Cool Shit on Archive.org

So I found this wicked site just now that I had never seen or heard of before, which is silly. It's the site for the Internet Archive, which is just a massive collection of open source media.

They have a live internet archive, which is basically a listing of artists and free legal bootlegs of their performances. And it's not all just a bunch of weird bands and musicians I've never heard of... but there are countless of those too. Check it out here, and it's also listed in the side bar of sites demonstrating free music.

Anyways, here's a small list of some of the names I recognize as I go over it the first time:

...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead
Against Me!
Autechre
Ben Gibbard
Ben Kweller
Corb Lund
Damien Rice
Death Cab for Cutie
Fugazi
Fungus Amungus
Gavin DeGraw
Gin Blossoms
Godspeed You Black Emperor!
Grateful Dead (There are actually so many GD bootlegs they have their own archive)
Hank Williams III
Jack Johnson
Jefferson Starship
Jimmies Chicken Shack
John Mayer
Jose Gonzalez
Josh Kelley
Kate Voegele
Kimya Dawson
Los Lonely Boys
Maroon5
Matisyahu
Matt Costa
Minutemen
Mogwai
Moxy Fruvous
Prism
Ryan Adams
Sam Roberts Band
Smashing Pumpkins
Spin Doctors
Story of the Year String Cheese Incident
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Tenacious D
Terra Naomi
The Blood Brothers
The Ditty Bops
The New Amsterdams
The Trews
Tyler Hilton


And one band I've never heard of, but the name made me think of Tyler:

Whos The Fat Guy

Hole- Live Through This

So this was Hole's first major label release. I think... actually I'm not sure on my history at this moment. But anyways, it was released just days following Kurt Cobain's death, and thus it has become quite notorious. It's considered their best album, and with good reason- it rocks balls. People say thats because Kurt probably wrote all the songs, which I don't believe. I mean, pre-tit job Courtney was bad ass. Watch Sid and Nancy, she plays Nancy's best friend, and a member of Sid's band post Sex Pistols. Haven't seen the movie in a few years, or that would have more details to it. Anyways, download link below, or the actual title of this blog.

Hole- Live Through This [MP3]

1. Violet
2. Miss World
3. Plump
4. Asking For It
5. Jennifer's Body
6. Doll Parts
7. Credit In The Straight World
8. Softer, Softest
9. She Walks On Me
10. I Think That I Would Die
11. Gutless
12. Rock Star

The Tragically Hip- Yer Favourites

This is a requested The Tragically Hip double album. I do believe it is a collection of well known hits, singles, and maybe/probably fan favourites. I don't listen to this album, but this is what this blog is about. London is away at gay camp until Monday morning, so totally request stuff from him, but don't expect it for a few days! Also I bolded the albums on London's blog, and mine, which have been requested, so save us time and don't request them again if you see they are bolded. There isn't any point. We'll get to it eventually. Request what hasn't been requested yet.

The Tragically Hip- Yer Favourites Disc 1 [MP3]

1. No Threat
2. Grace, Too
3. My Music At Work
4. 38 Years Old
5. Gift Shop
6. Ahead By A Century
7. Vaccination Scar
8. Three Pistols
9. So Hard Done By
10. Fiddler's Green
11. Looking For A Place To Happen
12. Cordelia
13. 'It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken'
14. Blow At High Dough
15. Wheat Kings
16. Fifty-Mission Cap
17. New Orleans Is Sinking
18. Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin' Man

The Tragically Hip- Yer Favourites Disc 2 [MP3]

1. Fully Completely
2. Twist My Arm
3. Courage (For Hugh MacLennan)
4. Lake Fever
5. Poets
6. Fireworks
7. Boots Or Hearts
8. Bobcaygeon
9. Nautical Disaster
10. Highway Girl
11. Gus- The Polar Bear From Central Park
12. Scared
13. Something On
14. At The Hundtredth Meridian
15. Long Time Running
16. The Darkest One
17. Locked In The Trunk Of A Car
18. Little Bones
19. The New Maybe

The Dark Knight – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2008)

Summary/review:
If you've seen The Dark Knight in theatres, (which you should, multiple times,) you'll know that it's two and a half solid hours of epic insane win. Which Hollywood veterans Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard have done an amazing job of scoring. I'm in love with the Joker's theme, (the opening track “Why So Serious?”) which plays off the same two notes for 9 minutes straight, altering them to sound like knives and other such scary stuff, forecasting the Joker's arrival. The track wouldn't sound out of place on a Nine Inch Nails record. Other than that, the score is just incredible, very progressive, although some of the later tracks slip into a more conventional sound of film soundtracks, a la Batman Begins.

File format:
mp3, 128 kbps

Tracklisting:
1. Why So Serious?
2. I'm Not A Hero
3. Harvey Two-Face
4. Aggressive Expansion
5. Always A Catch
6. Blood On My Hands
7. A Little Push
8. Like A Dog Chasing Cars
9. I Am The Batman
10. And I Thought My Jokes Were Bad
11. Agent Of Chaos
12. Introduce A Little Anarchy
13. Watch The World Burn
14. A Dark Knight

Download:

.zip (70.6 MB)
via Sendspace
via MegaUpload

.rar (70.4 MB, requires WinRAR)
via Sendspace
via MegaUpload

See also:
The Dark Knight (soundtrack) on Wikipedia

Tegan and Sara – The Con (2007)

Summary/review:
Tegan and Sara are twins. They also happen to be Canadian. And lesbians. And just generally amazing. This is the fifth studio album from the pair, and it's everything we could have hoped for, and more. Guest appearances include Jason McGerr of Death Cab for Cutie, Matt Sharp of The Rentals (on Sara's songs), Hunter Burgan of AFI (on Tegan's songs) and Kaki King.

File format:
mp3, 160 kbps

Tracklisting:
1. I Was Married
2. Relief Next to Me
3. The Con
4. Knife Going In
5. Are You Ten Years Ago
6. Back in Your Head
7. Hop a Plane
8. Soil, Soil
9. Burn Your Life Down
10. Nineteen
11. Floorplan
12. Like O, Like H
13. Dark Come Soon
14. Call It Off

Download:

.zip (41.9 MB)
via Sendspace
via MegaUpload

.rar (41.8 MB, requires WinRAR)
via Sendspace
via MegaUpload

See also:
The Con (album) on Wikipedia

Lady GaGa ft. Colby O'Donis – Just Dance (Single) (2008)

Summary/review:
The debut single from Stefani Germanotta, better known as Lady GaGa, “Just Dance” was first released in April, but is getting more airplay recently in mainstream media and radio. Having climbed to #3 on iTunes and the Canadian Hot 100, and #2 on Billboard's dance charts, this dance-pop track is only gaining momentum. The single features label-mate Colby O'Donis (another newcomer) and is produced by Akon.

File format:
mp3, 204 kbps (Variable Bit Rate)

Tracklisting:
1. Just Dance

Download:

.mp3 (6.39 MB)
via Sendspace
via MegaUpload

See also:
Just Dance (Lady GaGa song) on Wikipedia

Beastie Boys- The Sounds of Science

This is the first Beastie Boys anthology. It is two discs. It was released in 1999. It is flippin' sweet, and is pretty flippin' comprehensive. Download it. Fuck. These are big high quality files, and to download each individual disc, click the link that doubles as the disc title's below.

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Beastie Boys- The Sounds of Science Disc 1 [MP3]

1. Beastie Boys
2. Slow and Low
3. Shake Your Rump
4. Gratitude
5. Skills To Pay The Bills
6. Root Down
7. Believe Me
8. Sure Shot
9. Body Movin' [Fatboy Slim Remix]
10. Boomin' Granny
11. Fight For Your Right
12. Country Mike's Theme
13. Pass The Mic
14. Something's Got To Give
15. Bodhisattva Vow
16. Sabrosa
17. Song For The Man
18. Alive
19. Jimmy James [Original Version]
20. Three MC's And One DJ [Live Video Version]

Beastie Boys- The Sounds of Science Disc 2 [MP3]

1. The Biz vs. The Nuge
2. Sabotage
3. Shadrach
4. Brass Monkey
5. Time For Livin'
6. Dub The Mic
7. Bennie And The Jets
8. The Negotiation Limerick File
9. I Want Some
10. She's On It
11. Son Of Neckbone
12. Get It Together
13. Twenty Questions
14. Remote Control
15. Railroad Blues
16. Live Wire
17. So What'cha Want
18. Netty's Girl
19. Egg Raid On Mojo
20. Hey Ladies
21. Intergalactic

P.S. I hear the Katy Perry cd download is glitching slightly, but that could just be Tyler's computer. If anyone downloads it and has issues, drop a comment on the Katy Perry blog.

Katy Perry- One Of The Boys

So I don't have much to say about this album in particular. I haven't listened to it extensively, but it is the only album I have zipped up right now so it was easiest to upload. Also- everyone loves the I Kissed A Girl song, so now here's a free version for the cheap, lazy buggers I call my friends. :D Anyways, either click the title of this blog to download, or click the link below.

Katy Perry- One Of The Boys [MP3]

1. One Of The Boys
2. I Kissed A Girl
3. Waking Up In Vegas
4. Thinking Of Youf
5. Mannequin
6. Ur So Gay
7. Hot N Cold
8. If You Can Afford Me
9. Lost
   
10. Self Inflicted
11. I'm Still Breathing
12. Fingerprints
    

Welcome! Now here's the plan...

I have made this blog for one simple purpose:

Sharing music amongst friends.

Sometimes, we want an album and are simply unable to find it. Or, we are torrentarded. Or we figure why go through the hassle when our friends can send it. Some of us just trust compadres better than the internet. So.

What I'm saying is this:

• I want 1-9 more people to work on this blog with me.
  
• Sign up at Blogger. Create a profile.
  
• Tell me your URL on this or through something else, and I'll add you to the blog, and you can post whenever you feel like it.
• Try to upload at least one file per week.
  

If I accept you into my super blog of d00m, do the following:

• Sign up with SendSpace. Or Megaupload.
• Copy song files from into a .zip file and upload to SendSpace and/or Megaupload. Clearly label the .zip file with the name of the artist and the album.
  
• Create an entry in this blog, linking the download link at the end. I'm going to throw a blog up right after this showing what I need done.

Pleasepleaseplease! Only upload mp3 files or unprotected itunes files. It can turn into a mega pain in the ass for people if you upload strange file types. Another thing, free SendSpace only keeps the file link until a week after the last download. Megaupload keeps the files indefinitely, but if you go through Sendspace, every download your file recieves gets a point. So to keep word of these files up, import this blog into your Facebook notes, which is in Note Settings on the right hand side directly under "Recently Tagged Friends." That way your friends can see all the free music that's up.

Oh, and always tag an entry with the artist's name and the album name as separate tags, so it's easier for people to navigate. And make sure that you start each word with a capital letter.

Cheers!

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