Jim Andrews
Since the beginning
Works in Victoria Canada

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BIO
Jim Andrews does http://vispo.com . He is a poet-programmer and audio guy. His work explores the new media possibilities of poetry, and seeks to synthesize the poetical with other arts and media.
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DISCUSSION

Re: Re: Re: Boston bomb-terrorism-art-marketing scare


> Lately, I have really enjoyed Baudrillard's assertion that contemporary
> art has ceased to exist except as an abject gesture towards privilege,
> and itself.

I've thought that too, but it falls victim to what it would critique. It
would critique the cultures of privilege and self-absorption, but denies the
existence of art outside those cultures, which is where art is to be
lived/found, created/discovered.

ja
http://vispo.com

DISCUSSION

Please send me links to cool Internet radio stations


I'm interested to try and get a sense of Internet radio. Please send me
links to cool Internet radio stations.

I've started a page that will sort of be a research page for me concerning
Internet radio. It's at http://vispo.com/radio

ja

DISCUSSION

Re: streaming audio question


Sorry, got the answer at
http://www.smackfu.com/stuff/programming/shoutcast.html

The info is actually in the streaming file unencrypted, but the binary data
that precedes it confuses the browser, so it isn't displayed properly.

Have not run across any Flash or Shockwave pieces for the Web that
successfully get and utilize this data (and also if gettable the mp3 ID 3
info). They don't have access to the data at this granularity (apparently
can't seek through the data stream). Also there seem to be IE issues in
using Flash and Shockwave to play Shoutcast streams. Concerning proxies or
something.

So it looks like interesting apps involving internet radio, at this point in
time, pretty much have to be of the desktop variety. Net-oriented but
running off the desktop, not directly through the browser.

Anyone know of any net art pieces that use internet radio as material? The
'Internet radio dial' seems to be much more interesting than the 'radio
dial' in any given place.

ja

DISCUSSION

streaming audio question


I note that when you play
http://scfire-chi0l-2.stream.aol.com:80/stream/1018 (soma.fm groove salad)
in Winamp, it immediately displays the artist name and the track name.
However, if you click the above URL and let it stream into your browser for
a couple of seconds, click the browser's 'stop' button, and then search the
text for the artist name or track name, it isn't in the file (or is
encrypted). Any idea on how to get a handle on the artist name and track
name?

ja?
http://vispo.com

DISCUSSION

music on the Net


Interesting page of links by nick wilson to things musical on the Net:
http://blanketfort.com/nick/music.html

I particularly appreciated the link to his m3u that links to many
interesting radio stations (
http://blanketfort.com/nick/AllRadioStations.m3u )

ja
http://vispo.com