:53 (eleven years ago) link
plus j. quoted him up there referencing youtube so...
― wk, Thursday, 11 April 2013 22:54 (eleven years ago) link
this is in his bio iirc
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 11 April 2013 22:56 (eleven years ago) link
he didn't *do* any overdubbing until 1970 or thereabouts, he probably knew it was possible....
― tylerw, Thursday, 11 April 2013 22:56 (eleven years ago) link
found the quote ""When I started making records, you sat in a room and sang your songs and what it sounded like on your side of the glass is what it sounded like on the other side of the glass. Somewhere along the line that changed, and I'm not sure why. I honestly didn't know you could do an overdub until like 1975."
sounds like bs or exaggeration possibly
― wk, Thursday, 11 April 2013 22:58 (eleven years ago) link
well yeah. but he did say it.
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 11 April 2013 22:59 (eleven years ago) link
Hearing a Paula Abdul song on a windswept day in New Orleans. I love the Oh Mercy chapter.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 11 April 2013 23:00 (eleven years ago) link
Looking at the book "Bob Dylan: The Recording Sessions, 1960-1994" on google books, it says The Boxer is the first track where he doubled his vocals. so '69 or '70.
― wk, Thursday, 11 April 2013 23:02 (eleven years ago) link
xp haha, yeah he said it. but you'd have to have some serious blinders on to be a world famous recording artist and not know about that stuff. his vocals are doubletracked on "the boxer," recorded in 1970.
― tylerw, Thursday, 11 April 2013 23:02 (eleven years ago) link
oh there you go. of course, that might be the producer just taking two vocal takes, not like it's an amazing overdub job. i like the idea of dylan hearing it with the two vocals and thinking: "who is that other dude singing with me"
― tylerw, Thursday, 11 April 2013 23:03 (eleven years ago) link
this is interesting...
Dylan and producer Tom Wilson were soon experimenting with their own fusion of rock and folk music. The first unsuccessful test involved overdubbing a "Fats Domino early rock & roll thing" over Dylan's earlier, acoustic recording of "House of the Rising Sun," according to Wilson. This took place in the Columbia 30th Street Studio in December 1964.[1] It was quickly discarded, though Wilson would more famously use the same technique of overdubbing an electric backing track to an existing acoustic recording with Simon & Garfunkel's "The Sound of Silence". I
never knew that but now I want to hear it.
― wk, Thursday, 11 April 2013 23:06 (eleven years ago) link
sometimes I think I really need to hear Self Portrait. Dylan doing Paul Simon lol
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 11 April 2013 23:06 (eleven years ago) link
I wonder if dylan was actually there though or ever heard it, or if wilson just did it on his own like he did with SoSxp
― wk, Thursday, 11 April 2013 23:07 (eleven years ago) link
he went on rec.music.dylan o/w a few times in the 90s
― Devendra Bumhat (sic), Friday, 12 April 2013 00:16 (eleven years ago) link
i am bob dylan
― severely depressed robots are "twee" (Pat Finn), Friday, 12 April 2013 01:59 (eleven years ago) link
How big is your penis
― your holiness, we have an official energy drink (Z S), Friday, 12 April 2013 02:35 (eleven years ago) link
Have you been to Manhattan, and if so, what was it like
― your holiness, we have an official energy drink (Z S), Friday, 12 April 2013 02:36 (eleven years ago) link
i mean, i usually don't like to talk about "being bob dylan"; it feels tacky, like i'm bragging.
― Pat Finn, Friday, 12 April 2013 13:49 (eleven years ago) link
It's ain't braggin' if it's true.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 12 April 2013 15:47 (eleven years ago) link
I think I know what's going on here. 1) Pat Finn started out on burgundy. 2) He soon hit the harder stuff. 3) Weird, off-the-wall posting on a message board.
― clemenza, Friday, 12 April 2013 15:57 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i thought i would be able to follow up the "i am bob dylan" comment with some funny posts. but i've got nothing.
― Pat Finn, Friday, 12 April 2013 16:29 (eleven years ago) link
Just confess that you--Bob Dylan--are addicted to youtube videos of celebrities falling off stages, and you'll be okay.
― Vol. 3: The Life & Times of E. "Boom" Carter (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 12 April 2013 17:24 (eleven years ago) link
that Juan Gabriel fall remains one of the funniest things ever
― Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Friday, 12 April 2013 17:26 (eleven years ago) link
i like this video, i think it was posted here at some point, where nickleback walk onstage at a music festival and the lead singer tries to pump up the crowd saying "are you ready to rock?" or something, and it is just dead silent, no response from the audience. after a few minutes the band storms offstage, giving the middle finger to the crowd. i, bob dylan, watch that video every morning in order to laugh and "jolt" myself out of my morning depression.
― Pat Finn, Friday, 12 April 2013 17:32 (eleven years ago) link
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/13/05/08/1533205/former-demonoid-members-receive-email-claiming-resurrection-get-malware-instead?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
I got said email, luckily i didn't open it.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 8 May 2013 17:31 (eleven years ago) link
same here.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 9 May 2013 03:08 (eleven years ago) link
How worried should I be if I got a copyright infringement notice from my internet provider (A+and+)? I've never gotten anything like that and I must say I'm feeling kind of distraught.
― "Turkey In The Straw" coming from someplace in the clouds (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 15 October 2013 01:09 (ten years ago) link
don't be, stop sharing the specific file(s) they called you out for, maybe avoid sharing files you get from wherever you got those files in general. probably best to avoid uploading anything you could potentially get a notice for for awhile.
― balls, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 01:30 (ten years ago) link
pretty amazing http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/oct/25/filesharing-site-anti-piracy-honeypot-uploadertalk-user-data
― piscesx, Saturday, 26 October 2013 17:42 (ten years ago) link
Got a DMCA takedown notice for a song that was 100% wrote by me and I and recorded every instrument on it, which is a first for me!
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 21 November 2013 19:59 (ten years ago) link
weird. was it called "stairway to heaven" or something?
― tylerw, Thursday, 21 November 2013 20:00 (ten years ago) link
The file named I Love You But You Don't Love Me Back.mp3 is identified by the key (wnho6vndab12bkk).
Is there a song also called this that I am unaware of? It's a slow droney gospel sort of thing with those being the only lyrics.
I sent a counterclaim to Mediafire but who knows if anything will happen. I should probably just stop using it altogether and go w Soundcloud/Bandcamp.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 21 November 2013 20:02 (ten years ago) link
"old man down the road"
― lorde willin' (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 21 November 2013 20:02 (ten years ago) link
curious...
https://www.google.com/search?q=wnho6vndab12bkk
― koogs, Thursday, 21 November 2013 20:15 (ten years ago) link
Oh great, apparently my files are listed in file crawler websites. I swear to god neither I.love.you.phillip.morris.ts.md.german nor [4shared,mp3] 09 Doctor Jones (Antiloop Club Mix).mp3 are on my mediafire account.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 21 November 2013 20:17 (ten years ago) link
wow adam, thats pretty intense ..
must have felt very strange and yet, exciting ?
as it means you are on some filtering list of value.
in the glory days of blogging, i posted many a track that i was borderline with and never had a takedown notice ...
i always wanted one to print and frame ..
one day.
xpost.
― mark e, Thursday, 21 November 2013 20:20 (ten years ago) link
Hotfile to pay Hollywood studios $80m damages in filesharing settlement
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/dec/04/hotfile-hollywood-filesharing-damages-mpaa
― sleeve, Thursday, 5 December 2013 01:33 (ten years ago) link
hotfile still exists?
― Number None, Thursday, 5 December 2013 18:33 (ten years ago) link
oh i guess it doesn't now
― Number None, Thursday, 5 December 2013 18:35 (ten years ago) link
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, November 21, 2013 11:59 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I had this happen too, and the claim came from an act I'd never heard of. And when I contacted mediafire about it they said they fixed it, but they didn't.
― Emined - FAP God (The Reverend), Thursday, 16 January 2014 22:09 (ten years ago) link
BMG and Round Hill Music (whoever they are) are suing Cox Cable for not disconnecting users at the behest of the music industry, Cox says that "infringement" needs be proven before they disconnect someone.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/11/music-publishers-finally-pull-the-trigger-sue-an-isp-over-piracy/
My favorite sentence from the music industry flacks:
In their complaint, the music publishers describe the Cox network as an out-of-control den of piracy. "Today, BitTorrent systems are like the old P2P systems on steroids," BMG lawyers write.
Not to mention the potency of today's marijuana...
― Pooja Bhatt's erotic thriller Jism 2 (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 30 November 2014 11:41 (nine years ago) link