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The U.S. patent for mp3 audio was granted on November 26 in 1996. This piece is kinda weird about it in spots, but it gives a decent history about how it laid the foundations for peer-to-peer music sharing, etc.
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/the-u-s-patent-for-mp3-audio-was-granted-on-this-day-in-1996-laying-the-foundations-for-peer-to-peer-music-sharing-itunes-and-todays-streaming-services
#mp3 #music #history #MusicHistory #tech #P2P #audio #90s #1990s #patents
art from Batman: Sword of Azrael #1 by Joe Quesada (1992)
#art #arts #comicbooks #comicbook #comicbookart #dccomics #batman #artist #artists #geek #nerd #90s #1990s #illustration #superhero #superheroes #artwork
art from Batman: Sword of Azrael #1 by Joe Quesada (1992)
#art #arts #comicbooks #comicbook #comicbookart #dccomics #batman #artist #artists #geek #nerd #90s #1990s #illustration #superhero #superheroes #artwork
MEAT PUPPETS
Too High To Die
2025 U.S. reissue
Oh man. This had been on my want list for a very long time, and I finally got one.
One of my most listened to albums in high school; a great one start to finish.
My HS band even had a few attempts at “Backwater”, to no avail. We could never quite get it. Stupid teenagers. 😂
A lot of these 90s records are getting reassessed; due to a lot of them pushing 30+ years old, and this reissue was looooong overdue.
Sounds pretty damn good too!
#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #retro #vintage #art #music #alternative #1990s #90smusic #90s #meatpuppets #toohightodie
MEAT PUPPETS
Too High To Die
2025 U.S. reissue
Oh man. This had been on my want list for a very long time, and I finally got one.
One of my most listened to albums in high school; a great one start to finish.
My HS band even had a few attempts at “Backwater”, to no avail. We could never quite get it. Stupid teenagers. 😂
A lot of these 90s records are getting reassessed; due to a lot of them pushing 30+ years old, and this reissue was looooong overdue.
Sounds pretty damn good too!
#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #retro #vintage #art #music #alternative #1990s #90smusic #90s #meatpuppets #toohightodie
MOTHER LOVE BONE
Shine
2025 Europe reissue
Sky Blue opaque vinyl
Been listening to a lot of Mother Love Bone this week, and they’re a good choice to end a long week & kick off weekend festivities.
As I mentioned before on this week’s previous post of Apple, I first learned of them from the Singles soundtrack.
“Chloe Dancer/Crown Of Thorns” was always my favorite song on that album NOT named “Seasons” by Chris Cornell. It’s how I learned of Andy Wood, and it’s the reason I bought Shine, Apple, AND the purple 2xCD as a kid.
I like that they kept this reissue fully intact (unlike Apple), where they just repeat the whole 4-song program on both sides.
There’s no doubt in my mind (I’ve felt this way for decades) that they would have been bigger than ANY of those bands had Andy not died.
The fact that we never got to find out is one of the biggest (one of many) #90s musical tragedies.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #retro #vintage #art #music #1990s #seattle
SWERVEDRIVER
99th Dream
2025 U.S. 2xLP Ltd. Edition reissue
Silver reissue
Oh man. Another phenomenal band from my youth.
The four album run of Raise, Mezcal Head, Ejector Seat Reservation, and THIS were quite formative for me.
A great band that still doesn’t get the credit or respect they deserve.
Usually, when an album like this gets reissued, and they change or alter the cover to something different, it’s almost always for the worst.
Fortunately, the original cover for 99th Dream was so bad (I’ve always hated it), that THIS is actually an improvement.
Though, I STILL think they could have done better.
DGC dropped them after they recorded this, but they got to keep the masters. It’s a record that’s a little more #psychedelic and spacey than the previous three.
It was a nice final hurrah for SWERVEDRIVER 1.0, before they got back together and started recording again 17 years later.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #retro #vintage #art #music #1990s #90s
SWERVEDRIVER
99th Dream
2025 U.S. 2xLP Ltd. Edition reissue
Silver reissue
Oh man. Another phenomenal band from my youth.
The four album run of Raise, Mezcal Head, Ejector Seat Reservation, and THIS were quite formative for me.
A great band that still doesn’t get the credit or respect they deserve.
Usually, when an album like this gets reissued, and they change or alter the cover to something different, it’s almost always for the worst.
Fortunately, the original cover for 99th Dream was so bad (I’ve always hated it), that THIS is actually an improvement.
Though, I STILL think they could have done better.
DGC dropped them after they recorded this, but they got to keep the masters. It’s a record that’s a little more #psychedelic and spacey than the previous three.
It was a nice final hurrah for SWERVEDRIVER 1.0, before they got back together and started recording again 17 years later.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #retro #vintage #art #music #1990s #90s
MOTHER LOVE BONE
Shine
2025 Europe reissue
Sky Blue opaque vinyl
Been listening to a lot of Mother Love Bone this week, and they’re a good choice to end a long week & kick off weekend festivities.
As I mentioned before on this week’s previous post of Apple, I first learned of them from the Singles soundtrack.
“Chloe Dancer/Crown Of Thorns” was always my favorite song on that album NOT named “Seasons” by Chris Cornell. It’s how I learned of Andy Wood, and it’s the reason I bought Shine, Apple, AND the purple 2xCD as a kid.
I like that they kept this reissue fully intact (unlike Apple), where they just repeat the whole 4-song program on both sides.
There’s no doubt in my mind (I’ve felt this way for decades) that they would have been bigger than ANY of those bands had Andy not died.
The fact that we never got to find out is one of the biggest (one of many) #90s musical tragedies.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #retro #vintage #art #music #1990s #seattle
MOTHER LOVE BONE
Apple
2025 Europe Remastered Reissue
Knocking out those shelves was a bunch of work, and now, a little reward.
This is a PHENOMENAL sounding pressing of this, but unfortunately, there’s a few tracks that have been omitted for time. The only one I care about that’s not here is “Gentle Groove”.
Other than that minor bummer, this sounds like a borderline audiophile pressing.
This’ll tide me over just fine until I can find either an OG press, or the 2xLP version that MOV put out.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #retro #vintage #art #music #grunge #seattle #1990s #90s #90smusic #motherlovebone #alternative
MOTHER LOVE BONE
Apple
2025 Europe Remastered Reissue
Knocking out those shelves was a bunch of work, and now, a little reward.
This is a PHENOMENAL sounding pressing of this, but unfortunately, there’s a few tracks that have been omitted for time. The only one I care about that’s not here is “Gentle Groove”.
Other than that minor bummer, this sounds like a borderline audiophile pressing.
This’ll tide me over just fine until I can find either an OG press, or the 2xLP version that MOV put out.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #retro #vintage #art #music #grunge #seattle #1990s #90s #90smusic #motherlovebone #alternative
RUN WESTY RUN
Green Cat Island
1990 U.S. pressing
When I was a kid, and first discovered all that great Minneapolis TWIN/TONE stuff like The Replacements and Soul Asylum, it got to the point where if I saw a tape or CD on Twin/Tone, I’d buy it no questions asked.
That’s how I discovered Run Westy Run.
Turned out that Green Cat Island was the only RWR album on Twin/Tone, and although I do like the two previous ones that were on SST, this one was (and still is) my favorite.
They never got anywhere near the attention or acclaim as those other Minneapolis bands, but they had a great run, and THIS is their best album for me.
Rock, country, punk, folk… they could do it all. And Green Cat Island is the best representation of that.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #retro #vintage #art #music #1990s #90smusic #90s #minnesota #minneapolis #alternative #punk #postpunk #indie #folk #country #rock
RUN WESTY RUN
Green Cat Island
1990 U.S. pressing
When I was a kid, and first discovered all that great Minneapolis TWIN/TONE stuff like The Replacements and Soul Asylum, it got to the point where if I saw a tape or CD on Twin/Tone, I’d buy it no questions asked.
That’s how I discovered Run Westy Run.
Turned out that Green Cat Island was the only RWR album on Twin/Tone, and although I do like the two previous ones that were on SST, this one was (and still is) my favorite.
They never got anywhere near the attention or acclaim as those other Minneapolis bands, but they had a great run, and THIS is their best album for me.
Rock, country, punk, folk… they could do it all. And Green Cat Island is the best representation of that.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #retro #vintage #art #music #1990s #90smusic #90s #minnesota #minneapolis #alternative #punk #postpunk #indie #folk #country #rock
🧵 My intro picture for our Syntrax music editor. Made this in 3D Studio Max in 1998. Renderings still took a long time back then. 😅
Check other posts in this thread for the tunes that were made with our music editors.
#TeamHoi #music #chiptune #synth #ElectronicMusic #GameDev #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #retro #history #16bit #commodore #amiga #1990s #tech #technology #vintage #nostalgia #digital #DigitalArt #design #artwork #art #artist #arte #GraphicDesign #MastoArt #FediArt #CreativeToots
🧵 My intro picture for our Syntrax music editor. Made this in 3D Studio Max in 1998. Renderings still took a long time back then. 😅
Check other posts in this thread for the tunes that were made with our music editors.
#TeamHoi #music #chiptune #synth #ElectronicMusic #GameDev #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #retro #history #16bit #commodore #amiga #1990s #tech #technology #vintage #nostalgia #digital #DigitalArt #design #artwork #art #artist #arte #GraphicDesign #MastoArt #FediArt #CreativeToots
🧵 When I post tunes from the games we created, they're usually composed by Ramon Braumuller. But our coder, Reinier van Vliet, also created music.
We've developed three music editors: SIDmon and Digital Mugician for the Amiga, and, later, Syntrax for Windows and Pocket PCs.
Here's a Syntrax track by Reinier, called King Tut.
#TeamHoi #music #chiptune #synth #ElectronicMusic #GameDev #RetroComputing #VintageComputing #retro #history #16bit #1990s #tech #technology #vintage #nostalgia #digital
Natalie Merchant - Carnival (1995)
This song from Natalie Merchant's debut solo album has long since entered the timeless background of American consciousness. You can and will hear it randomly in a supermarket in any corner of the United States at any hour of the day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmcQ1eCqiYM
#NowPlaying #Fediplay #NatalieMerchant #1990s #Americana #Music
Great article by @christopherdrum about the legendary Deluxe Paint (DPaint) Amiga pixel editor:
https://stonetools.ghost.io/deluxepaint-amiga
I dearly miss a mention of @PyDPainter though, the most authentic DPaint recreation I know, available for Windows and macOS…
https://github.com/mriale/PyDPainter
#PixelArt#GameDev #gaming #games #game #gamer#RetroGaming#RetroComputing#RetroGames#VintageComputing #retro #commodore #amiga #1980s #1990s#tech #technology #vintage #nostalgia #digital #DigitalArt #graphics #design #art
Great article by @christopherdrum about the legendary Deluxe Paint (DPaint) Amiga pixel editor:
https://stonetools.ghost.io/deluxepaint-amiga
I dearly miss a mention of @PyDPainter though, the most authentic DPaint recreation I know, available for Windows and macOS…
https://github.com/mriale/PyDPainter
#PixelArt#GameDev #gaming #games #game #gamer#RetroGaming#RetroComputing#RetroGames#VintageComputing #retro #commodore #amiga #1980s #1990s#tech #technology #vintage #nostalgia #digital #DigitalArt #graphics #design #art
some of you know that i wrote a book - "Mages & Modems" - soon to be published, about my experiences growing up in the 80s and 90s with microcomputers in northern canada.
back in 95-97, as a teenager, i worked at the arctic's first ISP. but before it became an isp, ssi micro was canada's only Gateway 2000 computer retailer.
a village of less than 500 people housed a massive 40,000 sq ft computer store.
i've been searching for photos of the old computer store, before it disappeared in the 2000s. the search has been fruitless for twenty years, until today.
today i found the one surviving photo of the store EXACTLY as it was the day i left it to go to university when i was 17 years old.
an annotated version of this photo will appear in the book. the photo is painfully low-res (digital cameras were VERY new in 97), but you can make out some of the details if you squint.
a few fun things: the cowprint sweaters in the center of the photo are official Gateway 2000 gear. i don't remember us selling a single one to a customer 😅
directly behind the sweaters are slatwall shelves (every computer store had 'em!) full of games. my big box copy of Dune CD-ROM - the one with the incredible sandworm mouth - came from that shelf
to the right of the sweaters and main entrance, along the shelves, are dozens of ISA and PCI upgrade cards. whenever a customer made a custom order, i'd walk over from the service bay, grab the upgrade card, and stick it in their machine. it was always exciting to get to test new weird stuff like SCSI and video capture boards.
the computer on the far right was supposed to be for customers to test out software and our internet service. i never once saw a customer use it, but i sure as hell got a lot of Quake DMing done on that machine 😆 it was a Gateway 2000 full tower with a Pentium 90. the fastest machine in the building.
i was a repair/ISP technician in those days, and my little service bay was beyond the wooden birch-coloured doorway. that room also housed our local dial-in lines (four of them!) and 33.6 Sportsters.
if you're interested in reading the book, i'll be posting about it more in the coming weeks. i've got a few review copies out, and once i've had more feedback and (made some edits) it'll be ready to go.
if you can identify some of the software or hardware in the photos, i'll be happy to include it in the annotated version with credit :)
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