ministry of music

this post was going to be titled “hello square one” because after getting the soundblaster live! card to work in linux for all of about 5 minutes, i rebooted to play some Guild Wars and when it came back, it didn’t work anymore. that has changed, however, since i am not even reaching square one. […]

after several desktop crashes, partial loads, reboots, frustration, an ingenious apt-get install that i didn’t expect to work and then finally finding the driver on sourceforge but not actually installing and going to the creative labs website looking for a linux driver that, of course, doesn’t exist, i somehow, mysteriously got my transplanted soundblaster live! […]

so after a few hours twiddling, it becomes increasingly evident that i should pull my sound blaster live card out of my other

so it’s been a long time since i posted here. i could say that i’ve been busy, but really, that’s a lie; i haven’t been any busier than usual. the trip to seattle and post-christmas stuff was stressful and, yes, it did take a while for the gavinator to get back on track, especially since […]

so with the holidays comes holiday spirit and this is enforced/enhanced by holiday music. to add to your holiday cheer, i’ve created a couple holiday playlists. one is an xmas playlist i’ve been working on for a while. i just further enhanced it by adding some jpop and south park. today i just made a […]

i like amaroK. i think cedega is overrated. [more=there’s a lot more posted behind this link, but it’s kinda geeky, so be forewarned…there’s pretty screenshots tho.] the good: amaroK amaroK is a multimedia player (altho, thus far i’ve only used it for music). it works much the same way my ampache-powered page does. you create […]

anthology! StereolabSerene Velocity: A Stereolab AnthologyElektra/RhinoIndie Pop, Experimental Rock, Indie Rock, Post-Rock/Experimental, Alternative Pop/Rock, Ambient Pop, Indie Electronic

The GossipGSSP RMXKill Rock StarsIndie Rock, Garage Punk, Lo-Fi omg wtf gssp!!!1!!1!!!! Pajo1968Drag CityPost-Rock/Experimental, Indie Rock, Singer/Songwriter what’s this? yet another David Pajo project with a completely different name??? TortoiseA Lazarus TaxonThrill JockeyPost-Rock/Experimental, Indie Rock, Experimental Rock, Instrumental Rock

this was one of those movies that you’re *supposed* to watch if you are hip to pop culture and/or punk. it’s the story of sid vicious and his horrible, drug addict g/f. it’s so over-the-top with everything that it’s confusing and boring and makes a joke out of punk rock. velvet goldmine, which had a […]

this sounds interesting: Comets On FireAvatarSub Pop allmusic.com:Comets On Fire move a step further into the deep garage psychedelic mindset with Avatar. The guitar freakouts are all there, but the songs are more pronounced and more focused. It’s obvious the band has been taking in lots of Jefferson Airplane, early Quicksilver Messenger Service and Blue […]

Harvey DangerLittle by Little 2CDKill Rock Stars from Kill Rock Stars newsletter:The third LP by Seattle band Harvey Danger was produced by John Goodmanson and Steve Fisk—whose combined credits include dozens of essential records by bands as varied as Sleater-Kinney, Beat Happening, Low, Screaming Trees, Blonde Redhead, and Nirvana—Little By Little… is the sound of […]

Thom YorkeThe EraserXL from allmusic.com:The Eraser, Thom Yorke’s first solo album, is a pleasant surprise, an intensely focused set of nine songs that are predominantly electronic. It’s as close to a version of Radiohead minus four of its members as one can imagine, sounding nothing like the stray-idea patchwork expected by some cynics. Indie Electronic, […]