just as a footnote to my post from a couple of days back, anyone interested in what happened to audiogalaxy should check out this article from 2002 by a former audiogalaxy programmer. he admits that at one stage, when the audiogalaxy project was struggling for cash, they “began bundling so-called spyware into the satellite installer, simply because they paid good money and nobody else was”. he also talks about how the audiogalaxy programmers spent only 10% of their time working on the technology/code that facilitated peer-to-peer file transfer (and therefore, dastardly evil music piracy), and that they were in truth much more focused on fostering online communities, allowing people to connect other people, recommend each other music and such. i never used audiogalaxy like that, but it strikes me that AG was in many ways a precursor to last.fm, in the way that it attempted to associate artists together, facilitate music recommendations, and also offer artists/labels legitimate means through which to offer mp3 downloads.

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pitchfork has a rare interview with the king of all view points cornelius. there is also an interview with the great man over at judy.se, which you will enjoy if you can read swedish. if, like me, you are mono-lingual, well there are a couple of great photos to look at.

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gotye’s remix album “mixed blood” comes out in a couple of weeks, and my remix of “a distinctive sound” is on there, though i’ve gone and been confusing by renaming it “get acquainted”. what does it sound like? it sounds a bit like a half-drunk dictionaraoke trying to pick up a girl at a bar, and then at the end i bust out this lame out hud guitar line! yEAH!~ don’t believe me? listen to it at gotye’s myspace. you may already have heard it, its been given some spins by very kind djs on radio stations.

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speaking of radio stations, melbourne’s pbs fm is doing its annual supporter drive, so if you in any way consider yourself part of melbourne’s vibrant music scene you should consider showing your appreciation by giving pbs some of your money. you might win stuff too. join online here.