Comments on: Downloadable Soundtrack for a Book: How to Break Bad News http://boingboing.net/2009/04/07/downloadable-soundra.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 10:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/04/07/downloadable-soundra.html#comment-458551 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-458551 "Downloadable Soundrack for a Book: How to Break Bad News" X, I think you mean "Downloadable SoundTrack"... love always, -- MrJM “Downloadable Soundrack for a Book: How to Break Bad News”

X,

I think you mean “Downloadable SoundTrack”…

love always,
– MrJM

]]> By: hassan-i-sabbah http://boingboing.net/2009/04/07/downloadable-soundra.html#comment-458296 hassan-i-sabbah Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-458296 Ratatatatat,Hey!Billy and the kids are dead! Ratatatatat,Hey!Billy and the kids are dead!

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2009/04/07/downloadable-soundra.html#comment-458555 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-458555 Fixed. Fixed.

]]> By: Telecustard http://boingboing.net/2009/04/07/downloadable-soundra.html#comment-458315 Telecustard Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-458315 <i>Tim will be reading from and singing copies of the book, while the guys from RCRD LBL will DJ sets that include songs from the soundtrack.</i> Good show. If it's a book with a soundtrack, then it stands to reason that <i>someone</i> should sing it. Tim will be reading from and singing copies of the book, while the guys from RCRD LBL will DJ sets that include songs from the soundtrack.

Good show. If it’s a book with a soundtrack, then it stands to reason that someone should sing it.

]]> By: angry young man http://boingboing.net/2009/04/07/downloadable-soundra.html#comment-458317 angry young man Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-458317 This book's plot is the same as that of a NewsRadio episode, "Lucky Burger." http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0660204/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L43U_6na6rU This book’s plot is the same as that of a NewsRadio episode, “Lucky Burger.”

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0660204/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L43U_6na6rU

]]> By: manicbassman http://boingboing.net/2009/04/07/downloadable-soundra.html#comment-458331 manicbassman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-458331 he'll be singing his book??? anyway, it would help their bandwidth if they'd made a torrent available... he’ll be singing his book???

anyway, it would help their bandwidth if they’d made a torrent available…

]]> By: gramiq http://boingboing.net/2009/04/07/downloadable-soundra.html#comment-458589 gramiq Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-458589 Manitoban author Daria Salamon did this for her debut novel last year, "The Prairie Bridesmaid." http://www.theprairiebridesmaid.com/soundtrack.php Some of the artists contributed unreleased songs to the project. I think it's an innovative way to drive sales of both books and music, both of which are having some difficulty transitioning to the internet. (full disclosure: I help put on a literary festival in my hometown every year and Daria gave a reading last year. She said that convincing her publisher was difficult, since it's more expensive to print books that have unique download codes on each one, but that it ended up being very worthwhile.) Oh, also I've seen magazines do this sometimes -- in particular Esquire. I don't think it's downloadable, but they give a list of songs and tell you what stories they go with. Manitoban author Daria Salamon did this for her debut novel last year, “The Prairie Bridesmaid.”

http://www.theprairiebridesmaid.com/soundtrack.php

Some of the artists contributed unreleased songs to the project.

I think it’s an innovative way to drive sales of both books and music, both of which are having some difficulty transitioning to the internet.

(full disclosure: I help put on a literary festival in my hometown every year and Daria gave a reading last year. She said that convincing her publisher was difficult, since it’s more expensive to print books that have unique download codes on each one, but that it ended up being very worthwhile.)

Oh, also I’ve seen magazines do this sometimes — in particular Esquire. I don’t think it’s downloadable, but they give a list of songs and tell you what stories they go with.

]]> By: Chris Evo http://boingboing.net/2009/04/07/downloadable-soundra.html#comment-458590 Chris Evo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-458590 Listening to the soundtrack now in the embedded widget, it's all great stuff and I may have to pick up the book soon. Am I missing a link somewhere? All I've found are individual links to download the songs one at a time from separate pages, and for such a slick idea that seems like terrible implementation. If anyone could point me on my way that'd be great. Listening to the soundtrack now in the embedded widget, it’s all great stuff and I may have to pick up the book soon.

Am I missing a link somewhere? All I’ve found are individual links to download the songs one at a time from separate pages, and for such a slick idea that seems like terrible implementation. If anyone could point me on my way that’d be great.

]]> By: obi1kenobi1 http://boingboing.net/2009/04/07/downloadable-soundra.html#comment-458341 obi1kenobi1 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-458341 I was just about to mention that NewsRadio episode, but it appears someone else beat me to it... I was just about to mention that NewsRadio episode, but it appears someone else beat me to it…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/04/07/downloadable-soundra.html#comment-458610 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-458610 hey chris - the full album is available as a zip file at http://rcrdlbl.com/download/How_to_Break_Bad_News or you hit the individual song links to grab a track by itself. hey chris – the full album is available as a zip file at http://rcrdlbl.com/download/How_to_Break_Bad_News or you hit the individual song links to grab a track by itself.

]]> By: hassan-i-sabbah http://boingboing.net/2009/04/07/downloadable-soundra.html#comment-458372 hassan-i-sabbah Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-458372 Bad news is always better sung.iT KINDA TAKES THE EDGE OFF. Bad news is always better sung.iT KINDA TAKES THE EDGE OFF.

]]> By: hassan-i-sabbah http://boingboing.net/2009/04/07/downloadable-soundra.html#comment-458375 hassan-i-sabbah Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-458375 Better sung than shouted.'pologies Better sung than shouted.’pologies

]]> By: Sir Greg http://boingboing.net/2009/04/07/downloadable-soundra.html#comment-458459 Sir Greg Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-458459 I don't really get it... How does this actually work? I mean, everyone reads at a different speed, so you can never know where in the book you are at a particular moment in time... Are you supposed to switch the tracks yourself? I don’t really get it…
How does this actually work?
I mean, everyone reads at a different speed, so you can never know where in the book you are at a particular moment in time…
Are you supposed to switch the tracks yourself?

]]> By: trr http://boingboing.net/2009/04/07/downloadable-soundra.html#comment-458490 trr Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-458490 So the "Bad News" is that being a reporter is a crummy job? So the “Bad News” is that being a reporter is a crummy job?

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