http://bevester.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ A music blog with some occasional left-leaning ideologically-charged political rants tossed in the mix. en Vox Sun, 01 Feb 2009 16:06:05 +1100 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://bevester.vox.com/library/post/my-next-favourite-band-dot-com.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(bevester) http://bevester.vox.com/library/post/my-next-favourite-band-dot-com.html?_c=feed-rss http://bevester.vox.com/library/post/my-next-favourite-band-dot-com.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 01 Feb 2009 16:06:05 +1100 Found this great website which has been written using the Last.fm API. It's called 'Your Next Favourite Band', and it predicts, well, what your next favourite band will be based on the scrobbling history of you and your neighbours. Mine will be..... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://bevester.vox.com/library/post/my-next-favourite-band-dot-com.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e516075be2b011017a5ff1e860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> music last.fm judas priest http://bevester.vox.com/library/post/on-holly-throsby.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(bevester) http://bevester.vox.com/library/post/on-holly-throsby.html?_c=feed-rss http://bevester.vox.com/library/post/on-holly-throsby.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 01 Feb 2009 15:58:16 +1100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://bevester.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e516075be2b0110162a7c09860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d09e516075be2b0110162a7c09860c-50si" alt="Holly Throsby" /></a> <a href="http://bevester.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d09e516075be2b01101804fecb860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00d09e516075be2b01101804fecb860f-50si" alt="The Time It Takes" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I watched this video of the amazing Holly Throsby the other day, performing one of her songs on one of many pianos that have been setup around Sydney as an art installation. Anyone who wants to play can sit down and have a go, which is a really c... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://bevester.vox.com/library/post/on-holly-throsby.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e516075be2b0110162a7c7c860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> music acoustic holly throsby http://bevester.vox.com/library/post/15-years-in-the-life-of-w-axl-rose.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(bevester) http://bevester.vox.com/library/post/15-years-in-the-life-of-w-axl-rose.html?_c=feed-rss http://bevester.vox.com/library/post/15-years-in-the-life-of-w-axl-rose.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:00:39 +1100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://bevester.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e516075be2b011016295b94860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00d09e516075be2b011016295b94860c-50si" alt="W. Axl Rose" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Classic Rock magazine has done the hard yards and cobbled together an account of the 15 year creation of Guns 'N Roses' Chinese Democracy album. It's an absolutely fascinating read, going through the many lineup changes as the original guys slo... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://bevester.vox.com/library/post/15-years-in-the-life-of-w-axl-rose.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e516075be2b01101803dc3d860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> guns n' roses w. axl rose chinese democracy http://bevester.vox.com/library/post/bad-start.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(bevester) http://bevester.vox.com/library/post/bad-start.html?_c=feed-rss http://bevester.vox.com/library/post/bad-start.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:57:20 +1100 Ok, this is not a good way to ease back into blogging. A post about Black Sabbath that I've been writing over the past 2 days has mysteriously vanished from my PDA. Gone. I am very quickly getting sick of the dodginess of Windows Mobile... I can s... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://bevester.vox.com/library/post/bad-start.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e516075be2b010981200abb000c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> mobile http://bevester.vox.com/library/post/post.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(bevester) http://bevester.vox.com/library/post/post.html?_c=feed-rss http://bevester.vox.com/library/post/post.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:47:46 +1100 Hello dear reader. I haven't blogged properly in almost a year, and therefore have deprived you of... well... nothing. Of course it doesn't matter and no one cares but me. I haven't had time to do it, but I also haven't really wanted to. I wanted... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://bevester.vox.com/library/post/post.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e516075be2b0109d07cbc46000e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://bevester.vox.com/library/post/im-not-here-this-isnt-happening.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(bevester) http://bevester.vox.com/library/post/im-not-here-this-isnt-happening.html?_c=feed-rss http://bevester.vox.com/library/post/im-not-here-this-isnt-happening.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:01:22 +1000 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://bevester.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e516075be2b00fad68dbb420005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d09e516075be2b00fad68dbb420005-50si" alt="I&#39;m not here, this isn&#39;t happening" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> What the fuck are we all doing on this bus? What makes us persist with this drab demeaning dehumanizing routine day after day? It's dark, has been since I clocked off. When I left my kids this morning it was barely dawn. I think my face has seen a... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://bevester.vox.com/library/post/im-not-here-this-isnt-happening.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e516075be2b00fad68dbb450005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> mobile http://bevester.vox.com/library/post/what-is-this-norway.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(bevester) http://bevester.vox.com/library/post/what-is-this-norway.html?_c=feed-rss http://bevester.vox.com/library/post/what-is-this-norway.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:17:15 +1000 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://bevester.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e516075be2b00f48ceb0c860003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00d09e516075be2b00f48ceb0c860003-50si" alt="What is this, norway?" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Headin' to work, bit before 7, fuckin' dark and fuckin' cold. This is what the daylight savings naysayers are on about... They're wrong of course, i'll take light at night over light in the morning anyday. Too sleepy to appreciate the stinkin' mor... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://bevester.vox.com/library/post/what-is-this-norway.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e516075be2b00f48ceafb8a0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> mobile http://bevester.vox.com/library/post/daylight-savings-blues.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(bevester) http://bevester.vox.com/library/post/daylight-savings-blues.html?_c=feed-rss http://bevester.vox.com/library/post/daylight-savings-blues.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:16:31 +1000 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://bevester.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e516075be2b00e398ec5d350005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00d09e516075be2b00e398ec5d350005-50si" alt="Daylight savings blues" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Do you think Last.fm is struggling with the revised daylight savings end date in Australia this year? <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://bevester.vox.com/library/post/daylight-savings-blues.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e516075be2b00f48d0975f30001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> last.fm http://bevester.vox.com/library/post/lastfm-ghosts-crowes-and-shooting-sherrifs.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(bevester) http://bevester.vox.com/library/post/lastfm-ghosts-crowes-and-shooting-sherrifs.html?_c=feed-rss http://bevester.vox.com/library/post/lastfm-ghosts-crowes-and-shooting-sherrifs.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:37:56 +1000 Top Artists this Week (see more) 23 Mar 2008 – 30 Mar 2008 4 1 Nine Inch Nails 151 1 2 The Black Crowes 100 1 3 Eric Clapton 86 4 The Raconteurs 38 1 5 ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://bevester.vox.com/library/post/lastfm-ghosts-crowes-and-shooting-sherrifs.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e516075be2b00e398ebb91f0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> music nine inch nails nin last.fm eric clapton the black crowes http://bevester.vox.com/library/post/200308.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(bevester) http://bevester.vox.com/library/post/200308.html?_c=feed-rss http://bevester.vox.com/library/post/200308.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:27:44 +1100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://bevester.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e516075be2b00f48ce602300002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d09e516075be2b00f48ce602300002-50si" alt="20/03/08" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://bevester.vox.com/library/post/200308.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e516075be2b00e398e7a6f20005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> mobile