Introducing Stereogum's MP3 Feed / Podcast
We were all set to go live with this back around Thanksgiving, but then the sever went all Dando and in the course of trying to fix it, I undid all the underlying code. It didn't help, but by the time we got everything running again I was geeked out and didn't feel like tangling with Movable Type again.
Speaking of, those Movable Type/Six Apart guys (Anil Dash & Jay Allen, in particular) are incredible. Just amazing on support. I can't thank them enough.
Anyway, without further ado, I give you Stereogum's MP3 Feed (down for technical reasons) (back up for all sorts of reasons!). Because we didn't want to leech other bloggers' bandwidth, we're only featuring songs we host. The feed works in iTunes ... if it doesn't check out in your favorite program, e-mail us. To use it in iTunes:
1. Go to ADVANCED menuTo kick off the feed, I'm tossing in two drone/chill mp3s from bands on Strange Attractors, Landing and Bright. I've been really enjoying both albums ("Brocade" and "Bells Break Their Towers") ... they work both for just kind of hanging out and actually getting stuff done.
2. Select SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST
3. Copy/paste this URL: http://feeds.feedburner.com/StereogumMP3Feed
Copying is sometimes funky on Stereogum, so you can click on above link to easily get the URL.
4. OK
According to Landing's FAQ, they're totally allergic to cats. Pitchfork has the title as "How to Be Clean," which makes more sense in that context, but the label has it as "Clear," so who knows? I dig it. Lots.
Landing - "How to Be Clear" (MP3 Link Expired)
This track, like most of Bright's stuff, is largely improvisational, with some overdubbed instruments after the fact. Tiny Mix Tapes compared them to Can. In a good way.
Bright - "Receiver" (MP3 Link Expired)
UPDATE: I forgot to say the feed wouldn't be possible without Brandon Fuller's MT-Enclosures plugin.
Posted at 3:55 PM in MP3
legals only?
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god, no. everything we host, you get.
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When was the last time you heard a band get compared to Can in a BAD way?!!??!
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Can isn't above a nice, long wank once in a while
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whats a battle?
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Maybe when they were trudging toward their 10th album! You're insane. Just admit that it was a stupid comment and get it over with.
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what about can? idk, but umm what is mp3 feed...?
like it plays stuff on ur site or it goes on ur mp3 player or what? i know its a stupid question but i don't know what it is...
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that's what I meant- later stuff. Bright's been around for a while, so when I say "in a good way", I'm imagining a hypothetical comment along the lines of "these guys are clearly one album past their sell date". I didn't say Can is worse than refugee camp bukakke- come on!
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alexis, it's sort of like a podcast. you can put it on your mp3 player, or just subscribe to it and listen on your computer, or whatever. all of our mp3 posts will go in there, but only the ones we host will be podcast-able.
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how does one go about putting it on our ipods? do we just use iTunes and put down that web address in the podcast box?
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yup, just go to advanced > subscribe to podcast and punch in this URL:
http://stereogum.com/mp3_index.xml
then your computer makes out with our server and it goes in your ear
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What a great idea! Thanks!!
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Nice job on the stream!
I just posted what is supposed to be the demo from Britney Spears and DFA's day in the studio together this summer. I didn't see anything from any of the blogs on this so I put it up. Have you heard it yet?
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sweet. i can't wait for it to make out with my ear. i hope it's gentle. it's my first time.
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are you going to become a whore now?
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now?
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wait a minute... you're posting stuff from Strange Attractors now? the world should be coming to an end any minute now... what next nels cline vs. sufjan mashup?
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what's wrong with strange attractors?
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i am NOW a whore.
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Landing is so amazing.
I put Brocade No. 1 on my year end list.
http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/Content?oid=35789&category=22153
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Wouldn't it be better, really, if these tracks were acapella covers performed by the Stereogum Boys' Choir?
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i added the feed to my podcast subscriptions and everything seems to be hunky dory... but theres only one song in the current epsiode. wasnt i spose to get both "bright" and "landing"?
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i agree. there's only one song on there showing up for me. just Bright.
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hmm...ok, back to the drawing board on that. I'll figure out the "one song" thing. Both are in the xml.
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Does that Bright song credit Abba's "S.O.S." by any chance? Cuz parts sound just like it.
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jim- NOTHING at all is wrong with Strange Attractors. they're a great label. but certainly not in the cool/hip/trendy/indie world that stereogum focuses on mostly (when yr not posting about joni mitchell and peter gabriel and so on).
i think it's great. just surprised!
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Yes, you can only have one enclosed MP3 per post.
I'm new here, so thanks for adding this feature.
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just for the record, I stayed up late and fix0red the mp3 feed so it would handle multiple mp3s.
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Are you sure 64745 about this?!?
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