I confess to being a sci-fi geek. I love science fiction in any format: books, movies, comics, television. I have seen every episode of Doctor Who, Star Trek, Babylon 5, Farscape, Stargate and Battlestar Galactica to name a few. Each show had a terrific theme tune (well, except for Quantum Leap) an [...more]
Archive for the ‘spotify’ Category
March 9th, 2010 - 7:25 pm § in spotify
The Spotties: Nominees for Best Other Site or App
It’s time for the fourth in a series of posts about the nominees for The Spotties. We’ve already covered the nominees for Best URL Tool, Best Remote Control, and Best Playlist Generator or Converter. Now it’s time to look at the candidates for the hotly-contested category of [...more]
March 5th, 2010 - 12:19 pm § in spotify
Stand-Up Comedy on Spotify
Spotify has a lot to laugh at: British TV comedy classics like Monty Python, comedy music from Richard Cheese and Flight of the Conchords, and hundreds of hours of stand-up comedy. Spotify has heaps of releases from the current crop of American and Canadian stand-ups (mostly thanks to Comedy Centra [...more]
March 3rd, 2010 - 12:53 pm § in spotify
The Spotties: Nominees for Best Playlist Generator or Converter
Here’s the third in a series of posts about the nominees for The Spotties. We’ve already covered the nominees for Best URL Tool and Best Remote Control. Now it’s time to look at the candidates for the Best Playlist Generator or Converter. [...more]
Spotify: An Independent Artist’s View
Northern Kind are Sarah Heeley and Matt Culpin, an English synthpop band who’ve worked with synth-stars such as Alan Wilder (Depeche Mode, Recoil), Kajagoogoo, and Simon Heyworth (Simple Minds, Mike Oldfield). Northern Kind’s 2nd album WIRED was my favourite release of 2009 and it has b [...more]
February 25th, 2010 - 5:12 pm § in spotify
The Spotties: Nominees for Best Remote Control
Here’s the second in a series of posts about the nominees in The Spotties. Yesterday we covered the Best URL Tool Nominees. Today we’ll look at the tools to control Spotify remotely, from iPhones, smartphones, mini-controllers, or web-browsers: here are the candidates for Best Remote C [...more]
February 24th, 2010 - 11:00 am § in spotify
The Spotties: Nominees for Best URL Tool
Here’s the first in a series of posts about the nominees in The Spotties. We start with a look at the candidates for Best URL Tool. [...more]
February 22nd, 2010 - 8:09 am § in spotify
The Spotties: Spotify Community Site Awards 2010
There are now hundreds of different Spotify resources and community sites, ranging from playlist sharing sites to music recommendation services, blogs, and many other sites and services. To celebrate this diversity, The Pansentient League is proud to announce the first ever Spotify Community Site [...more]
Videogame Soundtracks on Spotify
I’m a gaming veteran. I’ve been a computer gamer for years now, from the early 80’s loading from cassette onto a ZX Spectrum then playing on a Commodore Amiga, then moving to consoles (Nintendo 64, Sony PlayStation), then hardcore PC gaming for years until I finally returned to co [...more]
January 28th, 2010 - 6:05 pm § in spotify
Audio Drama on Spotify: Blake’s 7
On 21 December 1981, the BBC aired the last episode of cult science-fiction show Blake’s 7. This dark SF drama was originally written by Terry Nation (of Dr. Who and Dalek fame) and featured a band of rebel outlaws on the run from the totalitarian Federation. It had aired for four series befo [...more]
