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Cro Magnon Plays on WFMU

The Media Collective — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:02:46 +0000

A friend of ours informed us that a local noise band, Cro Magnon (Lafayette, IN), played on WFMU’s Talks Cheap with Jason Sigal.

You can download their entire set from the Free Music Archive.

Percussive Group Practice near Memorial Union

The Media Collective — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:42:13 +0000

While going on a bike ride around campus, we came across this group practicing between the Stewart Center and the Purdue Memorial Union.

We captured a time lapse video of their performance and put the first song to the video.

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If you want to hear all of the audio I recorded (a little over 4 minutes), check it out here:

Download audio file (tMC-percussive-purdue-04-18-2009.mp3)
Percussive Purdue (04-18-2009)

Where did the Empty Futon crash?

The Media Collective — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:39:47 +0000

When is there going to be an update?

Where are you Empty Futon? No updates on the Facebook group. WHERE ARE YOU!

We’re sad, so we strummed out this song. Enjoy!

Download audio file (Couch_Surfing-Empty_Futon_Where_are_You.mp3)
Couch Surfing – Empty Futon! Where are you? (2:05)

Lyrics:

Empty Futon!
Empty Futon!
Where are you?
(repeat a few times)

one. two. one two three four.

Empty Futon!
Empty Futon!
Where are you?
(repeat a few times)

Empty Futon, update your web site
PLEEEAAAAAASEYES!

Empty Futon!
Empty Futon!
Where are you?
(repeat a few times)

Music Heard on a Walk in the Night

The Media Collective — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 04:00:40 +0000

We were just out for a walk and came across some people playing music in their house. Listen to the humans and the insects jam away into the night.

Download audio file (themediacollective.org-musicinthenight.mp3)

Karaoke at Jakes (07-03-2008)

The Media Collective — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:00:47 +0000

Some friends of ours convinced us to attend a Karaoke Night at Jakes Roadhouse. This audio is a result of that. We have three songs represented:

You’ve Got To Fight For Your Right to Party! by the Beastie Boys
Baby got Back by Sir Mixalot
I Want it That Way by the Backstreet Boys

During the last one, there was a shoutout to our friend, Vicki. There is nothing quite like a bunch of drunk people trying to sing. I highly recommend checking Jakes out on Thursday nights for this reason.

Enjoy!

Download audio file (themediacollective.org-karaoke-07-03-2008.mp3)
Download Karaoke at Jakes (07-03-2008)

The Idle Kings Live at the Varsity Clubhouse

The Media Collective — Sun, 25 May 2008 04:00:38 +0000

This past Friday the Idle Kings played at the Varsity Clubhouse (827 N. 6th Street, Lafayette Indiana). If you missed this great show, we have some MP3s for your to check out. Or you could listen to them live May 30th, 10PM at Zoolegers. We had a few issues with the Zoom H2 (ID10T errors), but managed to get most of the show.

Enjoy!

Download audio file (theidlekings-partycrashers-05-23-2008.mp3)
Download the Idle Kings – Party Crashers (Live at the Varsity Clubhouse) (3:50)

Download audio file (theidlekings-badonkadonkblues-05-23-2008.mp3)
Download the Idle Kings – Badonkadonk Blues (Live at the Varsity Clubhouse) (4:17)

Danny Weiss at the Farmers Market

The Media Collective — Mon, 12 May 2008 04:00:15 +0000

The first audio piece put online that we recorded with our new Zoom H2 Handy Recorder. Let us know what you think.

This audio was taken on May 10th, at the Farmers Market, located on 5th Street in downtown Lafayette. We have Danny Weiss playing the saxophone, and entertaining the crowd early morning shoppers. Also, this is just a sample. There will be more!

You can hear the Danny Weiss Trio every Thursday night at the Black Sparrow from 10PM – 1AM.

The song is Jerome Kern’s All the Things You Are. Thanks for the update Danny!

Download audio file (themediacollective.org-dannyweiss-farmersmarket-05-10-2008.mp3)
Download Danny Weiss playing All the Things You Are at the Farmers Market (4:57)

UPDATE:

Added another track, Sandu by Clifford Brown

Download audio file (themediacollective.org-dannyweiss-farmersmarket-05-10-2008-02.mp3)
Download Danny Weiss playing ‘Sanud’ at the Farmers Market (4:10)

The Idle Kings Live at Zoolegers

The Media Collective — Sun, 11 May 2008 04:00:03 +0000

Another Zoolegers bootleg. The last of which will be recorded with the “I’m Not a Music Recorder” Olympus WS-300M, so please excuse the quality. All future musical recordings will be with our newly acquired Zoom H2.

Ripped off from their MySpace:

Idle Kings is a dynamic duo featuring Sean Trevor ripping apart a fireapple-red Strat and his voice box, and Bryan Johnson beating the bejesus out of an old Maxwin named Gladys. That’s all there is to know. They play music. Damn fine music. What more could you want?

We checked them out at Zoolegers on May 2nd. It was a great show. People were screaming, dancing, and having a great time jumping up and down.

We had to leave early due to prior commitments (farmers market and garage sales), so it is not the complete show. But don’t let that stop you from taking a listen!

Download audio file (themediacollective.org-theidlekings-05-02-2008.mp3)
Download The Idle Kings Live at Zoolegers (1:34:27)

Political Audio Experiment

The Media Collective — Sun, 04 May 2008 04:00:51 +0000

The Lafayette City Council’s recent (April 7th) public meeting had some interesting quotes hidden within the over two and half hours of audio. The meeting was already charged up due to the controversial smoking ban ordinance on the table. I highly recommend listening to the entire thing if you want to get a feel for city government. The file can be downloaded on the city’s web site.

After talking with some friends, we decided to take a few of those clips and play around with Wolfram’s Music Generator to make some nice hip-hop music. We present the Would You Clean up Your Language Medley.

Download audio file (themediacollective.org-wouldyoucleanupyourlanguage-medley.mp3)
Download the Would You Clean up Your Language Medley (3:14)

This isn’t the last song on the City Council’s Greatest Hits. We can’t do it without your help, though. When you make your own, send them our way so we can post them on the site.

UPDATE:

It wasn’t. Here’s another. Music was donated by a family member!

Download audio file (themediacollective.org-getbackontheothersideoftheriver-pokeyremix.mp3)
Download the Get back on the other side of the river! (Pokey Remix) (2:58)