Thursday, November 30, 2017

Saturday, November 25, 2017

Laszlo Bencker - Lady Robot (1986)

function key........ 0:00 chip down........ 3:40 update........ 7:04 light years........ 10:11 lady robot........ 13:24 functions........ 16:38 romance for tomorrow........ 19:30 midi mama........ 22:21 space grace........ 24:53 flopped floppy........ 28:00 syntax........ 30:19 technology transfer........ 32:54 trial and error........ 35:50 disk drivin'........ 37:50

Various - A Change For The Different (1991)

Various ‎– A Change For The Different Label: Messenger Music ‎– MRJ 6 Format: Cassette, Compilation, Blue Cover Country: UK Released: 1991 Genre: Electronic Style: New Age, Electro, Experimental A1. 00:00 Steve Hillman - Continuum (Part 9) A2. 05:50 Barry Christian - Creature Of The Storm A3. 12:20 Steve Hillman And Robert Andrews - Eyes Of Janus B1. 27:32 Andrew Pinches - World Of Terror B2. 40:32 Robert Andrews - Autumn: With A Heart Full Of Summer B3. 45:53 Barry Christian - CD Killed LP

Sunday, November 12, 2017

Re:scam

To mess with a scammer, just forward a scam email to me@rescam.org:
Re:scam can take on multiple personas, imitating real human tendencies with humour and grammatical errors, and can engage with infinite scammers all at once, meaning it can continue any email conversation for as long as possible. Re:scam will now turn the tables on the scammers by wasting their time, and ultimately damage the profits for scammers...
The aim is to waste the time of scammers, without wasting a second of yours. When you forward an email, you believe to be a scam to me@rescam.org a check is done to make sure it is a scam attempt, and then a proxy email address is used to engage the scammer. This will flood their inboxes with responses without any way for them to tell who is a chat-bot, and who is a real vulnerable target. Once you’ve forwarded an email nothing more is required on your part, but the more you send through, the more effective it will be

Here's an example of how Re:scam toys with a scammer, starting after the bot responds to the initial scam message:
Scammer:
 
Re:scam's response:
 
Scammer's follow-up: 
 
Re:scam's response:
 
...and this just keeps on going, until the scammer gives up (and after they've wasted a bunch of time). Brilliant. 

Learn more at Re:scam's website

Solid Space - A Darkness in My Soul (1982)


The Units - Digital Stimulation (1980)

Credit to fanart.tv for the touched-up album cover 01. High Pressure Days - 0:00 02. Digital Stimulation - 3:18 03. Warm Moving Bodies - 6:28 04. Go - 9:59 05. Mission - 12:10 06. Cannibals - 13:54 07. Bugboy - 16:37 08. Tight Fit - 18:56 09. Passion Or Patterns - 22:52 10. Town By The River - 25:25 11. Cowboy - 27:21

Saturday, November 11, 2017

Älgarnas Trädgård ‎– Framtiden Är Ett Svävande Skepp, Förankrat I Forntiden (1972)

0:00 Two Hours Over Two Blue Mountains With a Cuckoo on Each Side, Of the Hours...Thus 13:16 There Is a Time for Everything, There Is A Time When Even Time Will Meet 19:28 Children of Possibilities 22:43 La Rotta 24:27 Viriditas 27:29 Rings of Saturn 34:46 The Future is a Hovering Ship, Anchored in the Past

Tuesday, November 7, 2017

The Orb - Blue Room (1992)

"Blue Room" is a single by The Orb. It was released on 8 June 1992 on Big Life RecordsChart Information Network, who compiled the UK singles chart, had recently extended the permissible playing time of a chart-eligible single from 25 minutes to 40 minutes. The Orb thus decided to record a 39:57 version of "Blue Room" for a special release. "Blue Room" is the longest single to ever reach the UK charts.[1] "Blue Room" entered the charts at position twelve and peaked at number eight. An edited version appears on the album U.F.Orb. The full version features a number of samples, including a small bit of the beginning of the "Mysterious Traveller" by Weather Report and a damaged portion of "Happy Birthday To You" by Marilyn Monroe at the end. The Orb caused controversy by appearing on Top of the Pops to promote the single. Instead of performing, Alex Paterson and Kris Weston played chess. The performance had a profound impact on Robbie Williams who later declared "that Top of the Pops changed my life".[2]