The joys of blip-blop
First of all, I’d like to make clear that “blip-blop” in my opinion is an unfair (but funny) nickname for what I’m gonna talk about… (Read this if you don’t understand why.)
A friend of mine (not to mention any names, you know who you are…) has been constantly nagging on me and trying to get me to listen to SLAY Radio since late last year or something. Until about two weeks ago, when I gave in and actually tried it. I became a bit disappointed, for not trying it earlier that is… ;)
The special thing about SLAY is that they only play music that’s somehow related to Commodore64. Both “raw” SID tunes and remixes/covers based on such tunes (more common). I can’t deny the fact that I love that kind of music, and the fact that their jingles and live shows are quite fun just makes it better. :) The fact that I’ve never done anything on a C64 (actually, I’ve never even seen one IRL, probably because I were more into outside activities when I was younger) doesn’t matter very much, I enjoy the music anyway. (Lots of facts there, but that makes me more trustworthy. ;))
I’ve also downloaded the High Voltage Sid collection (HVSC) so I can listen to some of the lovely songs a little longer. :D
So tune in and listen to some blip-blop you too! I command you.
//Firetech
Update (May 12 2006):
Some days ago, I found remix.kwed.org, which hosts a lot of the tunes you can hear on SLAY, and also a “C64 TakeAway” Podcast. :)
I crammed my ancient 64 MB MP3 player full with 32 of my favourite remixes, and now I almost have a portable SLAY radio. Even though the podcast would be better to server that purpose, it’s not as long lived as 32 VBR (q9, I’m thankfully no audiophile) encoded MP3s that make the player’s counter go nuts…