We’re going to Stern Grove in San Francisco today to see a free concert by the South African vocal group Ladysmith Black Mambazo. They are probably best known in the U.S. for their work with Paul Simon on his “Graceland” album.
The Yahoo! Music Engine was launched tonight.
Yahoo is offering unlimited downloads from a library of 1 million songs for $6.99 per month or $60 for an annual subscription. That’s a sharp discount from Los Angeles-based Napster and Seattle-based Real Networks Inc., which both charge $14.95 per month, or just under $180 annually, for similar services.
The Yahoo! Music Engine is a Windows media player with MP3 management, LAUNCHcast integration, sharing with Messenger buddies, music directories, recommendations and a subscription service – and there are already lots of cool plugins for it.
Holy crap, did you realize that the Britney Spears song was a remake, of an old Louis Armstrong tune?
According to this page, all I need to do is add a link in my post to an absolute URL and WordPress should pick that up and add an <enclosure> tag to my RSS feed. Let’s see if that works…
Marc and Cynthia playing “This Time of Year” by Better Than Ezra
Last night I went to the open mic at the Red Rock Coffee Company on Castro in Mountain View.