#musicbrainz

That said, though, I *really* like Naxos. I actually have warm fuzzy feelings for their brand.

Those are fading a bit more now I know some more about the industry (I hear they're more of an aggregator than a label - I don't know how true that is), but I still really like I can buy pretty much any classical piece for a fiver and get something that's competently performed and clearly recorded.

just keep in mind that they also distribute for others when you enter events frm them (I've made that error once or twice) - they distribute for BIS, for example

Did you know you can search Amazon by catalogue number/barcode? I didn't until tonight.

That'll make my ASIN-hunts quicker.

I knew you could for UPC - that's how my ASIN script works.

didn't know about cat # though

Just in general, I wish there was somewhere I could look up what albums have had that pitch-adjustment done on an artist's voice.

I don't know if this particular album/track has just been run through a slightly subtle vocoder, or if the artist in question can't sing. :)

possibly both :P

I have one performance of Handel's Messiah which cracks me up each time

the soprano sounds identical to Miss Piggy

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Haha.

Amazon update: seems I inadvertently lied, and you can't search by catalogue number, just UPC.

OK, final classical question tonight now, I promise: consider http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brahms-Schubert-Works-C... . Various Artists or Melos Ensemble?

well, cooperaa's RFC never passed, so technically VA - but I don't think anyone would object if you used Melos as the RA

I might check the liner notes and see if the Melos Ensemble performed on both pieces before doing that.

good idea ;)

Also, gah. The Brahms I just added seems to have had too long a name for my filesystem. :(

Which seems to have sent Picard a bit nuts in general.

cf. http://pastebin.com/d2d8a9ffa

Picard should auto-truncate at 255 character paths...

yup, it did what it's supposed to

Why does it do that?

Because the total path exceeded 255 characters

Linux can handle 255 characters per path subsection, but Windows can't (easily)

Well clarified. *puts knife away* :)

Maybe there should be an "I'm not on a toy OS" option somewhere. :|

Crazy file-names are crazy.

creature: I have a script to get a list of releases from amazon.co.jp by searching for catalogue numbers, it's great :D

but then I realise I've gotta add them all to mb ¬_¬

Glad that it's a known issue.

I hope the irony of using the console to view these insanely long paths isn't lost on you.

I have some tracks on this release by 'Camerata St. Petersburg, Orchestra of the State Hermitage'. Is that one group or two?

Google might know :)

Yeah, I'll research it myself if I have to.

Oh god chicken mayo & letuce sandwich why are you always so GOOD to me

nom nom nom

Om nom.

OK, I lied when I said it was my final classical question. With http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brahms-Schubert-Works-C... as a VA release, what would the release title be?

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BrianFreud: Will do. Many thanks.

Is there any reason MB doesn't set the genre tag for me? Or even, it seems, try to capture that in the database?

Is that just to avoid the myriad arguments that would ensue?

the latter.

collaborative genres are an oxymoron.

I was just thinking, "wouldn't it be awesome if the 'browse by genre' bit on my ipod was actually sane."

browse by folksonomy tag is more reasonable....

I've seen the Last.fm tag-as-genre plugin. I'll give it a whirl.

Wow, switching from RDF to XML web service was fun.

Especially the part where I had to compute the disc ID myself. :)

pbryan: that's what you're supposed to use libdiscid for

*if

yep , but its fading and will be replaced tomorrow.

traveling internationally with this haircut would be... stupid.

the djermans wouldn't care. the brits probably not either.

nothing says cavity search like....

but coming back to the US would be bad.

yep!

How so? What's the realistically worst that could happen? Seriously.

gitmo, I would guess.

us authorities are rabid, cornered and unpredictable animals. Anything can happen and I am not interested in what could happen worst case. fuck that noise.

Heh.

have you entered the US before?

ruaok: Long time ago. in '96 and '98.

different world now.

No hassles at all, but then again I look like your typical WASP

Imagine trying to fly into Israel in the 90's, and multiply the annoyance factor by 10

lol.

yeah.

I'm trying to avoid US if possible.

Would be a great headline though: "Man arrested on suspicion of subversive haircut"

the security theater is impressive.

srotta: smart man!

I'm not too happy about the information gathering, and the rituals are just plain dumb.

I drive in to Canada, the Canadians barely glance at me.

Unfortunately that's the way it goes on just about every airport these days.

I drive back alone, the US barely glances at me.

I drive back with Chantal in the car, it's time for 200 questions, just to make sure she's not trying to sneak in to live here with me

stupid.

yeah, you'd think we're the first couple in history with one person living on each side of the border

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You probably are.

After the 9/11 I went to Stockholm. Flying there was no problem, but when we came back a colleague of mine had to leave his keychain there, because it had a small knife in it.

I asked if they want to take away my pens too, since they are at least as lethal weapons, but the guys weren't amused.

And we're talking about a flight between Sweden and Finland...

I wouldn't exactly be joking, ironic nor sarcastic about security issues in an airport. We had a person when asked if he anything to declare, jokingly talking about declaring a bomb. Not a wise move.

He had a court appearance :)

There's a difference in joking about bombs and pointing out the idiocy. Of course that doesn't mean the latter is smart either, what with the guys flexing their latex-gloved fingers etc.

On the other hand, I've never really understood the hysteric fear of bombs in aeroplane.

There's the psychological side of being all alone in the air with nowhere to go to, but put that same bomb in a ship or a train and you'll easily cause more damage.

But you rarely see people being turned inside out in train stations.

And somewhere a bunch of red LEDs is lighting up as we speak.

:D

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:P

Security theatre, innit? Bruce Schneier writes a lot on the topic.

The appearance of doing something is more important than actually doing something.

creature: Yeah, another name for it is "politics".

But that's typical in all areas. Appearances mean more than actual facts.

POLITICS, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.