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Quick diary update: feeling a little less tired which is good. Feeling like a cold is slowing working its way into my head, which is bad.
Got more fabulous birthday presents -- Simpsons, Hot Shots! and circa 1980 Billy Connolly on DVD, a pornographic heat sensitive mug (classy...) and a lovely bottle of whiskey (actually classy), Last Chance To See and Three Men In A Boat. I think that was all... but I probably forgot something and insulted someone.
And now, the news update:
And finally, everyone should Share the Groove. Online music trading, by artists who don't object to recorded gigs being distributed for non profit. Currently listening to an excellent Otis Reading gig, and yesterday I grabbed Beth Orton at the Royal Albert Hall and Coldplay at La Hanger.
Update: as expected I forgot to mention that I also got Westwood Platinum from Bastien. Some "slamming joints" (apparently) and Westwood being, well, himself. Also Share The Groove has an, erm, lazy-evaluated list of artists who don't mind their gigs being distributed. In that they share everyones, and restrict artists who complain.
They have a GPL'd java p2p client for legal live music and they seem to respect musicians rights a little better. I've not used it recently as the network load was interfering with my USB soundcard but I got some really cool stuff from it at decent speeds when I was using it.
