Warren Ellis' [BAD SIGNAL] mail list today mentioned mp3ria, an artist-centric music download service that operates on the BitPass micropayment system. I bought my first BitPass to pick up Joshua Ellis' Love Songs for Bastards, for US$3.5, a whole album with a good range of styles. The files they offer are MP3's (as the site's name would imply), no DRM, and up for use on virtually all playback devices, and as many devices as you'd like (unlike iTunes). Since then I've picked up some Deathboy stuff, and other tracks that were part of a promotional campaign, and a single from Joshua Ellis' upcoming album, Redwood City Station. You can check out most tracks as a streaming MP3 or in a little Flash player.
“I came back for my own purposes,” said the Time Traveler, looking around my booklined study. “I chose you to talk to because it was . . . convenient. And I don’t want you to do a goddamned thing. There’s nothing you can do. But relax . . . we’re not going to be talking about personal things. Such as, say, the year, day, and hour of your death. I don’t even know that sort of trivial information, although I could look it up quickly enough. You can release that white-knuckled grip you have on the edge of your desk.” I tried to relax. “What do you want to talk about?” I said. “The Century War,” said the Time Traveler. I blinked and tried to remember some history. “You mean the Hundred Year War? Fifteenth Century? Fourteenth? Sometime around there. Between . . . France and England? Henry V? Kenneth Branagh? Or was it . . .” “I mean the Century War with Islam,” interrupted the Time Traveler. “Your future. Everyone’s.” He was no longer smiling. Without asking, or offering to pour me any, he ...
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