Look at us networking and stuff like real adults.

If you haven't seen the facebook page update, listen up:

We are doing a giveaway during tomorrow's show. Giving away what exactly? Well, glad you asked!

Greg, the super-awesome dude that runs the clothing company Miles To Go has offered to give a t-shirt to a listener. Miles To Go features designs inspired from literature and the artwork is printed on American Apparel blanks. This means its a quality shirt that won't fade and feels comfortable from day one. I prefer AA-printed shirts because they are long enough to cover my (apparently abnormally tall) torso without exposing my butt-crack and belly button to the random passerby. But thats just me.

So; if you listen to the show tommorow you'll have a chance to win. You can browse the site and pick your design. We will coordinate with Greg and he will send you the shirt. Simple. As. That.

Miles To Go also has a facebook page that Greg updates quite frequently with new designs, limited editions, and sales. Clicking "like" wouldn't be too much to ask since Greg has been gracious enough to offer this, right?

We're looking forward to hooking up one of our fans! You could be the one!

Free Music is Best Music Unless It Isn't But Ussualy Like the rule with Food it is...

Yes it's that time aGAYn yes we here at the LAN FARTY enjoy spreading the word about places to find legit free musick.

So this day on our plate of fuck the RIAAssness we give you Bifocal Media, now even tho Bifocal sells CD's and does the small indie label thing, they like many indie labels know that if nobody hears their artists then nobody will be even tempted to buy or see them live unless there is word of mouth. The one way I know to create word of mouth is to create sleeper cells of fans.

So without further bull here is their MP3 page http://bifocalmedia.com/mp3s.html#kickassmusic

As you may have noticed it lands on a band called The Kickass, and this is simply because they do in fact kickass and it is because of their album "Death Metal is for Pussies" that we sought out more information about them, and thus found this treasure trove of trying before buying.

Enjoy
The Lan Party is a non commercial latex free alternative to cock rings, now with more sauce!

Listen and if you dig it download it.

WTF?

That's crazy, where do you enter your credit card number?

YOU DON'T?

WTF?

Ok so I'm trying to express in a crass way why jamendo.com is fucking awesome.

Just set it to play, if you dig a song, just press download, if you don't skip to the next song, and you are thinking no doubt but that means the music must be real shitty, sorry to disappoint you the music is up to par. Yes it's legal and free and it's a great way to discover music, so what are you doing wasting away here reading this when you could be listening to new music.

The music might not all hit home but you can search by artist, album, tags, there are radio stations and playlists. It's no frills logical approach to distributing free music, exposing folks to stuff they would never ever hear otherwise.

http://www.jamendo.com/en/

No I was not paid to push the site. I just happen to be a musician who would have no chance if not for websites like this and so I fully support the world truly being open and free. Also as a fanatic of music I love finding new music. You don't have to enter your email adress, unless you want them to send you stuff, and some of the artists have a place where you can donate to them, so if you dig the music a lot, you can directly support them, what could be more awesome?

Raul "Greasy" Podcastro

"Why I Am So Wise, Why I Am So Clever, And Why I Write Such Good Songs..."

Carl King also known as Dr. Zoltan Øbelisk has released a new album titled, Why I Am So Wise, Why I Am So Clever, And Why I Write Such Good Songs...

It is a clusterfun progressive concoction of Odd-Tuplets.

Highly recommended, and if you've been paying attention we support music that is legitimately free, and this is no exception. http://www.drzoltan.com/files/contact.php Go there and download it from the artist, and if you dig it you can send him some money. Things that are free still cost quite a bit of money and what better way to say, hey I want more, and short of handing him bricks of gold in person, there is no more direct way than Paypal.

His previous releases are also available for free consumption. Enjoy.

Sincerely,
Raul Podcastro

Haloween comes but once a year.

Hey this Tuesday the 27th of October we at The LANParty will be doing our rocking Halloween show. Of course since we are a show for the people by the people aka sponsored by all yall well we take suggestions, and you know this to be true if you've ever called in. Unlike corporate radio stations we don't have a set play list, we adjust it constantly to please you, and Halloween is no exception, we are looking for your input. You can call the night of 269-387-6303 or you can respond here and post your requests early giving us more time to find them and screen them for words that make the FCC blush.

As an example of what we are looking for here is a song from one of our LANParty Staples.


What's this you really dig Jonathan Coulton, would you like to listen to Jonathan on your nondenominational mp3 player? Well you are in luck, Jonathan likes to share.
Just go here http://www.jonathancoulton.com/store/downloads/
Some songs cost a buck a piece which I feel is more than fair, but I know not all of us have a buck on hand well then just look for this
and all those songs are FREE!!! Including LANParty favorite "Tom Cruise Crazy"

So good hunting and tune in this Tuesday 12am to 2am Wednesday morning for a serious dose of the creepy crawly awesome only on 89.1FM WIDR Kalamazoo.

And don't forget the real LANParty hosted by the Geek Group/Applied Intellect.
7pm-4am Friday, October 30, 2009
Admission $10 public, $5 for members and anyone in costume.
The Geek Group Heavy Industries
2309 N. Burdick St.
Kalamazoo, MI 49007
269-381-8324

How We Make Up For Failing with Stickers and real LAN PARTIES

If you pay attention you may have noticed that last week we didn't make it into the studio.

So as an act of trying to buy forgiveness/repentance, here is a lead for some free stickers, via our friends at the Applied Intellect computer shop.

Four 'Powered by Ubuntu' stickers and Four 'Ubuntu Key' stickers








Send a self addressed stamped envelope to:

System76, Inc. (Free Stickers)
1582 S. Parker Rd. Ste. 310
Denver, Colorado 80231

Oh and if you have a hankering for a REAL LAN Party, Applied Intellect is throwing a LAN Party Oct. 30! $10 general $5 geek group members and anyone in costume!!!!
CPU Magazine is sending copies for attendees of The Geek Group Halloween LAN. www.computerpoweruser.com

Sign up for the LAN Party LIVE here http://appliedintel.net/wordpress/events/?event_id=4

Next week it's back to the grind, and boy do we have some new awesome things for the show, some very exciting new GAPES, and online gems for girls and boys and you better believe there will be a Halloween show!!!

Creative Commons tastes better.

Creative Commons is awesome, if you are interested in it, you can read about it here http://creativecommons.org/about/ I highly encourage it.

We at the LAN Party enjoy Creative Commons very much and if you listen to the show, then you know that we try to feature as many artists as possible who give away their music for free. Creative Commons let's you do that, but it also gives you control over specific rights like weather or not you want your music which you give away taken and then used in a Flo Rida song and then watching as they make tons of money off it and don't in anyway have to pass on the same generosity.

So with that in mind we share another website that shares Free Creative Commons music. http://sutros.com/ If you are an artist throw your stuff up there, embed the crap out of it, and get some free exposure. If you're a fan, go explore, we will no doubt find something fitting for the show, in fact we already have, listen for it next week.

DJ Donatello

Free Music and Supporting Artists.

As you may know we love free music, and part of it is that we know we're not giving money to undeserving middle men in suits who think of bands as commodities to be shuffled around on a large checkers board. The other reason is that word of mouth works far better and is more profound and powerful if it comes with music you can take with you and listen to at your leisure. Metallica never figured that out, and neither did most of the bands addicted to label cartels, however smaller bands knew this long ago and with the help of the internet are exploring ways to get the music to anyone who may want to hear it, creating pools of support that then become possible tour locations. So with that in mind let me share a couple of bands who are giving away their music for free just recently and both trying different methods.

First is a band from Portland called Wax Fingers, http://www.myspace.com/waxfingersband they are a predominately instrumental post rock band, and they have decided to give away their first CD through FileFactory, you can find the link on their MySpace blog. This is a great method, because it's free, it's convenient, and I along with many other people who actually bought their CD will forward the link to our friends with ease and joy. Giving the power to the people, to choose, to sample and to know, and at the end to be in control of what we listen to. Look for Wax Fingers to release new material soon :)

Second is a heavier band from Boston called Constants, http://www.myspace.com/constants ,they have just released a new album called The Foundation, The Machine, The Ascension, you can get it on triple Vinyl or CD or you can download it for free. Yes you heard right, and why would a band let you download their newest album they spent a long time working on for free, well gimmesound.com for every song downloaded gives the artists % of the ad revenue, but all you have to do is go and download the music for free. http://www.gimmesound.com/About.cfm you can read more about their plan there. You can also just go here and download the new album from Constants http://www.gimmesound.com/constants/ and then explore the rest of the site.
I also hope that 09.16.09 TBA Kalamazoo / Grand Rapids / Lansing MI gig happens in Kalamazoo :)

Good hunting!

DJ Donatello

Free Stickers

Ok so we at the LAN Party are not confused about Obama's energy policy or his completely ridonculous idea about using coal in a clean way, however free stickers are free stickers. We here at the LAN Party which is not a political party, YET, are very interested in free, and in case you can't think of any uses for free stickers then let us help you out.

Free stickers can be used as binding material for books or backpacks or to cover up rust spots on your 88 Buick. Stickers have magical properties which help your wounds heal, so if you trip and fall and bruise your knee, worry not! A free sticker is all you need, slap it on and the pain is gone. Can't keep those unruly bangs out of your face, don't waste your time with product, when a sticker will do just as well. A home invasion gone awry, forgot your ductape, well you never have to hear that relentless wail of hostages again when you've got free stickers in your pocket. Blackheads are easily cured with a free sticker from MoveOn.org. So don't wait get one today free shipping and all, no donation necessary.

http://pol.moveon.org/energystickers/

We promise to keep you up to date on Free Stickers we discover, if you have any leads please let us know, free is awesome.

P.S. Think clean coal is possible because President Full Sentences says so? Well watch Burning The Future, a documentary that shows you what clean coal really looks like.

DJ Donatello