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Anyone have suggestions about portable hard drives for file back up? Over the past few years, I've had two of those orange LaCie portable hard drives and both failed (fine for 6-8 months, then suddenly they weren't recognized by my Macbook when plugged in). Done some research and every brand...

http://www.chemical.co.uk/chemical.html this story is nuts, an already-difficult business apparently crushed by the financial industry.

http://eggcorns.lascribe.net

https://soundcloud.com/nasa

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/19/magazine/streaming-music-has-left-me-adrift.html?ref=magazine&_r=0 Might need to be of a certain age to fully relate, this struck a chord with me.

Thought this topic might as well have its own thread. An interesting sort of a side note follow on to the NYC median rent posts in the "Pointless..." thread: the relationship between real estate developers and the Mister Sunday Night dance crew. And you thought it was just all about the...

Lots of hoopla lately about his 100th birthday. I've never investigated Sun Ra, back catalog is too overwhelming...any suggestions of a few good albums to track down? I'm less interested in the noisy/free jazz stuff, more into the quieter/cooler albums. Appreciate the help.

cool history, crazy how it's got eski sounds four years before wiley.

http://www.companionrecords.com/pages/dorker.html more samples here: http://www.honestjons.com/shop.php?pid=43440&CatID=150&g=1 (why won't youtube vid embed??)

here's one example...don't know this guy, obviously not a big name, but the answer appears to be "not very much". http://headytunes.co/owslas-nick-thayer-answers-wanna-know-just-much-money-make/

I need some good offsite computer backup suggestions. Lots of options out there, shying away from iCloud because Apple already has a little too much of a lock on me already (Mac, iPhone). Free is nice but willing to pay. BTW, just a reminder: back up your computer regularly. Had my laptop...

Band name etymologies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_band_name_etymologies probably not necessarily obscure but kind of interesting.

is it ok nowadays to say you like muslimgauze? some of the recent reissues are pretty decent, "drugsherpa" in particular has a real shackleton vibe, 20-years ahead of his time. he took some harsh anti-israeli positions, but does that matter? the topic has been discussed here on occasion...

http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/52456 The guys from the White Material label did a live three-hour DJ set last weekend on WFMU's Scones Radio, playlist and stream above. Lots of new and unreleased stuff from Young Male, DJ Richard and others on the label, nice write up on them in the October...

great design blog: http://50watts.com/ so much cool stuff, i like this one of book covers from india in the 60s: http://50watts.com/filter/india/Book-Cover-Design-in-India-1964-to-1984

...from google (?), a 5-part series. lots of strummer interviews, he seemed like a really good guy. reminds me of how much they (and a lot of other punk bands at the time) changed in such a short amount of time, only a couple of years between "white riot" and "london calling".

i'm sure you've read about the crazy 17-year cycle invasion of the cicadas that's starting here in the northeast US. i thought the leader in last week's economist was good: http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21578055-how-america-will-look-cicadas-when-they-next-return-brood-2030