From: nanowave (nanowave@shaw.ca)
Date: Fri Sep 20 2002 - 11:15:18 MDT
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-extropians@extropy.org
>[mailto:owner-extropians@extropy.org]On Behalf Of Christopher Whipple
>Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 6:48 AM
>To: extropians@extropy.org
>Subject: Extropian Streaming Music?
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>Has this niche been filled yet?
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>I found myself on the subway this morning, listening to my mp3 player,
>and it hit me that the last 4 or 5 songs were future-oriented (or at
>least in some way sci-fi). These were meant to be shared, I thought.
>
>As soon as I got to the office, I checked Ziana's extrotech.net for a
>section on music, but there was none. Presumably because of the sheer
>volume of forward-thinking music.
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>Further, if the niche hasn't been filled - would it be something the
>people on this list would be interested in? Would you listen to a
>streaming music channel that embraced and promoted extropian values?
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>-crw
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In addition to E. Shawn's suggestions, you might also try
http://stations.mp3s.com/stations/206/radio_transhuman.html likewise on
mp3.com - although also a bit dated and definitely in need of some editing.
One track in particular: "Astounded" helped to lift my spirits on several
occasions when I was feeling particularly misunderstood or ideologically
persecuted by those around me. Play it loud!
I'm all for a new streaming extropian music channel - perhaps one that also
offered some selected discussions or debates along the lines of this one
between Kurzweil and Joy http://www.uncommonknowledge.org/01-02/633_56.ram
My chief criticism of past efforts is that there was simply not enough
authoritative substance to inspire a casual user to type interesting words
like "transhuman" or "extropian" into a search engine - to ask that
all-important question: "Is this just some teenager's weekend project, or
might it be an actual vector to an explosive movement?"
Russell Evermore
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