Friday, 10 July 2009

Dunfyboy's High Contrast Mix



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I'm no huge fan of D&B but I dabble once in a while. I wanted to do a quick mix so I figured High Contrast was as good a target as any, especially as most of his tunes are the same tempo (173bpm, if you're interested).Makes it a bit easier. High Contrast's own tunes are pretty good, but it's his remixes that first brought him to my attention. So here's 26 tracks, some by him, some remixed by him, all jammed into a 80 minute mix by me.

It ends with his remix of MGMT's Time To Pretend which is, to say the least, fucking awesome. I've listened to it on a loop on more than one occasion. Even my girlfriend likes it. The only problem is, as it isn't an official release, the only way I could get hold of it was to strip the audio from a YouTube someone had posted where they had upped a recording of it getting played on Annie Mac's Mashup on Radio 1. It had Radio 1 idents and Annie talking to High Contrast over it so I had to re-edit it. To save you the trouble, I've included a stand alone copy of my re-edited version in the zip file. It clips a little, but unless someone has a better version it's probably as good as you'll get.

01 - Hometown Glory (High Contrast Vocal Mix) - Adele
02 - Made It Last Night - High Contrast
03 - Lovesick - High Contrast
04 - This Feeling (High Contrast Ultramaximised Disco Dub Mix) - Blue Sonix
05 - It's Too Late (High Contrast) - The Streets
06 - No More (High Contrast Remix) - Roni Size ft Beverly Knight & Dynamite MC
07 - Most Precious Love (High Contrast Vocal Mix) - Blaze
08 - If We Ever - High Contrast
09 - Has It Come To This (High Contrast's It's Come To This Mix) - The Streets
10 - In A Gadda Da Vida - High Contrast
11 - Everything's Different - High Contrast
12 - Make It Tonight - High Contrast
13 - Racing Green - High Contrast
14 - Pink Flamingos - High Contrast
15 - Seven Notes In Black - High Contrast
16 - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - High Contrast
17 - Tutti Frutti - High Contrast
18 - Renegade Snares (High Contrast Remix) - Omni Trio
19 - I Found U (High Contrast Oldskool Revenge Mix) - Axwell ft Max C
20 - Eternal Optimist - High Contrast
21 - The Basement Track (High Contrast's Upstairs Downstairs Mix) - High Contrast
22 - 3AM - MIST vs High Contrast
23 - Something Good 2008 (High Contrast Mix) - Utah Saints
24 - Papua New Guinea (High Contrast Remix) - Future Sound Of London
25 - Super Hero (High Contrast Mix) - The House Crew
26 - Time To Pretend (High Contrast Remix)(Dunfyboy Re-Edit) - MGMT

Friday, 19 June 2009

FSUK - Complete Series - Derek Dahlarge, Freestylers, BRA, Cut La Roc

I've upped these 4 CDs to Pearson Towers. If you've never been there before, check it out here.


FSUK 1 – Derek Dahlarge (1997) – 189mb

CD 1
01 – Laidback – B-Boy Noise (Gazelle Mix)
02 – Mekon ft Schoolly D – Skool’s Out (Deckwrecka Tufnell Parkside Mix)
03 – Freestylers – Freestyle Noize
04 – Shades Of Rhythm – Psycho Base (Ceasefire Mix)
05 – DJ Food – Mella (Drive Faster Mix)
06 – Soul Coughing – Super Bon Bon (Propellerheads Mezzanine Mix)
07 – Midfield General – Bergkamp
08 – ETA – Casual Sub (Rennie Pilgrem And 33/45 Mix)
09 – Jedi Knights – Catch The Break
10 – Les Rythmes Digitales – Jacques Your Body (Make Me Sweat)
11 – Mighty Dub Katz – Work It Work It
12 – WestBam – Alarm Clock
13 – Pressure Drop – Beyond Reason
14 – Rob Dougan – Clubbed To Death (The First Mix)
15 – James – Come Home (Weatherall Mix)

CD 2
01 – Can U Dig It – Rok Yer Blok (No Hiding Place)
02 – Coldcut – More Beats And Pieces (Daddy Rips It Up Mix)
03 – Pigforce – 9INE MM
04 – The Bloodsuckers – Radio Athletico
05 – Propellerheads – Spybreak (Long One)
06 – Dylan Rhymes – Naked And Ashamed
07 – Sol Brothers – That Elvis Track
08 – Monkey Mafia – Beats In The Hall
09 – The Charlatans – Nine Acre Dust (Chemical Brothers Mix)
10 – Doi-Oing – The Experiment
11 – Meat Beat Manifesto – Radio Babylon
12 – Underworld – Dark And Long (Burts Mix)
13 – Howie B – Angels Go Bald: Too
14 – Orbital – The Box pt 2
15 – Leftfield – Storm 3000
16 – The Wiseguys – Too Easy


FSUK 2 – Frestylers (1998) – 199mb

CD 1
01 – Fuselage – Seize The Time
02 – Hackshaw – Dave Allen At Large (Freestylers Fresh Mix Up!)
03 – C + C Music Factory – Do You Wanna Get Funky (Freestylers Indett Mix)
04 – Sir Drew – Let’s Get Some Girls
05 – Eric B & Rakim – Juice (Know The Ledge) (Main Mix)
06 – Bowser – I Need More Time (Meard St. Mix)
07 – Whodini – Magic’s Wand (Phat Party Mix)
08 – Cut & Paste – Cut & Paste
09 – Arthur Baker – Breaker’s Revenge (Freestylers B-Boy Mix)
10 – Freestylers – Breaker Beats
11 – Freestylers – Drop Tha Boom
12 – Freestyle – Don’t Stop The Rock
13 – Freestylers – Don’t Stop
14 – Information Society – Running
15 – Deejay Punk-Roc – My Beatbox
16 – Star ‘n’ Garta – Blimey!
17 – Damage Control – Da Pumped Up Phunk (In Da Sol Mix)
18 – Soul Of Man – Between The Eyes
19 – Crustation – Purple (Freestylers Mix)
20 – Peace By Piece – Nobody’s Business (Nosey Parker Mix)

CD 2
01 – Freak Power – No Way
02 – Audioweb – Policeman Skank (Freestylers Rinse Out Mix)
03 – Pick N’ Mixed – Twisted Ska
04 – El Magnifico – Tha New Style
05 – Soul Hooligan – Sweat Pea
06 – Wubble-U – Petal (Freestylers Top Rock Mix)
07 – Tzant – Sounds Of Wickedness (PF Project Def Scratch Mix)
08 – The Wiseguys – Ooh La La
09 – Krafty Kuts – Super Funky Dope
10 – Skeewiff – Rock Da House Live
11 – Psychedeliasmith – Fixy Jointy (Fatboy Slim Mix)
12 – Freestylers – Spaced Invaders
13 – DJ Pooch – Let The Bass Roll (Original Mix)
14 – Dance Conspiracy – Dub War
15 – DJ Pooch – Let The Bass Roll (D&B Mix)
16 – Micky Finn & Aphrodite – Drop Top Caddy
17 – 187 Lockdown – Kung Fu (Prisoners Of Technology Mix)
18 – Jungle Brothers – Jungle Brother (Urban Takeover Mix)


FSUK 3 – Bentley Rhythm Ace (1998) – 171mb

CD 1
01 – Jefferson Airplane – Embryonic Journey
02 – Fatboy Slim – Es Paradis
03 – Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers – Got Myself A Good Man
04 – Moog – Mastermind
05 – Primordial Soup – Light ‘Em Up Scratch ’Em Up
06 – Cut La Roc – New York Pimp
07 – Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers – Got Myself A Good Man
08 – Rasmus – Mass Hysteria
09 – Wynder K Frog – Harpsichord Shuffle
10 – Tinylion – Dem Beats
11 – Betty Boo – Doin’ The Do
12 – Krafty Kuts – Mad Wickedness
13 – Ballistic Brothers – Peckings
14 – Agent Sumo – Mayhem
15 – Afrika Bambaataa & The Nebula Funk – Mind Control (Dan Mass Instrumental)
16 – DJ Hype pres The Ganja Kru – Super Sharp Shooters
17 – Tinylion – Don’t
18 – Skeewiff – One People
19 – Chari Chari Chari – Favourite Final Giesha Show
20 – Ceasefire vs Deadly Avenger – Evil Knievel
21 – Herbie Hancock – Bring Down The Birds
22 – Sir Real – Wakey Wakey
23 – Kim Fowley – Animal Man
24 – The Button Down Brass – Something Stupid

CD 2
01 – John Barry & His Orchestra – Kinky
02 – Bar-Kays – Soul Finger
03 – Jurassic 5 – Lesson 6: The Lecture
04 – Fuzz Townsend – Rola
05 – Mad Cobra – Mr Hardcore
06 – Bentley Rhythm Ace – Madam Your Carraige Awaits
07 – Pigmeat Markham – Here Comes The Judge
08 – Georgie Fame – Peaceful
09 – Hardfloor – Mahogany Roots
10 – Supergrass – Sun Hits The Sky (Bentley Rhythm Ace Mix)
11 – Wax Assassins – Baddest DJ On 2 Turntables
12 – Moondog – Lush
13 – DJ Sherwen – Psyclone
14 – Humanoid – Stakker Humanoid
15 – The Sons Of Silence – Bobby Dazzler
16 – Resident Filters – Big Train
17 – Billy Paul Williams – Am I Black Enough For You?
18 – U-Roy – Stick Together
19 – The Jimmy Castor Bunch – E-Man Groove
20 – Buffalo Springfield – I Am A Child


FSUK 4 – Cut La Roc (1999) – 186mb

CD 1
01 – The Herbaliser – Who’s The Realest
02 – Runaways – Finders Keepers
03 – Ozomatli – Cut Chemist Suite
04 – The Commodores – Brick House
05 – Sir Drew – Screamin’ Skull
06 – Ultramagnetic MC’s – Give The Drummer Some
07 – Zapp – More Bounce To The Ounce
08 – Cut La Roc – Makin’ Hot
09 – Pepe Deluxe – Big Muff
10 – Jadell – Can You Hear Me
11 – Bootsy Collins – Party Lick-A-Bie’s (Norman Cook Club Mix)
12 – Fatboy Slim – Sho Nuff
13 – Arthur Baker – Breaker’s Revenge (Cut La Roc Mix)
14 – 2 In Da Bush – The Lick
15 – Peplab – Ride The Pony (Norman Cook Dub The Pony Mix)
16 – Skeewiff ft Michel Legrand And His Orchestra – Come Ray And Come Charles (G Fonk)
17 – Outcast – Criminals

CD 2
01 – Paperclip People – The Climax (Dobre And Jamez Mix)
02 – Slacker – Scared (The Lonely Traveller)
03 – Pulp – Party Hard (Stretch And Vern Mix)
04 – Impulsion – Rock That House Musiq
05 – Cut La Roc – Hip Hop Bibbedy Remix Bop
06 – Dee Patten – Who’s The Badman (Solid Ground Mix)
07 – Headrillaz – How It Is (SUAD Mix)
08 – Metisse – Sousonde (Freq Nasty vs Blim Remix)
09 – One True Parker – Killer (Blim Mix)
10 – Krafty Kuts – Who Is It
11 – Mr Roy – Speeding Up The Beat
12 – Language Lab – Burning Disaster
13 – El Magnifico – Tha Nu Style
14 – Krafty Kuts – Gimme The Funk
15 – The Wiseguys – Ooh La La
16 – Fatboy Slim – Build It Up, Tear It Down
17 – Freddy Fresh – Badder Badder Schwing
18 – Acoustic Hoods – Hoods Theme (Click ‘n’ Cycle Remix) –
19 – Dream Team – Let Me Clear My Throat
20 – Fatboy Slim – The Rockafeller Skank (Mulder Mix)
21 – Tom Browne – Funkin’ For Jamaica

Sunday, 31 May 2009

Dunfyboy's Bomb Strikes Mix




Download from Rapishare here.

With Bomb Stikes Volume 15 just released it seemed a good time to do a mix of the lot.

If you're unfamiliar with the label, they're mash-up party breaks, kinda like A Skillz & Krafty Kuts' Insane Bangers. If you haven't done so already, you can pick up my Insane Bangers Mix here.

Download, enjoy, and leave a comment.

01 - Whoo-Ha! (Toots & Busta) - Beatvandals
02 - Slapdance - A Skillz vs Beatvandals
03 - Funk Machine Man - Mooqee
04 - Supacat Police - Mooqee
05 - Polar Crunk - Mooqee
06 - Jazz Talkin' - Mooqee
07 - See Mice Elf - Mooqee vs Beatvandals
08 - Stomp - Featurecast
09 - Shooting - Mooqee Vs Beatvandels
10 - Shoot The Gap - Nick Thayer
11 - Back Up - Mooqee Vs Beat Vandels
12 - Can't Stop, Don't Stop - Nick Thayer
13 - Blowin' Up - A Skillz Vs Beat Vandals
14 - Get Up - Nick Thayer
15 - Party People - Nick Thayer vs Will Styles
16 - Cold Rock A Party - Beatvandals
17 - Rock Y'all - Beatvandels vs Mooqee
18 - Renegades Revenge - Qdup Foundation
19 - Sunshine - Beatvandals vs A Skillz
20 - Stereo Trouble - Qdup Foundation
21 - Shake Like Ya Mama - Nick Thayer vs Will Styles
22 - Rippin Up - Mooqee
23 - Funky Sounds - Beat Vandals Vs A Skillz
24 - Thizz Shake - Nick Thayer
25 - One More - Featurecast
26 - Player - Beatvandels Vs Mooqee
27 - Respect (Mooqee & Russ Cuban Edit) - KW Griff
28 - Drilla - Mooqee vs Beatvandals
29 - Seven Lickshots - Beatvandals
30 - Hypnotic - Mooqee
31 - Footstompin' - KW Griff
32 - Are You Gonna (No Good Mix) - Mooqee

Wednesday, 27 May 2009

Dunfyboy's Ninja Mix



Link to Rapidshare.

There's plenty I don't like about Ninja Tune. Playing the same drum loop over and over for 5 minutes with the odd sample or synth thrown in for a couple of bars isn't downbeat, it's just boring. Dropping a drum beat that's four times as fast as the rest of the track might be clever or innovative if the track was decent to start with, otherwise it just comes across as a self-indulgent waste of time. I swear a lot of there stuff would never have got past the demo stage if it wasn't on Ninja. Some of their artists just don't do anything for me, but because they're a "cool" label, there's always going to be some people (you know who you are!) who will buy it.

So, why do a mix of Ninja Tune? Because some of their stuff is as good as you'll find anywhere. This mix has all my favourite tracks from Ninja and their off-shoots Big Dada and Ntone. Besides, I want to be cool too :)

Of course, this is all just my opinion. You might think this whole mix is crap. But what if it's not? Get downloading and leave a comment either way.


01 - More Beats + Pieces (Live In Koln) - Coldcut
02 - It's Just For You - The Herbaliser
03 - Dark Wheel - DJ Food
04 - Opening Credits - The Herbaliser
05 - The Blend - The Herbaliser
06 - We Know - DJ Food
07 - Scratchy Noise - The Herbaliser
08 - Utopian Skank - Up, Bustle & Out
09 - The Terrorist - DJ Vadim
10 - Scratch Yer Hed (Squarepusher Mix) - DJ Food
11 - The Piano Song - DJ Vadim
12 - Who's The Realest? - The Herbaliser
13 - Mission Improbable - The Herbaliser
14 - Soul Organ Pt 1 - DJ Food
15 - Dark Lady - DJ Food
16 - Dark Lady (Skint Mix) - DJ Food
17 - Hip Hop Barrio (Who's Gonna Take the Weight) - Up, Bustle & Out
18 - More Beats + Pieces (Daddy Rips It Up Mix) - Coldcut
19 - Spandex Man - Mr Scruff
20 - More Beats + Pieces (Daddy Rips It Up Mix) - Coldcut
21 - Last Night A Cliche Saved My Life - Coldcut
22 - Fish - Mr Scruff
23 - Sure Shot - London Funk Allstars
24 - Wall Crawling Giant Insect Breaks - The Herbaliser
25 - Sordid - Amon Tobin
26 - Theme From Control Centre (Reprise) - The Herbaliser
27 - Space Journey - Coldcut
28 - The Chase - DJ Food
29 - Well Hung Up - DJ Food
30 - Carbine 744, 520... Che Guevara - Up, Bustle & Out
31 - Mr Quickie Cuts The Cheese - DJ Food
32 - Get A Move On - Mr Scruff
33 - Humerous Counterpoint - Cabbageboy
34 - Timber - Coldcut & Hexstatic
35 - Stealin' Stew - DJ Food
36 - Your Mother - DJ Food
37 - Let The Good Shine - DJ Food
38 - Every Home A Prison (Shut Up & Dance Mix) - Coldcut
39 - Little Old Vampire Me - DJ Food
40 - Atomic Moog 2000 (Live In Barcelona) - Coldcut
41 - Samba Legrand - Daedelus
42 - Hoax! What Did You Got? - Drome
43 - At My Heels - Daedelus
44 - Theme From Chaos / Alien Sphinx - Hex
45 - Relief - Pest
46 - Something Wicked - The Herbaliser
47 - Natural Suction - Wagon Christ
48 - Everything Is Under Control (DJ Kentaro Remix) - Coldcut
49 - Everything Is Under Control (Qemists Remix) - Coldcut
50 - Trust - DJ Kentaro
51 - Stompbox - The Qemist
52 - Dedicated VIP - Treva Whateva
53 - Ninja Tune - Hexstatic
54 - Ug - Mr Scruff
55 - Witness (1 Hope) - Roots Manuva
56 - The Quickening - Lateef
57 - Swan Lake - Blackalicious
58 - Entropy (Part C - Count & Estimate) - DJ Shadow
59 - The Tenth Jewel - Dwight Trible & The Life Force Trio
60 - Intro - DSP
61 - Chicken Spit - Pest
62 - Trying To Speak - One Self
63 - Entropy (Part A - The Third Decade, Our Move) - DJ Shadow
64 - Know What I'm Sayin' - Zero dB
65 - More Tea, More Beer - The Herbaliser
66 - True Skool - Coldcut
67 - Rock The Whole Planet - Fingathing
68 - Walk In Space - Fingathing
69 - Angry - The Bug
70 - Dustbowl - Treva Whateva
71 - Verbal - Amon Tobin
72 - Red Laser Beam - Hexstatic
73 - Paranoid - One Self
74 - Shrimp - Mr Scruff
75 - Communication Break-Down - Hexstatic
76 - Auto - Hexstatic
77 - A Pomba Girou - Zero dB
78 - We Have The Technology (Foolproof Re-Vox) - Treva Whateva
79 - Blazin - Ghislain Poirier
80 - Sort Of Revolution - Fink

Saturday, 2 May 2009

Dunfyboy's Streets Mix


Click here to download this mix from Rapidshare.

Just knocked this up quickly so I could fit my favourite Streets tracks on one CD for the car.

01 - Dry Your Eyes
02 - Everything Is Borrowed
03 - Fit But You Know It
04 - Don't Mug Yourself
05 - Could Well Be In
06 - When You Wasn't Famous
07 - The Irony of It All
08 - War of The Sexes
09 - Has It Come to This?
10 - Turn the Page
11 - Too Much Brandy
12 - It's Too Late
13 - Weak Become Heroes
14 - It Was Supposed To Be So Easy
15 - Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way
16 - Blinded By The Lights
17 - Give Me Back My Lighter
18 - Let's Push Things Forward
19 - Never Went To Church
20 - The Strongest Person I Know
21 - Heaven For The Weather
22 - On The Edge Of A Cliff
23 - The Escapist
24 - The Way Of The Dodo
25 - Empty Cans


Friday, 3 April 2009

Dunfyboy's Skeewiff Mix



Right click here to download.

Skeewiff call themselves "The Undisputed Kings of Lounge Hop" and if that means nothing to you, imagine a big beat version of a funky 70's movie theme tune about a sitar dancing a mambo on a hammond organ. Still confused? Just listen to it. You'll be glad you did.

01 - Come Ray & Come Charles (G Fonk) (Skeewiff Radio Edit) - ft Michel Legrand And His Orchestra
02 - The Spider
03 - Giggity (Allright)
04 - Jus' Do It
05 - Booty Shaker
06 - Chunk Of Funk
07 - You Know I'm No Good (Skeewiff Mix) - Amy Winehouse
08 - Theme From Dave Allen
09 - Man Of Constant Sorrow
10 - Music Makers
11 - Put Your Hands Up!!!
12 - The Bone (Part Two)
13 - Love Me
14 - Funky Magic - ft Jungle Brothers
15 - Let's Have Scratch For Breakfast
16 - Light The Fuse
17 - Boom!
18 - Farsky & Crotch
19 - Copshow
21 - Echo
21 - Watermelon Man
22 - Mambo Italiano*
23 - Twisted Disco*
24 - Mucho Mambo (Sway)*
25 - Shake Senora*
26 - Smash & Grab
27 - Dance To The Beta*
28 - Nitty Gritty
29 - Miniskirt
30 - The Thin Line
31 - Wet Your Beak
32 - Cheeky Chicken
33 - Triumph Stag
34 - Little Spot Of Soul
35 - Mexican Flyer
36 - Shake What Your Mama Gave Ya
37 - Mucho Mambo Sway (Skeewiff Salsa Splash Mix)*
38 - Delta Dawn

* as Shaft

Dunfyboy's Essential Platinum Mix



Well, MyPodcast.com has been having so many problems recently that I've decided to call it a day. Now I'll just upload mixes to Rapidshare and post a link here.

So, right click here to download this mix from Rapidshare.

As the podcast started with a couple of old school happy hardcore label mixes (Kniteforce Records and Impact Records) I thought we'd start the post-podcast era with another one. This time, it's Dougal & Hixxy's Essential Platinum.

01 - Innervation - Dougal & Mickey Skeedale
02 - Sounds Of House - Dougal & Mickey Skeedale
03 - Release - DJ Mr Hyde
04 - World War One - Hixxy & Lady Trixxy
05 - A Touch Of Class - DJ Mr Hyde
06 - Heart Is Jumping (DNA Remix) - Midas
07 - Forever - Hixxy & Bananaman
08 - Seven Ways - Dougal & Mickey Skeedale
09 - Own Kind Of Music - DJ Daydream
10 - Wings Of Love (Dougal Remix) - DJ Ell & Dream
11 - Steam Train (Vinylgroover & DNA Remix) - Hopscotch
12 - Liquid Nights - Metropolis
13 - Zurich (Remix) - Dougal
14 - Emerald - Dougal & Mickey Skeedale
15 - Tranquility - Dougal & DNA
16 - Got To Go - Dougal & Mickey Skeedale
17 - Really Love You (DNA Remix) - Dougal & Mickey Skeedale
18 - Lovetoy - Dougal & Mickey Skeedale
19 - Is This Love - Metropolis
20 - Sugar & Spice - Evolve
21 - Kick Your Legs In The Air - Illogik & DNA
22 - Galaxy - DJ Daydream
23 - My Way - Antisocial
24 - Whistle - Antisocial
25 - 24:7 - Antisocial
26 - Yes, Yes & Er Yes - Hixxy & Bananaman
27 - Toy Town (In Ya Face Mix) - Hixxy & MC Sharkey
28 - Power Within - Dougal & Mickey Skeedale
29 - On A High - Dougal & Mickey Skeedale
30 - Your Love Hits Me - DJ Breeze
31 - Rocket To The Moon - DJ Druid & Sharkey
32 - One Spliff - Hixxy & Lady Trixxy
33 - Attitude - Hixxy & Lady Trixxy
34 - Fireworks - Force & Styles
35 - Tweedle Dum - DJ Druid & Bananaman
36 - Frantic - DJ Druid & Sharkey
37 - Disco Fever - DJ Druid & Bananaman
38 - Toy Town vs Toy Town (In Ya Face Mixes) - Hixxy & Sharkey

Sunday, 15 February 2009

Western Digital suck balls

Well, it wasn't the enclosure, it was the hard disc itself that was the problem.

I installed it in a new enclosure and managed to get Vista to recognise it (XP still won't have anything to do with it). I've managed to rescue most of my music, but I reckon about 100 gigs is gone, never to be seen again. Thanks a fucking bunch WD.

This is obviously going to have an impact on upcoming mixes - uploading isn't going to happen as frequently as I'd like. But, at least the site will continue. Yes, MyPodcast.com is (kinda) working again.

I received an email towards the end of the year from First Beat Media, the company that owns MyPodcast.com. They asked me to become a Mod on the forum and contact the techs when a problem cropped up. I've no great intentions of doing all the Moddy stuff (and the forums aren't really busy enough to warrant it anyway) but at least the techs will now know when there are problems with the site.

Nice to have some good news for a change.

Friday, 30 January 2009

No mixes this month

No new mixes in January, been having computer issues. Last October, my media hard drive went up in smoke, literally. My own fault, I plugged the wrong power adapter into the back. Not to worry, I had a back up. After this, I decided to reinstall Windows on my PC, during which the PC's HD failed. It was so bad I had to get a tech to fix it for me (thanks June).

Now, my Western Digital My Book has decided not to play. Time to worry, this is the back up. Not sure if it's the HD or the enclosure that's the problem. I'm hoping it's the enclosure, otherwise nearly 500 Gigs of music, vids and docs go bye bye. The disc spins OK, but when I connect it to my PC I get write save errors and Explorer freezes. I've no other SATA enclosures lying about so I've ordered a new one. Fingers crossed.

They say things come in 3's. I don't know who "they" are, but I could do without anymore HD failures. It sucks too much.

Wednesday, 31 December 2008

End of year report 2008

First of all, stats for the year:

66 mixes uploaded to www.dunfyboysmixes.mypodcast.com since January with 6315 downloads. Most popular mix is my DJ Shadow mix - 441 downloads - thanks to it getting a mention on solesides.com and proving so popular on pearsontowers.com. Thanks to all who have supported Dunfyboy's Mixes over the past year.

If you've had problems downloading from MyPodcast.com do perceviere. The site has storage and bandwidth issues. This caused a few to jump ship to Podongo.com. However I learned today that Podongo will be closing tomorrow. Credit crunch and all that. I was thinking about leaving MyPodcast.com, but with one of it's main competitors going belly up, who knows.

Happy New Year to all, and thanks again.

Dunfyboy

*** edit ***

Just heard from Metrodorus, another MyPodcaster, that he'd been in touch with First Beat Media, the owners of MyPodcast.com, and they'd reassured him the site would continue. Good news.