There's an album I have to review before Sunday, but I received a link to a website with streaming music instead of a CD. Problem is that I don't have a sound card on my PC so I can't listen to it. Does anybody know of an easy way to save streaming music as MP3s or WMAs (if that's possible)?

I think theres a way on your computer to to convert them? do you have i-tunes? If you do, try and open it on there, and if it fails, it will say do you want to convert it, and click convert, and it should make it into an mp3.

Maybe this: http://www.zdnet.nl/downloads.cfm?id=57343

Or this: http://www.rm-mp3.org/
Free RM to MP3 Converter can convert Real Media files to MP3 files which can be played in MP3 Players. All Real Media formats (*.rm, *.ra, *.rmvb) are supported. The program is a freeware and does not contain any form of malware, including but not limited to: spyware, viruses, trojans and backdoors.

If you're still stuck, give me a shout and I'll convert it for you tonight.

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If you're still stuck, give me a shout and I'll convert it for you tonight.

Check your PM please. Thanks!

I'll sort it tonight when I get home

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Or this: http://www.rm-mp3.org/
Free RM to MP3 Converter can convert Real Media files to MP3 files which can be played in MP3 Players. All Real Media formats (*.rm, *.ra, *.rmvb) are supported. The program is a freeware and does not contain any form of malware, including but not limited to: spyware, viruses, trojans and backdoors.

Problem is that I don't even know how to save the files on my computer, let alone convert them.

I see. No worries, I read it's taken care of.

Yep.

I've sent you a link to the tracks in an email - please let me know if you have any problems.

All the best

AL

awwww Al is such a good pal to BP

Where would we be without Al?

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Where would we be without Al?

Finland

Actually - i liked a few of those tracks - got any info on them?

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Actually - i liked a few of those tracks - got any info on them?

Well, there's quite a remarkable (and sad) story behind this band... I wrote an article about them and interviewed them for the next issue of Up Magazine.

Bad Astronaut basically was an indie pop studio project by Joey Cape (singer/guitarist) and Derrick Plourde (drummer). They were best friends and considered themselves musical soulmates, and they used to play together in a punk rock band called Lagwagon until Plourde quit to go into rehab. They then started Bad Astronaut as a side project so that they could make music together again.

Plourde committed suicide in March of 2005 while their third album (this one) was half finished. Cape then decided that he wanted to finish the album as a tribute to Plourde and that it should include as much of Plourde's drumming as possible. So he finished all the good songs he had and erased the bad ones and then wrote new songs to the drum tracks of those songs. So that's how this album, which will be their last one, was made.

That's terrible - what an awful tragedy.

I thought there was a lot of drumming on that album and now I know why. Some really good tracks on there actually - especially like One Giant Disappointment, San Francisco Serenade and The F Word.

Upon first listen, I was reminded of a hybrid of Radiohead, Elliott Smith and Nirvana - which, I now realise, is quite ironic because of what happened to Elliott Smith and Kurt Cobain

I'd definitely buy it!

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Upon first listen, I was reminded of a hybrid of Radiohead, Elliott Smith and Nirvana - which, I now realise, is quite ironic because of what happened to Elliott Smith and Kurt Cobain

They've actually mentioned Radiohead and Elliott Smith as two of their biggest influences... They even covered an Elliott Smith song on their first album.

Last Thursday I interviewed Joey Cape for the third time and he's such a great guy... I'm always very nervous when I have to interview people that I look up to, but when you're talking to him it's almost like you're talking to someone you've known for years.

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They've actually mentioned Radiohead and Elliott Smith as two of their biggest influences... They even covered an Elliott Smith song on their first album.

Blimey - I was spot on there!!

I have absolutely fallen head over heels for "Violet"!!!!!!!

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I have absolutely fallen head over heels for "Violet"!!!!!!!

Cool.  

That song was also on a solo CD Joey Cape did two years ago. So you might want to check out that version as well...

Nice one - thanks for the info BP

I'll check that out!