For a few months now I wanted to try mpd mainly out of curiosity. Music Player Daemon (mpd) is a music server and mpc will be the client used to interact with the server. This how to will look at a localhost server of mpd.
Prereqs: Enable universal repositores in /etc/apt/sources.list
Installing & Configuring Software: In terminal:
sudo apt-get install mpd mpc paprefs
Next we need to set up Pulse Audio.
Go to System->Preferences->Pulse Audio Preferences Check "enable network access to local sound device" & "Don't require authentication"
Set up mpd.conf (use your favorite text editor)
sudo gedit /etc/mpd.conf
Add the following to the config file:
audio_output { type "pulse" name "Local MPD Output" }
In the mpd.conf file, look for "music_directory" and change the corresponding path to your music directory.
Next, we shall build the database.In terminal, type:
sudo mpd --create-db
Finally, restart mpd by:
sudo /etc/init.d/mpd restart
Using mpc: mpd/mpc is higly scriptable so I recommend create some bash files for yourself. You will find the manual to mpc here: http://linux.die.net/man/1/mpc
My first experience with Radiohead, besides hearing Creep on the radio, was my brother playing The Bends album for me. At first I wasn't a real fan, probably because the first song I heard I didnt like so didnt give them the time of day. I would randomly listen to their songs here and there but it wasn't until this past year that I came to appreciate them more. I find myself listening to them the most and never get tired of them.
I decided to compile a list of top ten Radiohead songs with a link to a video and a listing of their lyrics. I bolded lyrics that particulary strike a chord with me. Enjoy!
There There
in pitch dark i go walking in your landscape. broken branches trip me as i speak. just because you feel it doesnt mean it's there. just because you feel it doesnt mean it's there.
there's always a siren singing you to shipwreck. (don't reach out, don't reach out) steer away from these rocks we'd be a walking disaster. (don't reach out, don't reach out)
just because you feel it doesn't mean it's there. (there's someone on your shoulder) just because you feel it doesn't mean it's there. (there's someone on your shoulder)
there there
why so green and lonely? heaven sent you to me.
we are accidents waiting waiting to happen.
we are accidents waiting waiting to happen.
Karma Police
Karma police arrest this man, he talks in maths, he buzzes like a fridge, he's like a detuned radio.
Karma police arrest this girl, her Hitler hairdo is making me feel ill and we have crashed her party.
This is what you get, this is what you get, this is what you get, when you mess with us.
Karma police I've given all I can, it's not enough, I've given all I can but we're still on the payroll.
This is what you get, this is what you get, this is what you get, when you mess with us.
For a minute there I lost myself, I lost myself. Phew, for a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myself.
For a minute there I lost myself, I lost myself. Phew, for a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myself.
House of Cards
I don't want to be your friend I just want to be your lover No matter how it ends No matter how it starts
Forget about your house of cards And I'll do mine Forget about your house of cards And I'll do mine
Fall off the table, Get swept under Denial, denial
The infrastructure will collapse Voltage spikes Throw your keys in the bowl Kiss your husband goodnight
Forget about your house of cards And I'll do mine Forget about your house of cards And I'll do mine
Fall off the table, And get swept under
Denial, denial Denial, denial Your ears should be burning Denial, denial Your ears should be burning Denial, denial
Fake Plastic Trees
A green plastic watering can For a fake chinese rubber plant In the fake plastic earth
That she bought from a rubber man In a town full of rubber plans To get rid of itself
It wears her out, it wears her out It wears her out, it wears her out
She lives with a broken man A cracked polystyrene man Who just crumbles and burns
He used to do surgery On girls in the eighties But gravity always wins
And it wears him out, it wears him out It wears him out, it wears him out
She looks like the real thing She tastes like the real thing My fake plastic love
But I can't help the feeling I could blow through the ceiling If I just turn and run
And it wears me out, it wears me out It wears me out, it wears me out
And if I could be who you wanted If I could be who you wanted All the time, all the time
Paranoid Android
Please could you stop the noise, I'm trying to get some rest From all the unborn chicken voices in my head What's that...? (I may be paranoid, but not an android) What's that...? (I may be paranoid, but not an android)
When I am king, you will be first against the wall With your opinion which is of no consequence at all What's that...? (I may be paranoid, but no android) What's that...? (I may be paranoid, but no android)
Ambition makes you look pretty ugly Kicking and squealing gucci little piggy You don't remember You don't remember Why don't you remember my name? Off with his head, man Off with his head, man Why don't you remember my name? I guess he does....
Rain down, rain down Come on rain down on me From a great height From a great height... height... Rain down, rain down Come on rain down on me From a great height From a great height... height... Rain down, rain down Come on rain down on me
That's it, sir You're leaving The crackle of pigskin The dust and the screaming The yuppies networking The panic, the vomit The panic, the vomit God loves his children, God loves his children, yeah!
Everything in its Right Place
Kid A, Kid A Kid A, Kid A Everything Everything Everything Everything in its right place In its right place In its right place In its right place
Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon
Everything Everything Everything Everything in its right place In its right place In its right place Right place
There are two colours in my head There are two colours in my head What, what is that you tried to say? What, what was that you tried to say? Tried to say Tried to say Tried to say Tried to say
Everything in its right place...
True Love Waits
I'll drown my beliefs To have you be in peace I'll dress like your niece To wash your swollen feet
Just don't leave Don't leave
I'm not living I'm just killing time Your tiny hands Your crazy kitten smile
Just don't leave Don't leave
And true love waits In haunted attics And true love lives On lollipops and crisps
Just don't leave Don't leave
Just don't leave Don't leave
High and Dry
Two jumps in a week, I bet you think that's pretty clever don't you boy? Flying on your motorcycle, watching all the ground beneath you drop You'd kill yourself for recognition, kill yourself to never, ever stop You broke another mirror, you're turning into something you are not
Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry
Drying up in conversation, you'll be the one who cannot talk All your insides fall to pieces, you just sit there wishing you could still make love They're the ones who'll hate you when you think you've got the world all sussed out They're the ones who'll spit on you, you'll be the one screaming out
Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry
Oh, it's the best thing that you ever had, the best thing that you ever, ever had. It's the best thing that you ever had, the best thing you have had has gone away.
Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry Don't leave me high, Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry
Idioteque
Who's in a bunker? Who's in a bunker? Women and children first And the children first And the children I'll laugh until my head comes off I'll swallow till I burst Until I burst Until I
Who's in a bunker? Who's in a bunker? I have seen too much I haven't seen enough You haven't seen it I'll laugh until my head comes off Women and children first And children first And children
Here I'm alllowed Everything all of the time Here I'm allowed Everything all of the time
Ice age coming Ice age coming Let me hear both sides Let me hear both sides Let me hear both Ice age coming Ice age coming Throw it on the fire Throw it on the fire Throw it on the
We're not scaremongering This is really happening Happening We're not scaremongering This is really happening Happening Mobiles skwrking Mobiles chirping Take the money run Take the money run Take the money
Here I'm allowed Everything all of the time Here I'm allowed Everything all of the time
Here I'm allowed Everything all of the time Here I'm allowed Everything all of the time
The first of the children
Bodysnatchers
I do not Understand What it is I've done wrong Full of holes Check for pulse Blink your eyes One for yes Two for no
I have no idea what I am talking about I am trapped in this body and can't get out Ooooohhhh
You killed the sound removed backbone A pale imitation With the edges Sawn off
I have no idea what you are talking about Your mouth moves only with someone's hand up your ass Ooooohhhh
Has the light gone out for you? Because the light's gone for me It is the 21st century It is the 21st century It can follow you like a dog It brought me to my knees They got a skin and they put me in They got a skin and they put me in All the lines wrapped around my face All the lines wrapped around my face And for anyone else to see And for anyone else to see
I'm a lie
I've seen it coming I've seen it coming I've seen it coming I've seen it coming
We're not scaremongering This is really happening Happening We're not scaremongering This is really happening Happening Mobiles skwrking Mobiles chirping Take the money run Take the money run Take the money
Here I'm allowed Everything all of the time Here I'm allowed Everything all of the time
Here I'm allowed Everything all of the time Here I'm allowed Everything all of the time
Weee, another round of things I think are awesome, and therefore, are in fact, awesome.
You know what I love? How about "Pay-what-you-want-for-my-music-because-you-the-customer-are-truly-the-ultimate-critic" album pricing. I love that ish, seriously. And on top of that, it very well could be the the single thing that could save (or perhaps bury) the record industry.
I recently took the time to get into Girl Talk, the stage name of Greg Gillis, a mash-up DJ who seamlessly constructs a grand opera of today's R&B hits mixed with yesterday's rock ballads and everything in between. His albums make the perfect party play list, with the lyrics and beats recognizable enough to get every up out of their seats while at the same time sequences move quick enough that no one's attention span is betrayed (and that even goes for your hyperactive little brother after several boxes of hawiian punch).
Anyway, back to the point. What was unique to the Girl Talk pay what you want format for his newest album Feed the Animals was the incentives he offered for you to pay more. Triggered by a reaction similar to those prizes I wanted if I only sold a few more dollars of holiday junk for my middle school's fundraiser, I actually coughed up $13. If you were to offer up to five bucks and you'd get the mp3's. Five to ten dollars gets uncompressed FLAC files and the chance to additionally download one continuous file to avoid awkward gaps when putting the album on a disc. Anything over 10 and you get added to the list to have a hard copy mailed to you when the physical release drops. And this is all months before the CD will hit shelves.
What a smart idea. I know Radiohead has offered the pay-what-you-want format. And Stars offered up a digital edition of their newest album before a physical release. It all makes sense. The people that will pay will still pay with these other options. All it does is allow them the opportunity to hear the music as soon as it's available to all the big magazine critics without going through illegal channels while being the most honest critics of the musicians they already love and support.
Last night, Death Cab for Cutie played at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park in Chicago. Although I wasn't allowed in because of my camera I was still able to listen to the entire show clearly, while I took pictures around the park. Here is the setlist from last nights show. I am pretty sure this is accurate and in order:
1. Bixby Canyon Bridge 2. The New Year 3. Photobooth 4. Crooked Teeth 5. Long Division 6. Grapevine Fires 7. A Movie Script Ending 8. Company Calls 9. Company Calls Epilogue 10. Soul Meets Body 11. I Will Follow You into the Dark 12. I Will Posses Your Heart 13. Cath... 14. No Sunlight 15. Sound of Settling 16. Marching Bands of Manhattan
Encore 17. You're Bruise 18. Title and Registration 19. 405 20. Your Heart is an Open Room 21. Transatlanticism
Overall I think it was an excellent concert despite the fact that I wasn't in the pavilion.I heard the concert with ease and took mad pictures. Let me know if any of these are wrong.
1. Sufjan Stevens 2. Blink 182 3. Pompeii 4. Jack's Mannequin 5. Vampire Weekend 6. Say Anything 7. Chris Walla 8. Owen 9. Weezer 10. The Starting Line
I was at first surprised to see Blink that far up there, but I do roll through that playlist frequently enough. Nice work Pompeii, only 10 or 11 tracks released and you still get on the podium.
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