Wonderful :D Try to save the swf and put an mp3 renamed comingsoon.mp3 in the same directory ;)

orchestres génétiquement modifiés (= Delpech Mode)

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80s 90s

videogame that analyzes your music and reflects it in the track you're racing on, the traffic, ...

about the overuse of dynamic compression in today's music

"turns any MP3 into Christmas music with beat-matched sleigh and jingle bells"

slideshows with advanced effects, automatically synched to the background music... stylish but maybe not the best way to show pictures... but stylish for sure

"projects from acousmatic para-composer Iana Reis"

Most sources state that the earliest known recording (spelled “Mousourlou”) was made in New York around 1930 by Michalis Patrinos, a Greek bandleader who had recently arrived in the United States.

Open Source Jukebox Firmware -> for portable MP3 players

"The 8bitpeoples first came together in 1999 as a collective of artists sharing a common love for classic videogames and an approach to music which reflected this obsession"

"Sine Fiction, a sublabel of fellow netlabel No Type, commissions electronic-music soundtracks to classic science fiction novels, then makes them available online for free as MP3 albums."

"There's never really been any stigma associated with sharing or using the works of others," says British musician, journalist and Trojan producer Laurence Cane-Honeysett. "If anything, to most it's regarded as a compliment."

gigantic machinery & midi & very nervous system

discover the original tracks sampled by other artists

"Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks is a television soundtrack based on the animated television series Schoolhouse Rock!, released by Atlantic Records in 1996 and contains all 15 tracks which were covers of songs from the show sung by popular music artists."

Star Wars theme performed by "Dryden, Ontario's The Bordens, with father George Borden (accordion), mom Jeanette (Electrovox organ), sons Roger (saxophone and guitar) and Gary (drums), and nephew Bill Dombradi (guitar)." grooovy

"The resulting table shows your top artist ranking based on the estimated time you have spent listening to them. I think this is a more realistic summary of the underlying attention data, but its also quite interesting to see how much the ranking changes

saves MP3s from myspace, even if protected

Last.fm TV : "Fill in a last.fm username to get a stream of that person's music."

search open directories

waw ! "graph of your listening habits"

musicbrainz guidelines : Artist should contain just the composer / ReleaseTitle should include the title of the release followed by the major performer / TrackTitle should contain the overall work followed by ':' and then the actual name of that movement.