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Best Spam Comment Ever... (made me do an *actual* LOL)
This is brilliant: "Hello, i read your blog from time to time and i own a similar one and i was just curious if you get a lot of spam remarks? If so how do you stop it, any plugin or anything you can recommend? I get so much lately it’s dr…
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November 2011
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NAYBLOG!
With me, it's finding the time to write proper, intelligent, thought-provoking posts about music you really care about, rather than just posting "Here's The Weeknd!!!! ;-)". With a full time job and two kids, time is short. But …
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September 2011
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Impact of Hypem Redesign: Data Analysis
My HypeM traffic has gone down since the redesign, though it does seem more steady. I don't really mind how people find my site, as long as they do, and like what they find! For buy links, I always post an Amazon link. It's for the UK s…
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May 2011
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New Music Blog Aggregator: Shuffler.fm
I've punted off a note via the Shuffler.fm blogs page, for about the third time. Does Marcel Corso still wander in here, I wonder?
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March 2011
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Would Love To Hear Your...........
I ended up doing two posts: http://loftandlost.com/2010/12/20/review-of-the-year-albums-one/ http://loftandlost.com/2010/12/21/review-of-2010-albums-two/ And then one on gigs, songs and other stuff: http://loftandlost.com/2010/12/22/revie…
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December 2010
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EMI in auto destruct mode
People bored of 10,000 Beatles releases in a million different formats shocker (as they ripped their copy of Blue and Red into iTunes years ago). EMI are doomed.
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December 2010
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The New Hype Machine
@SongbyToad How about a miserable sweary Scots blog category?
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December 2010
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The New Hype Machine
"--All historical hearts are combined and displayed next to a track. This could get annoying for bloggers who like to see how many hearts their recent track just got so as to gauge whether it'll hit the Popular list" That's the…
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December 2010
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Best Spam Comment Ever... (made me do an *actual* LOL)
Got this one today: "Buy percocet now! [url=http://www.percocetprescription.org/migraine-percocet.phpmigraine percocet[/url] [url=http://www.percocetprescription.org/liver-damage-from-percocet.phpliver damage from percocet[/url] [url=http:…
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November 2010
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What songs are you currently obsessed with?
Been unreasonably obsessed by Avi Buffalo's album, about six months late (again).
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November 2010
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Hype Machine
Thanks Anthony! All fine now. Out of curiosity, how long does a blog have to go unupdated before it gets dropped by HypeM?
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September 2010
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Hype Machine
Looks like Hype Machine has gone titsup. No new updates for about 11 hours. Does someone need to give their server a kick?
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September 2010
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New Music Blog Aggregator: Shuffler.fm
@Dewi "it might be a weird idea to actually download an mp3 when you can stream it 24/7" Bit tough to stream it when you spend most of the 2 hour commute underground! Which, by the by, is the problem I've got with all these streaming…
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August 2010
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New Music Blog Aggregator: Shuffler.fm
I'm wondering if the high traffic, and high repeat track-play, is partly due to it being quite new and not having the 10,000 or so blogs that HypeM and Elbows has? The more blogs they follow, the more tracks they can play, and the more variety …
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August 2010
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Help make an APFOS post
Loft and Lost chooses Bright Spark Destroyer. They are fucking great: http://loftandlost.com/2010/08/16/rejoicing-in-the-new-bands-1-bright-spark-destroyer http://loftandlost.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/02-they-already-know.mp3 http://www.brightsp…
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August 2010
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Help Make A WLFY post
Bright Spark Destroyer. They are fucking great: http://loftandlost.com/2010/08/16/rejoicing-in-the-new-bands-1-bright-spark-destroyer http://loftandlost.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/02-they-already-know.mp3 http://www.brightsparkdestroyer.co.uk/
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August 2010
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Best Spam Comment Ever... (made me do an *actual* LOL)
That is brilliant. If I get that, I'm approving it.
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August 2010
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Relentless follow up e-mails
If it's the band emailing, be polite and nice. If it's a publicist I don't know, I'd probably just ignore. Which makes me a bad, bad person. If it's a publicist I know I'd tell them to quit nagging and send something …
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June 2010
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Gigging camera
The panasonic LX3 looks sweet. My very crap Sony DSC-200 got stolen the other week and I'm trying to persuade the insurers not to send me another one.
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loftandlost
May 2010
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Best Promoters?
Cath, who used to be at Fat Cat and is now at Sainted PR, is excellent. She reads my blog and sends me personalised stuff that she thinks I'll like, and sometimes (like with Frightened Rabbit) is so on-the-ball that it's scary. Jeremy Mac…
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May 2010
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backing up a blog
An additional question to this is...what happens if you have to upload to another type of blog, not WP? Not that I'm paranoid about having to move away from WP or anything. Cough.
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May 2010
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I've Been Deleted
Well, last night I posted this: http://loftandlost.com/2010/04/28/complaints/ And the Websheriff came and commented! Which, to be honest, I'm very pleased with. One thing I've noticed is the major disconnect with those who want to promot…
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April 2010
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I've Been Deleted
Thanks catbirdseat; it's a bit of a funny way of doing business though. "Here's a free track, but you can only have it in this format, and sign up to stuff". This is the Internet - as soon as you release anything for free, it�…
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April 2010
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I've Been Deleted
I asked Wordpress for the DMCA and they sent me it. The key bit is this: 4. Infringed Artist(s) : BAND OF HORSES 5. Infringed Title(s) : INFINITE ARMS (PIRATE UNRELEASED MATERIAL) Errr....I didn't post Infinite Arms. Anthony, have you had …
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April 2010
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Bizarre and random ways that people find your site...
I would love someone to find my site by running a search on "How did Chuck Berry lyrics differ in content from those of his rhythm-and-blues predecessors?". That's proper musical analysis and that.
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loftandlost
April 2010
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Chris Weingarten's latest tirade
My respect for print media nosedived after seeing the NME run its 10,000th "THIS BAND WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE!!!!" cover story about some dreadful Libertines-copying act, and Rolling Stone's hilarious Joanna Newsom review (which no longe…
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April 2010
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I've Been Deleted
Aha, the Band of Horses track "Compliments" has been removed from the Hype Machine listings. Anthony?
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loftandlost
April 2010
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I've Been Deleted
I did - I got a slightly shirty email from them saying that I was a bad boy and that if I did it again, my blog would be deleted permanently. Took about four hours to respond, by the way. If it's your first offence, they should let you off wit…
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April 2010
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Blogola
It's posting tracks and hyping artists in order to get some financial benefit - be it free tickets to a gig, mp3 players, that sort of thing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payola I don't mind the word at all - in fact it made me smile. An…
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April 2010
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I've Been Deleted
Nope, they are now on Columbia which would explain the heavy-handed and somewhat bizarre behaviour.
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April 2010
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Living the dream, folks, living the dream. Rather sad to lose the whole night bus thing though. Nothing quite like the 14
May 16
I've even set an alarm on the phone in case I fall asleep
May 16
Suburban life has got to me - sitting on the last train rather than staying out until stupid o'clock
May 16
@esso260589 oh god what has he said now
May 14
So both Manchester clubs now managed by people who have never won things. Will be an interesting season
May 14
And #mancini is hugely paid for this. No sympathy at all. Citeh were awful for much of the season
May 14
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