One more day to go.....check out all these goodies: Otis Fodder's superfun Holiday Freak Out/Holiday Freak In comps ( link ) Betamaxmas is probably the coolest site ever for your retro Xmas special needs. The programs change daily (check the TV Guide in the top right corner). Some examples of what you'll find... The Silver Spoons holiday episode, He-Man Xmas special, clips from a Night Court Xmas episode and more. Really awesome stuff. The brand new Bran Flakes Xmas single "Here Comes Santa" [...]

the bran flakes - "the girl that i used to be (feat. bomarr)" (download) From their website: " Formed in 1992 amidst tape and zine trading scenes, The Bran Flakes already have seven releases of zany mashups and poppy audio collages that are more likely to cop a riff from Evel Knievel than anything on the current radio dial. Six years since their last release, they return with the absurdly entertaining I Have Hands ." [...]
Op3n.net is a mixtape netlabel exclusively using music published under Creative Commons or similar licenses. Here are two Op3n mixes for streaming or downloading by netlabel operators we love. Mix by Otis Fodder, creator of Comfort Stand " Comfort Stand is considered one of the basic chapters in the undefined history of the blurry netaudio phenomena. This netlabel from Montreal is RIP since 2006, time enough for Otis Fodder, the big name [...]

The first volume of the Chenard Walcker tribute release is up at WM Recordings. A impressive beginning, I must say. Chenard Walcker is the plunderphonic wunderkind responsible for all sorts of audio madness . Unfortunately, he was stricken and is now recovering. Chenard Walcker , a friend of the online music world, is slowly recovering from a diabetic coma. His brother reports that he is not physically suffering. He fell into the coma [...]

Tagged : ambient , downtempo , dub , jazzy , netlabel , retro , rockabilly , surf , triphop , zombies Here is a pack of netlabel releases I've listened to this month, not necessarily released last month though. Ghouls with Attitude @ oddioverplay . Comfort Stand : Two Zombies Later @ comfort stand . If you're into weird music, zombies & ghouls & halloween, strange compositions with influences like surf [...]

I can't seem to tear myself away from the Comfort Stand and today I highlight another great free recording from the Director of the (now archival) netlabel, Otis Fodder . A pioneer in the free audio delivered in a serial sense with the 365 Days project , he's a talented sampler and musical artist as well as a producer. His album Music to Drive Cross Country By has accompanied me on several trips and "Bubbles for Bellboys" combines many of the elements that make Otis the outstanding contributor to the Commons that has been [...]