Dr. Mutex

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  • Something is seriously wrong with GMb. I tediously deleted everything but the free tracks. The web player claims I have 20,000 tracks available to upload. Uninstalled the mangler, reinstalled. Pointed it at a small folder with 114 tracks. The mangle…
  • Strong influence? So many peoples sample dat rekkid, it all over da place, man.
  • If I were to sell out my integrity, I wouldn't go half way. I'd create a fake Facebook account complete with fake friends, and fake updates on my fake life. All I'd need is to allow a few well-chosen apps to post to my wall and it'd be full of new s…
    in Guvera Comment by Dr. Mutex October 2011
  • Clearly, Katrina has hacked GMβ to get unlimited tracks, apparently from my allocation ;)
  • I'll diagnose: NPR is a pain to use. You have the choice of listening to the tracks singly, or the whole album without track titles. You can click all the tracks into the player and restart it from the beginning but it's not worth the trouble. Then …
  • So, the new business model is basically MLM? How far down each line do I get free downloads?
    in Guvera Comment by Dr. Mutex October 2011
  • Let's see: I haven't been to Guvera in weeks. Spotify is still chewing through the 1001 Albums You Need to Hear Before You Die playlist. It's playing now. I'm up to 1970.
    in Guvera Comment by Dr. Mutex October 2011
  • My beef is with anybody who's still using a fixed layout. I do a lot of web surfing with my Crackberry. Some sites I visit I can click to zoom on a column of text and the whole column reflows to fit my screen. On others I have to zoom in until I onl…
  • I got all excited when I read Katrina's post and fired up the music mangler. Still says I'm over the 20K limit when pointed at a 5K track directory. 2131 tracks in the player. I tried the trick of switching directories. For my trouble, I got the mes…
  • If anyone finds a service to download albums and patchouli-scented hippie girls, I'll sign up immediately. I don't even care which albums are included.
  • @Germanprof But that's exactly what devaluing means.

    The artificial scarcity perpetuated by the record companies was holding up "The Value of Music". But ev…
  • @Katrina, Yes, I reported it. I must presume that there aren't too many people with the issue for it to go on for so long. Either that or it's not a fast, easy fix.
  • I think those 1001 album playlists must be by non-us users (one of them certainly is). I found several 50's albums, and I'm finding more for the 60's as I go through. I've started making my own playlists so I don't miss any albums. The 50's one is d…
  • I'm finding albums that are missing or incomplete on the 1001 Albums playlists I posted above. I'm playing off the two playlist set. I need to remember to check the other list before I go digging. After laboriously assembling a Fats Domino album, I …
  • Here's what I've tried:
    Halved music collection - still says at limit
    Uninstall/Reinstall - still at limit
    Halved again - still at limit
    Uninstall/Reinstall - still at limit

    I've concluded the problem is on the se…
  • @jonahpwll, I'm not sure whether you've said too much, or haven't said enough. I remember thinking Losing My Religion was so deep. Consider this:

    Consider th…
  • Do listening services like Spotify devalue music? I say they do the opposite. As long as there are great albums I've never given a proper listen, I won't be listening to anything a half-dozen times to see if it "sticks". I'm currently chewing on the…
  • I've gone in search of reviews to answer this wtf? It's apparently considered an important albeit somewhat obscure new wave album. Haircut One Hundred were more popular in the UK. Perhaps a native can explain what all the fuss is about.
  • @Daniel, Esq.: May I recommend the 1001 Albums playlists? It's embarrassing how many of these I've never heard properly. Many became victims of greatest hits compilations. So far …
  • Here's my own very modest contribution. I found a more complete version of one of the albums on the 1001
    Albums playlist. I suppose these are available in the USA and not other places in the world, or maybe they just weren't available when the…
  • Thanks for the well wishes. Here in Virginia I've battened the hatches (actually I strapped them with a ratcheting tie-down). We're supposed to get the worst overnight. So far 22 mph wind & moderate rain. I've laid in the essentials: Wine, Beer,…
  • Thanks, Plong42. Unfortunately, Volumes 4, 7, 8, 9, and 12-15 are not available in the US. I didn't see any other releases to substitute.

    In other weird developments, I'm sometimes getting "Unable to play the current track" errors on ads…
  • Listening to new stuff on First Listen.
    These albums aren't on Spotify yet so the Spotify links take you to a page where you can jump to the artist page if you have Spotify installed. I don't use spotify: links because they don't work on all d…
  • The Spotify links take you to a page where you can jump to the album if you have Spotify installed. I don't use spotify: links because they don't work on all devices.
    1000 Recordings list refers to
  • Update on my uploader problems: It's a known issue that when it's processing a huge collection, the uploader thinks you've hit 20,000 tracks way before you do. Smells like a variable rolling over to me. I think I'll try hiding half my collection, up…
  • The Google's business model is to give away great services, then profit. I think they're the most likely to continue to give me a big chuck of storage for free, with cheap upgrades for more.
  • Holly Carp!
    These playlists are based on the book: 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die edited by Robert Dimery

    1001 Albums You Must H…
  • I'll start off the festivities with More Cowbell. At 7 1/2 hours, I'd call it Cowbell Overload.

    more:
    in Spotify Playlists Comment by Dr. Mutex August 2011
  • I think we could use a thread for Spotify playlists, either our own, or ones we've found.

    Edit: Started Spotify Playlists thread.
    in Spotify Comment by Dr. Mutex August 2011