Post by: Felonious Monk/Fignozzle on December 19, 2005, 01:15:36 PM
Nope, not a girlfriend.
Sorry, I can barely handle the one woman I have, and I'll have to answer to Her Heavenly Father, besides.
It's Stumble Upon.
You put in your preferences with regards to topics and subtopics, and it takes you to websites that other members (free, but email addy is required) have rated highly within the topic.
http://www.stumbleupon.com/
OMG. This thing is SO addictive. It's the crack cocaine of websurfing.
Hello. My name is Fig, and I'm an addict. SU Anonymous, PLEASE HELP ME!!!!
Don't say you weren't warned.
...oh, and the second?
It's the music of Orthodox Hassidic reggae rapper Matisyahu.
As silly as that sounds, the guy has got game.
I HATE rap music.
I LOVE reggae.
His rap is more of a Jamaican dancehall thing than what I'd call rap, but the fire this guy has...the talent...
is nothing short of phenomenal.
Mark my words, when a 44 year old Christian white guy jumps on a bandwagon like his, somethin' GOTTA be happenin'!
He's got as deep and stankin' a groove as Bob Marley, as deeply schooled in roots reggae as Mark Mohr and Christafari, and an intense delivery that only Damian Marley can match among current artists.
http://www.matismusic.com/
amazing.
Post by: Justin on December 19, 2005, 01:49:51 PM
Post by: RadioFreeSeaLab on December 19, 2005, 01:53:16 PM
Post by: Fjolnirsson on December 19, 2005, 03:59:53 PM
Fascinating. Damn. Really good music, but he's on Sony. I don't trust them enough to buy music from them, after that last stunt they pulled.
Post by: The Rabbi on December 19, 2005, 04:49:45 PM
Post by: Felonious Monk/Fignozzle on December 19, 2005, 09:00:31 PM
Matthew Miller (born June 30, 1979, West Chester, Pennsylvania), more commonly known as Matisyahu, is a Hasidic Jewish reggae artist.
He is a member of the Lubavitch Hasidic Community in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, New York; a community made famous by its leader, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Matisyahu was not brought up as an Orthodox Jew, however he turned to Orthodox Judaism around 2001 and began playing with the Jewish band Pey Dalid. He counts among his musical inspirations Bob Marley, Phish, and Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach. His fans are of different walks of life, religions, and ethnicities. He sometimes performs with Kenny Muhammad, a Muslim beatboxer.
His reggae vocal style is along the lines of traditional Rasta Roots stylings mixed with dub sound. The easiest comparison would be similar to the conscious and cultural sides of Buju Banton, Sizzla, Capleton, or Junior Kelly, but with the upbeat message of Luciano, Bushman and Everton Blender, and vocal dexterity of Barrington Levy. The production of the tracks draws from King Tubby, Augustus Pablo, Mikey Dread, and Linval Thompson. Similarities to the Foundation Sound of the late 1970s and 1980s would be accurate, and comparisons to Morgan Heritage likewise, would not be wrong. However, he mixes in contemporary stylings of rap and beatboxing, similar to Sublime, as well as the traditional Hazzan style of Jewish cantors and Hasidic nigunim.
Post by: Warren on December 19, 2005, 09:19:00 PM
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He counts among his musical inspirations Bob Marley, Phish, and Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach.
ROFL
Post by: natedog on December 19, 2005, 10:39:03 PM
Post by: Pappy John on December 20, 2005, 02:39:31 AM
Post by: garrettwc on December 20, 2005, 04:06:05 AM
Post by: Nathaniel Firethorn on December 20, 2005, 06:24:36 AM
Networking with out all the work!
As a job seeker I can certainly appreciate this.- NF
Post by: ...has left the building. on December 20, 2005, 08:35:10 AM
Post by: P95Carry on December 20, 2005, 02:06:13 PM
I am just mega suspicious!!
Post by: Felonious Monk/Fignozzle on December 20, 2005, 02:42:51 PM
It may be adding something BESIDES the toolbar. I was okay w/the toolbar ALONE, but I've spent a couple of hours now cleaning up some scumware, so I *hope* it was just coincidence, since I had to do a couple of forms and such in IE last night.
I've got pretty good protection set up, between Ad-Aware, Spybot S&D, Hijack This, and MS Anti-Spyware on top of Norton 2005, and I keep them all updated.
In retrospect, it might be more likely to have caught the cyber-crabs from one of the sites, rather than the app itself.
Stumble Upon is a killer app-- I do hope they didn't load it with crap. I'll keep you posted.
Post by: P95Carry on December 20, 2005, 02:48:54 PM
I have plenty of protection too, all kept current but - just not sure. I seem to recall the Google toolbar was not exactly squeeky clean - so am thinking of that I guess.
Sounds more than useful - but yeah - do keep me posted, hoping of course you don't have problems - sounds great in essence.
Post by: ...has left the building. on December 20, 2005, 04:29:00 PM
Post by: Antibubba on December 20, 2005, 06:43:14 PM
Post by: garrettwc on December 20, 2005, 06:46:29 PM
Post by: Antibubba on December 22, 2005, 05:55:04 PM
Not bad, though-I'll burn it and return it.
Post by: grampster on December 22, 2005, 07:10:26 PM
How so, oh...can I say it? Dare I?
I only wish now that I had a command of the vernacular of Israel. The language is so seminaly descriptive. I'm having an awesome chuckle at the moment and have no way to express why it is so proper to do so.I do know it involves many sshhsskkshhing noises.
Post by: Antibubba on December 23, 2005, 02:46:34 AM
So I guess I'll share some of what I'm listening to: Amon Tobin. He's on Ninjatunes http://ninjatune.net He does a lot of sampling mixed with some found sound, but he does it with such complexity and grace-jazz, dance hall, rock, electronic-it's beautiful and mesmerizing.
And if you want to laugh out loud, on the same label is Kid Koala.
Post by: 280plus on December 23, 2005, 03:22:18 AM
Oy, only in America...
Post by: Antibubba on December 23, 2005, 03:56:28 PM
Post by: 280plus on December 24, 2005, 11:44:10 AM
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280plus, once you've heard Polish reggae nothing will surprise you anymore.
Does it involve the oompa of tubas? 
Take it's roots from, oh man, who was that famous Polka guy?
Post by: Justin on December 24, 2005, 01:39:04 PM
I'm a purist. I hate software that installs additional bars.
grrrr.