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Global Access, Deth Specula, and Timmer -- IUMA, the Internet Underground Music Archive
From: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 1994 06:35:55 -0500
Path: hobbes!dionj From: dionj () sco com (Dion) Subject: Global Access, Deth Specula, and Timmer Organization: The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. Date: Mon, 14 Mar 1994 16:52:42 GMT [This was originally from Timmer to a few local folks, but I think it needs wider circulation. JP agreed, so here is a little social note about one of our colorful personalities: timr () sco com (Tim Ruckle) Isnt it interesting how technology spins its web around our personal lives? Or is it vice versa?] Subject: timmer on CNN [TimR wrote this and Dion passes it on] Date: Thu, 10 Mar 94 11:33:52 PST Some of you may have already heard of IUMA, the Internet Underground Music Archive. It is a service run by a couple local folks which specializes in the free world-wide distribution of high fidelity audio from unsigned bands and artists via the Internet. So far they have digitized music from bands across the country, including three song's from my band "Deth Specula". The media response to their "free music" project has been extraordinary: they have been interviewed for front page articles in Billboard and the San Jose Mercury News Business section. The Sunday SF Chronicle had an article the other week which mentions Specula, and tomorrow's Santa Cruz Sentinel will carry a front page story on IUMA. You can reach the IUMA via World-Wide Web at the following URL: http://sunsite.unc.edu/ianc/index.html [This relates to the use of Mosaic and/or the SCO Global Access product. a URL = Universal Resource Locator html = Hypertext Markup Language (one vehicle to create objects for access via Mosaic) http = Hypertext Transfer Protocol. Remember these acronyms, gang. You will be hearing a lot more about this stuff.] My band also maintains its own home page (and may be the first on the net to do so) at: http://www.echo.com/specula/index.html Now for the really big news: IUMA is being featured in a CNN "Showbiz News" segment, which began yesterday. The segment describes the operation and features interviews with its creators and curators Rob and Jeff. And our new song "Careening Continental" was the lead-in and closing music for the piece! If you look closely you can even catch a glimpse of my digitized face on a monitor as Jeff explains how the system works. I saw it last night. The thrill of hearing yourself singing on an international teevee broadcast is truly ineffable. Wow. We were able to tape the piece, and may add it to the next "pressing" of our video compilation. fyi, -timr ps. For those who don't know, Specula began five years ago as a SCO Follies skit in the form of a rock video spoof of the Sex Pistols' [SCO Follies is part of SCO's annual company party. There is always a video spoof of some kind.] "Anarchy in the U.K" (which became, of course, "Anarchy at SCO"). This may help explain the band's name. After a couple more years of doing follies videos, we decided to form a "real" band. We began playing at private parties, graduated to local dives, and are now gigging farther afield. This week we played the Cactus Club in San Jose, and it looks like we've got a gig lined up in the bay area for the 25th of this month. If you're in the area for UniForum you might check us out. I am the lead singer (or as we say in the trade, "vocalist" ;^) and front man. For more info send mail to majordomo () hal com with the message body: subscribe specula-fans pps: Specula's first audio tape, "Weasel's and Cream" is now available. Tammy Rahn (tammyr () sco com) is handling orders. You may send her e-mail to coordinate. [ pricing info removed ] The tape includes a special bonus ``track'' by our close personal friends the _Slavic Love Dogs_ entitled "Deta Dpu". [Now see? You never guessed you'd learn this kind of important stuff here.] ================================================================================
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