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Rane MP3 of the Week

Originally, the mp3 of the week section was a review of one mp3 each week.  Mp3s ranged from genres such as african beats to celtic bagpipes, mainstream rock, to french house.  Instead though, I'm using it as a forum for making rane bootleg mp3s available for download. While rane continues to put live mp3s on their official bootleg site, projectflood.com, I'm using this space as a means for sharing shows that arent official rane releases (and maybe other miscellaneous mp3s on occasion...). So- enjoy music.

week of 19/01/03- from 9.27.02 bentley college show, its a live version of "new england song" .

week of 7/8/02-im trying to revive my mp3 site as a rane mp3 of the week site. im going to try to put up a new live rane bootleg each week on this page. due to constrictions by my host on server space and file upload size, mp3s will be removed when replaced with a new one, and will be a maximum of 10mb (possibly requiring sound quality reduction to fit). anyways. this weeks mp3 is a track from 07/07/02 house of blues show. the track is "from the vine"

NOTE: 31 Jan 2002 ALL MP3s ARE TEMPORARILY DOWN

week of 20/01/01- ok, i had to make room for my own mp3. i wrote a song yesterday called "Block" and here's an mp3 download of it (~6.5MB)

week of 06/01/01- please note, some mp3 links have been removed in order for me to make space on my server so i can upload and delete files in the process of converting this site to php. i will try and repost the rest of the mp3s once the entire site is revamped. in the meantime, i have a brand new rane tune out. the song is called "cat stevens" and this version was taped by sam faraci at the 12.29.01 madison arts barn show. (~16MB)

Week of 31/12/01-Rane - "New England Song" from Penuche's Ale House 10.20.01 (~10.3MB)

                      Rane - "Sounds of Sleep" from Trinity College 10.03.01 (~7MB)

                      Rane - "Charging Forward's Blindness" from Skidmore College 09.21.01 (~9.3MB)

                      Rane - "The Single Color" from Penuche's Ale House 10.20.01 (~7.7MB)

four of the older newer songs to come out.  pretty good songs and bowmans solo during "new england song" kicks ass.  as for the lyrics to "the single color," we're convinced its a secret that no one is supposed to know.

Week of 04/11/01-Rane - "Broca's Aphasia" from Iron Horse Music Hall 7.27.01  

not sure who taped this (possibly joe reed but i cant confirm that), but it was a rane first- bringing brocas aphasia to the iron horse.  the encore song in a phenomenal nights performance.  arguably one of the best rane songs written (though rarely played until this year). 

                      Rane - "Somber Retreat" from Trinity College 10.3.01 

this one was recorded by jesse hurlburt from the trinity college show.  its the shortest rane song, clocking in at 3:35 and i like the lyrics, particularly when you feel alone in the world and need a song like this to relate to.

                       Rane - "The Gauge" from Skidmore College 9.21.01

                       Rane - "The Words (You and I)" from Skidmore College 9.21.01 

im putting up 2 more rane mp3s from the skidmore college show.  these were also recorded by jesse hurlburt.  sound quality is excellent.   these are two of the new rane songs, im missing a copy of somber retreat, but by far some of the best songs rane has written- the gauge with its slap-bass solo and the words with its beautiful lyrics and interesting tinge of eastern melodies.  definitely two worth downloading.

Week of 23/10/01- Rane - "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" from Skidmore College 9.21.01 (Tears for Fears cover - 1985)   
for obvious reasons, im restarting my mp3 of the week page with a live rane song.  this is a live cover, recorded by jesse hurlburt at skidmore college on 21 sept 2001.  this was of a supposed limited 7 week run of this song.  i thought their cover was amazingly close to the original version, especially in the substitution for 80's synth effects.  next to adios pantalones' cover of soul coughing's "super bon bon," this is one of the best and creative songs ive heard.

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Found here, only on The Smalrus Web Site is the music of a band at McGill University,  The Parka 3.   Consisting of John Powell on keyboards, Tim Castro on backing vocals, and Dave Barclay on drums and lead vocals, The Parka 3 plays mod-pop music that will appeal to fans of all ages.  Check out all their hits including "Makeout in the Cemetary" and "Cool School".  Yowza!

THE PARKA 3 by The Parka 3
All tracks written and played by The Parka 3 ©2001.
running time 24:20

Downloads are currently off line.

1. Intro
2. Have Fun
3. Danse Baby, Danse 
4. Makeout in the Cemetary
5. Lightbulb
6. Pop Music & You
7. Cool School
8. This is All For You 
9. Anarchy in FDA

    


Google Finance

I've become a big advocate of Google. I think they truly have managed to break the hold of Microsoft and if anything, have also demonstrated the sheer power of the cliched Web 2.0. This finance site is no small potatoes either. The graphs are so simple yet so lush in data, and the rest of the pages are no different. Perhaps the most appealing feature is the portfolio which, with a Google account, lets you enter in how many shares of a stock you own and track all of its vitals in one page. I entered in my 401k breakdown and at any given time, it lets me visualise my account better than my 401k planner does.



Gastroenteritis

The stomach flu got me at the end of the year, making for the worst sickness I've felt in probably 10-15 years. Every hour, I was either on or over the toilet and at times, had to keep a bag next to the bed for those times I couldn't make it to the toilet fast enough. From what I've heard, I wasn't the only one to catch this horrible disaster in the past 2-3 weeks. I was supposed to go to Andrew's for the opening of the 7 year old time capsule and video but the stomach flu sidelined my plans (I'm finally at about 85% recovery) and for that, you are the asshole of the week.




The Smalrus Habs Rankings 2004-2005

Rankings pending...


Opus of Prince Arthur and St. Laurent, No. 03

Movement 1, September 20
Movement 2, October 18
Movement 3, November 22
Movement 4, December 20
Movement 5, January 17
Movement 6, February 21
Movement 7, March 27
Movement 8, April 17
Movement 9, CODA, May 22

        


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