Somewhat Manly Nerd » RIAA http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/blog infrequent blogging from some dude Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:14:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Muxtape Will Be Sorely Missed http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/blog/2008/10/01/muxtape-will-be-sorely-missed/ http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/blog/2008/10/01/muxtape-will-be-sorely-missed/#comments Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:26:28 +0000 CajoleJuice http://thesomewhatmanlynerd.wordpress.com/?p=703 It had the potential to be the most popular music discovery tool of this generation. Mixtapes were the thing of the 80s(?) and 90s, CD mixes replaced them, and then everything became digital. People started trading songs on AIM, Napster, Soulseek, and downloading torrents. Muxtape was simpler than all of these, and allowed you to share your favorite songs of the moment with everyone across the interwebs as simply as possible. It was the coolest thing to happen to internet music sharing in a long while. It was only a matter of time before the RIAA fucked it all up.

In memoriam, here’s what my muxtape would look like right now:

Mogwai – Glasgow Mega-Snake
Metallica – Broken, Beat & Scarred
Silversun Pickups – Well Thought Out Twinkles
The Decemberists – The Infanta
My Morning Jacket – Steam Engine
Soundgarden – Like Suicide
Massive Attack – Angel
TV on the Radio – DLZ
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Dig, Lazarus, Dig
Dredg – Symbol Song
Justice – Genesis
Oasis – Fuckin’ In The Bushes

]]> http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/blog/2008/10/01/muxtape-will-be-sorely-missed/feed/ 0 I Wish I Made This Post Earlier http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/blog/2008/08/19/i-wish-i-made-this-post-earlier/ http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/blog/2008/08/19/i-wish-i-made-this-post-earlier/#comments Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:01:10 +0000 CajoleJuice http://thesomewhatmanlynerd.wordpress.com/?p=508 I would’ve been the top hit on Google for “muxtape RIAA”! I googled it about 5 hours ago and there were no stories or blog posts about the message that has been residing on the muxtape.com website for hours now.

Muxtape will be unavailable for a brief period while we sort out a problem with the RIAA

Translation: Muxtape is totally fucked and will be shut down by the RIAA any day now.

I’m so sad. I put so much work into that shit. Constantly updating, favoriting other muxtapes…all wasted. All because the RIAA is a bunch of pricks that don’t realize Muxtape is something that exposes a person to new music. It’s not hurting the industry, assholes. It’s not like people can download off of Muxtape anyway. (Well, maybe there’s some person that came up with a way to do it, but that’s besides the point.)

It was inevitable, but I still don’t want Muxtape to go away. Why do I get the feeling that Muxtape will never be back from “sorting out this problem with the RIAA”? :(

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