The most brilliantest idea ever

Lobo · Post by **Lobo** » Sat Mar 16, 2002 5:34 pm

Well... not really.

So I (like most people here, I presume) have a long list of fucking good music I associate with Jack, (some Oingo Boingo, Big Black, Apoptygma Berzerk, Legendary Pink Dots, Nick Cave, even some Radiohead and Massive Attack, and others

)and I was wondering how I could share it with you, my wonderful forum-going friends. Then I thought, Hey, why not burn a 'sound track' CD and send some copies to David, then he could send 'em to other people, maybe asking for a donation or something.
Then I realized, Hey, that would put me in a position to get sued!

A lot!

For copyright infringement and lots of other good stuff. And who the hell wants to listen to music they're not sure they'll like anyway? (although if you don't like my music you surely have terrible taste and should be euthanized immediately. No, not really. Sorry.)

Anyway, this brings me to the next, and brilliantest, idea: Why not start a Jack radio-station? So I went and downloaded Shoutcast (for winamp) and the DNAS server program and started broadcasting.

Unfortunately, with my bandwidth, there's a maximum of like, 8 listeners at one time (if you want decent quality audio).

So what do you think? David, do you even want a radio station? (I'd take requests, put up any music you thought was apropos) Is there any way to make it not suck without having to pay for a server to host it? Does anyone who knows more about this shit than I do feel inclined to take over?

Anyways, if you guys like the idea, I'll post the url of the station as soon as I've got the bugs worked out. (it'll change every time i go online, because i don't have a static IP address)

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DavidHopkins · Post by **DavidHopkins** » Sat Mar 16, 2002 11:05 pm

*shrugs* I dunno, it's definatly an origonal idea I just don't know how some people will feel when I request something by Hans Zimmer:)

Vazagi · Post by **Vazagi** » Sun Mar 17, 2002 1:42 am

I think that it's a good idea, but you have to consider if wasting your bandwidth on complete strangers is worth it

On a side note, have you ever heard Iced Earth's 'The Dark Saga'? Every time i hear it i think of Jack. But that is not surprising considering the theme...

DarkBlood_Warwing · Post by **DarkBlood_Warwing** » Sun Mar 17, 2002 7:11 pm

hans zimmer....i forget what he did.

Wolven · Post by **Wolven** » Sun Mar 17, 2002 9:45 pm

I admit I kinda like the idea, great way to skirt those pesky copyright laws. Of course it would help if you had a T# or OC# line.

Lobo · Post by **Lobo** » Mon Mar 18, 2002 11:22 am

Okay, let's see how this works

I'm just broadcasting one song for the trial run, so please tell me if you can receive it (you need winamp).

Sorry, David, I was going to play Ashes to Ashes from the Black Hawk Down sound-track, but it sounded too crappy at 24kbps

Alright, anyone interested go here
Hopefully you'll hear 'No Spill Blood'

Oh, and I set the max users at five. Sorry

Vazagi · Post by **Vazagi** » Mon Mar 18, 2002 11:28 am

Works for me.

*Thumbs up*

Mikaiten · Post by **Mikaiten** » Mon Mar 18, 2002 11:30 am

I went, I heard, I was impressed. Okay so maybe my T1 connection helped me be a tad more impressed than some would be. Radio stations on slower connections are a bitch. I think it's a good idea if you have the time, energy, and bandwidth to do it.

Striker · Post by **Striker** » Mon Mar 18, 2002 11:32 am

If I may suggest a song...'Kinslayer' by Nightwish. It's the Angry Brian storyline in music, with one kick-ass opera voice...

Lobo · Post by **Lobo** » Mon Mar 18, 2002 12:23 pm

Okay, cool... that was kind of successful

Well, I stopped broadcasting because otherwise I can't use my browser. That's a bit of a problem.
Um.. If anyone has any suggestions I'd be glad to hear them, otherwise I don't think this'll really work.
Dammit.

Troubled Youth · Post by **Troubled Youth** » Tue Mar 19, 2002 3:02 pm

the Iced Earth song you used was great, but probably a better one by them would be Jack.

also, I think Megadeth's "Promises" goes good with the T&T arc.