SOULSEEK IS BACK

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Its up and running!

― Benny Hill, Wednesday, 12 February 2003 23:58 (twenty-three years ago)

thank you benny! I kiss you for this news!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 13 February 2003 00:01 (twenty-three years ago)

WHOOP!!!

― Keith McD (Keith McD), Thursday, 13 February 2003 00:02 (twenty-three years ago)

NP: kool & the gang - celebrate.mp3 !!!!

― chaki (chaki), Thursday, 13 February 2003 00:02 (twenty-three years ago)

YES IT IS!! YAY!!!

(also ... SAPPHIRECUNT CAN KISS MY SMELLY POLACK ASS!!)

― Tad (llamasfur), Thursday, 13 February 2003 00:03 (twenty-three years ago)

Yay it's twue!!! now it's time to get my download freak on! F*ck sapphirecut and their crappy soulseek-destroying "music"!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 13 February 2003 00:04 (twenty-three years ago)

Now lets all celebrate by patting bald men on the head while running at super speed with glamourous girls chasing us :)

― Benny Hill, Thursday, 13 February 2003 00:05 (twenty-three years ago)

go the white stripes' 'elephant' album !!
go bowie obscure '72 live tracks !!
go lcd soundsystem !!

go !
go !
go !

raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar !!!

― piscesboy, Thursday, 13 February 2003 00:11 (twenty-three years ago)

fuck yeah!

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 13 February 2003 00:12 (twenty-three years ago)

Downloading the Righteous Brothers as we speak...

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Thursday, 13 February 2003 00:16 (twenty-three years ago)

this thread is classic :)

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 13 February 2003 00:44 (twenty-three years ago)

as is this

img src="http://www.soulseekrecords.com/img/cover_slsk002_back.jpg">

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 13 February 2003 00:46 (twenty-three years ago)

as is THIS

http://www.soulseekrecords.com/img/cover_slsk002_back.jpg

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 13 February 2003 00:47 (twenty-three years ago)

i downloaded the latest version but it keeps stalling on the 'scanning files' when i try and launch it :(

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 13 February 2003 00:50 (twenty-three years ago)

ah, just moved the folders i was sharing into new folders and its working now

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 13 February 2003 00:55 (twenty-three years ago)

It's like taking pills again for the first time. Hey I know I just messaged most of y'all saying that, but hell, it's time for celebration, no?

― nick.K (nick.K), Thursday, 13 February 2003 01:38 (twenty-three years ago)

makes me wish i'd taken pills ;)

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 13 February 2003 01:41 (twenty-three years ago)

M-M-E-RRRY CHRISTMAS BEDFORD FALLS! MERRY CHRISTMAS MR POTTER!!!

― nick.K (nick.K), Thursday, 13 February 2003 02:21 (twenty-three years ago)

Yay! Yay! I've got mail! Yay!!!!

― Kenan, Thursday, 13 February 2003 03:21 (twenty-three years ago)

nick k has nailed it.
it is a bit like that isn't it ?

nick k has nailed it -
it is a bit like that isn't it ?

― piscesboy, Thursday, 13 February 2003 13:44 (twenty-three years ago)

It's still not for Macs?

― JoB (JoB), Thursday, 13 February 2003 14:21 (twenty-three years ago)

Yes soulseek in now up. You may now resume your daily lives....

― Carr Thickson (mal2478), Thursday, 13 February 2003 15:01 (twenty-three years ago)

to the top

― g (graysonlane), Thursday, 13 February 2003 17:20 (twenty-three years ago)

is it back for good?

― robin (robin), Thursday, 13 February 2003 17:46 (twenty-three years ago)

i had been using kazaa and it felt like going behind someone's back.
it was like it knew too, as when i tried to re-load slsk while kazaa was still on my desktop it went really slow, then when i got rid completely it was aok.

soulseek baby

― piscesboy, Thursday, 13 February 2003 19:57 (twenty-three years ago)

Fuckin' yeah!! Fucked Up Inside!! The Southern Oklahoma Cosmic Trigger Contest!! Lisa's Got Hives!! Pure Guava!! Huzzahs!!

― Evan (Evan), Thursday, 13 February 2003 20:12 (twenty-three years ago)

two months pass...

Does anyone know has Soulseek died on its arse agin? I can't get anywhere with it over the last few days.

― Gatinha (rwillmsen), Sunday, 13 April 2003 20:14 (twenty-three years ago)

it's worked for me

― James Blount (James Blount), Sunday, 13 April 2003 20:17 (twenty-three years ago)

Gatinha, did you go to www.slsk.org and get the new test version? I think they're on version 9 or something now. worked fine for me today.

― Jonathan, Sunday, 13 April 2003 22:11 (twenty-three years ago)

Nah, it seems to be fine now cheers. I've gotta lotta files though, so it takes a loooooooooooooooooong time to get up and running;

― Gatinha (rwillmsen), Sunday, 13 April 2003 22:12 (twenty-three years ago)

Testing is now finished, and version 145 is now out. It uses a new network and has a more decentralised architecture, which is resulting in more search results than before. It is kind of lonely in the ILM room on my own though, so update now!

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Monday, 14 April 2003 10:45 (twenty-three years ago)

I use psylsk for linux, and can't get on to the server. Anyone hear about a new pyslsk version? Can't seem to find anything so far...

― cprek (cprek), Monday, 14 April 2003 22:39 (twenty-three years ago)

has anyone ever paid the $5 for download privileges? does it work?

― toby (tsg20), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 07:46 (twenty-three years ago)

yes and yes

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 11:05 (twenty-three years ago)

yes and YES

― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 11:46 (twenty-three years ago)

What are the advantages to doing this?

― s woods, Tuesday, 15 April 2003 12:03 (twenty-three years ago)

Queuejumping.

― Siegbran (eofor), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 12:05 (twenty-three years ago)

sorry, don't really know what you mean...first access to stuff that others are also looking for?

― s woods, Tuesday, 15 April 2003 12:14 (twenty-three years ago)

If you want something from someone who has 1130 files in her/his queue, you will either be shot to the front or very close to it (it's usually the latter).

― Andy K (Andy K), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 12:53 (twenty-three years ago)

he's not exaggerating

― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 12:57 (twenty-three years ago)

Can I not use slsk until I do the upgrade? Cos that's what seems to be happening.

― teeny (teeny), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 14:11 (twenty-three years ago)

it wasn't working for me and then I did the upgrade and now it's working no problem so maybe/probably/yes

― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 14:12 (twenty-three years ago)

so if you upgrade to the new version do you have to re-enter all of your userlist by hand?

― your null fame (yournullfame), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 17:54 (twenty-three years ago)

no, i didnt, just let the new version replace your old one by installing it in the same place

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 17:55 (twenty-three years ago)

cool.

― your null fame (yournullfame), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 18:38 (twenty-three years ago)

The ILM room has only two people in it. Very sad and lonely.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Thursday, 17 April 2003 01:58 (twenty-three years ago)

is it currently working for anyone? Kenan? no luck past 2 days (with the new version)

― Paul (scifisoul), Thursday, 17 April 2003 11:58 (twenty-three years ago)

"Soulseek is broken. Please come back tomorrow."

― Andy K (Andy K), Thursday, 17 April 2003 12:02 (twenty-three years ago)

thanks Andy (it looks so like Ingram's blog!)

― Paul (scifisoul), Thursday, 17 April 2003 12:07 (twenty-three years ago)

146b is the new version -- they made sure to negate my session last night by telling me the version I downloaded like 2 days ago is obsolete. Wait until the morning, dudes! Anyway, it worked for me after I upgraded.

― dleone (dleone), Thursday, 17 April 2003 12:09 (twenty-three years ago)

it hasn't worked for me since friday and i've upgraded and everything!

― dog latin (dog latin), Thursday, 17 April 2003 12:51 (twenty-three years ago)

yeah, i got logged out and got a mean message telling me my brand new, just downloaded it version was too old and to download the new one. i'm guessing there might've been some kind of gaping security hole or some such. kinda sucked that i was downloading from a couple of people who are rarely on and that 95% of the people on had disappeared by the time i got back on with the new version.

― your null fame (yournullfame), Thursday, 17 April 2003 13:07 (twenty-three years ago)

I haven't upgraded squat, and had no trouble getting on last night. Curiouser and curiouser.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Thursday, 17 April 2003 13:09 (twenty-three years ago)

i only just got version 145b a few days back but a pop up told me my version was obsolete so have just downloaded the new v146 and all is well

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 17 April 2003 13:14 (twenty-three years ago)

that's why i'm thinking it might've been a security/stability issue with 145; the earlier version seems to work fine.

― your null fame (yournullfame), Thursday, 17 April 2003 14:37 (twenty-three years ago)

six months pass...

Is Soulseek acting strange for anyone else? Mine says I need an update, but the download screen that pops up is in German, and I can clearly see something about Euros per Minute enclosed in all that foreign-speak. Has anyone downloaded the new thing? & it's free and fine?

― j c, Monday, 20 October 2003 11:37 (twenty-two years ago)

the German thing is another site - i think they took over the old URL - version 150 is now available from www.slsknet.org

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 20 October 2003 11:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Ah, thank you muchly.

― j c, Monday, 20 October 2003 11:43 (twenty-two years ago)

I've got mine working again after uninstalling it and downloading the newest version but it seems to be supa-slow at the moment, but then the internet seems to be generally slow for me at home at the moment.

― Nick H, Monday, 20 October 2003 13:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Speaking of, what ever happened to the ilm room on slsk?

― scott m (mcd), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 00:08 (twenty-two years ago)

It's still there, I'm in it now. Not much conversation seems to go down there but I'll vchat if I'm not busy.

― Nick H, Tuesday, 21 October 2003 15:20 (twenty-two years ago)

The search function seems to be completely fucked - I'm getting about 1/20 of the search results I used to and it's very slow. Anyone else having this - installing 151 doesnt seem to have changed anything.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 16:49 (twenty-two years ago)

yup. I can search one thing on two separate days and the number hits will be completely different.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 16:52 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm glad someone else is having the same problems, I was getting worried

― Sonny A. (Keiko), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 17:11 (twenty-two years ago)

i was about to install 151 to see if that helped. this sucks.

― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 17:32 (twenty-two years ago)

It has helped a little bit actually Mitch but the number of results I'm getting is still very low (I'm mostly searching for modern pop hits i.e. the kind of thing that normally gets a lot of results)

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 17:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Apparently what's happened is that Slsk has implemented a recommendations system and it has eaten all the resource that was being used for search. Hopefully they will see sense and disable the recommendations until their server can handle it.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 17:49 (twenty-two years ago)

The weird thing that's happening with soulseek for me the past two days is that I'll download a folder from someone, and all the songs go to 98% or 99% and move on to another track before finishing up. It's really annoying.

― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 17:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Why can I never seem to find the ILM room when I look for it?

― Sarah Pedal (call mr. lee), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 17:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Why can I browse the files of some peeps but not others?

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 18:01 (twenty-two years ago)

firewalls mookie.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 18:03 (twenty-two years ago)

i did some research and got the same answer as tom, yeah.

― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 18:25 (twenty-two years ago)

It simply wont start at all for me at the moment. I was gonna search for "Your Woman" by White Town tonight too; by the time it's fixed I know I'll have forgotten.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 18:27 (twenty-two years ago)

"Hopefully they will see sense and disable the recommendations until their server can handle it."
fuckin A, im trying to get human league's "travelogue" and, motherfucker, no luck.

― Felcher (Felcher), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 19:19 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah the recommendations thing is the problem, it seems. putting *s in front of all your search terms helps, but not much. i'm sure it'll all be ok in a few days, anyway.

― toby (tsg20), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 19:31 (twenty-two years ago)

it's working ok now, in fact...

― toby (tsg20), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 07:12 (twenty-two years ago)

As toby points out, mine suddenly fixed itself last night as well. I'm glad I discovered this thread, I was beginning to think it was broken (again).

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 09:05 (twenty-two years ago)

be patient.

― noel, Wednesday, 29 October 2003 11:05 (twenty-two years ago)

i've got a question : you know the logo bit thats green when connected and purple when not connected? what does it mean if its shiny green with a big letter A added? i've noticed this a couple of times now but i cant find out on soulseek forums what it means!

― joni, Wednesday, 29 October 2003 19:01 (twenty-two years ago)

it means your status is "away". see in the userlist window the blue bird icons - some have wings some don't. the ones without wings are "away".

The "toggle away" button at the top makes the big A go away and come back.

Also in the general options menu you will find a "auto away on minimize"...

Think it's a bit ropey sometimes which is maybe why you've seen it without specifically clicking on the button!

― paulc, Wednesday, 29 October 2003 19:18 (twenty-two years ago)

aha! thanks, i'd been wondering about the bird having wings or not for a while as well! now i've just got to have everything on my wishlist finally turn up........

― joni, Wednesday, 29 October 2003 19:22 (twenty-two years ago)

ten months pass...

is soulseek down?
i donloaded 154 and can't seem to get it to work. about a year since ive been active with it

― johnny z (johnny z), Saturday, 25 September 2004 13:32 (twenty-one years ago)

b u m p

― johnny z (johnny z), Saturday, 25 September 2004 13:56 (twenty-one years ago)

I have question for alla y'all. Is it possible to have more than one P2P app on one's PC? WinMx has been coming up dud lately for a lot of the stuff I've been trying to find, but any attempts at running Slsk have yielded nothing but frustration. Basically I can see search results but can't dl anything. Ditto any other file-sharing app I've tried...

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Saturday, 25 September 2004 14:01 (twenty-one years ago)

hmmm

― johnny z (johnny z), Saturday, 25 September 2004 14:03 (twenty-one years ago)

VICTORY!

― johnny z (johnny z), Saturday, 25 September 2004 14:55 (twenty-one years ago)

make sure your downloading the black and not the grey.

― seahorse genius (seahorse genius), Saturday, 25 September 2004 15:55 (twenty-one years ago)

i cant seem to look at anyones files in the ilm
if anyone'd be kind enough to add me to their list that allows me access it'd be great
my username is peterbeagrie

― robin (robin), Sunday, 26 September 2004 00:05 (twenty-one years ago)

make sure your downloading the black and not the grey.

Trust me, I thought of this. I've tried everything.

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Sunday, 26 September 2004 00:09 (twenty-one years ago)

2 great tips for a smoother running slsk experience:

Contribute the $5 donation each month. You automatically move to the front of queue lines.

Disable the firewall on your computer/router.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Sunday, 26 September 2004 03:34 (twenty-one years ago)

four years pass...

weird thing but searches for 'prodigy' turn up absolutely zilch - anyone else finding that?

― O Supermanchiros (blueski), Sunday, 1 March 2009 13:00 (seventeen years ago)

ssx gives me no results for prodigy via distributed network & room searches, but the userlist search function works fine.

― ☪, Sunday, 1 March 2009 13:34 (seventeen years ago)

xpost let's hope the band itself has also vanished from this planet. (i kid i kid)

― Nathalie (stevienixed), Sunday, 1 March 2009 13:37 (seventeen years ago)

I have a wishlist search for Jay Clarkson that keeps bringing up tons of fake Kelly Clarkson hits even though I've added -kelly to it.

― I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO (Colonel Poo), Sunday, 1 March 2009 13:40 (seventeen years ago)

slsk makes me feel sort of guilty when i try to search for Dark was the Night (charity compilation) and it gives me no hits..

― Ludo, Sunday, 1 March 2009 15:03 (seventeen years ago)

Soulseek is like your moody great friend... just get it a rest and go back later.

― Shin Oliva Suzuki, Sunday, 1 March 2009 15:45 (seventeen years ago)

search function has never worked well. userlist search is the only way to go. mind you i stopped using slsk years ago really apart from to chat with friends, but last time i used it a few months back the search was as crap as ever. i only ever use the usersearch if i bother with slsk now and again

― Pfunkboy in blood drenched rabbit suit jamming in the woods (Herman G. Neuname), Sunday, 1 March 2009 15:55 (seventeen years ago)

i get good/great results for most stuff - this is using the NS version. it just seems odd that one common term would bring up nothing (put any prodigy record title in and you get plenty results).

― tuomasters at work (blueski), Sunday, 1 March 2009 15:58 (seventeen years ago)

I think certain terms are "blocked." I've experienced this a few times.

― Simon H., Sunday, 1 March 2009 16:06 (seventeen years ago)

i've not had this problem, but maybe i don't search for popular-enough stuff or something. "beck mellow gold" worked okay though.

actually, i have had an occasional problem with search turning up no results, but closing the search window and trying again in a new one works. so far.

― DONKEY CANCER in action (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 1 March 2009 16:09 (seventeen years ago)

Post on the slsk forum asking if searches are blocked. You're more likely to get the answer there.

― Pfunkboy in blood drenched rabbit suit jamming in the woods (Herman G. Neuname), Sunday, 1 March 2009 16:15 (seventeen years ago)

a while back I found that search for Prince + *Prince album title* never got me any results, although I could sometimes find the album by searching for track titles, no 'Prince' in the search.

― Ralph, Waldo, Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Merdeyeux), Sunday, 1 March 2009 16:29 (seventeen years ago)

searching.

― Ralph, Waldo, Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Merdeyeux), Sunday, 1 March 2009 16:29 (seventeen years ago)

Yeah I had that problem with Prince as well.

― I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO (Colonel Poo), Sunday, 1 March 2009 17:05 (seventeen years ago)

Just noticed I got an ILX mail from someone asking if I need Jay Clarkson stuff - can't reply to the email cos it came from ilx robot, but thanks for the offer - I did actually manage to find what I was looking for by searching for the album title.

― I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO (Colonel Poo), Wednesday, 4 March 2009 12:35 (seventeen years ago)

slsk makes me feel sort of guilty when i try to search for Dark was the Night (charity compilation) and it gives me no hits..

― Ludo, Sunday, March 1, 2009 3:03 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark

so you should!

― braveclub, Wednesday, 4 March 2009 15:17 (seventeen years ago)

three years pass...

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― W i l l, Friday, 23 March 2012 11:19 (fourteen years ago)

SlskQT wtf.

― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 23 March 2012 13:23 (fourteen years ago)

Ha! I meant to type ftw!

― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 23 March 2012 13:24 (fourteen years ago)

Does anybody know how Soulseek has managed to survive for so long?

― MarkoP, Friday, 23 March 2012 14:50 (fourteen years ago)

it's never had that big a userbase due to unfriendly interface and deliberately inefficient server use?

― thomp, Friday, 23 March 2012 14:55 (fourteen years ago)

yeah i think it has like 5000 users worldwide, ;) but those users are such popnerds that they share 99% of the popmusic written since 1945

― Ludo, Friday, 23 March 2012 14:58 (fourteen years ago)

I still use slsk because nothing has improved upon it afaic.

― tanuki, Friday, 23 March 2012 15:03 (fourteen years ago)

its certainly become more useful again with the apparent mediafire google blackout

― akm, Saturday, 24 March 2012 04:47 (fourteen years ago)

Started using it again and built a jazz vocal comp really quick. Well done internet(s)!

― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 24 March 2012 09:33 (fourteen years ago)

I still use slsk because nothing has improved upon it afaic.

― tanuki, Friday, March 23, 2012 8:03 AM Bookmark

^^^^^

― The Reverend, Saturday, 24 March 2012 10:44 (fourteen years ago)

yeah i think it has like 5000 users worldwide, ;) but those users are such popnerds that they share 99% of the popmusic written since 1945

You nailed it!

― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Saturday, 24 March 2012 11:20 (fourteen years ago)

I love Soulseek because when you find some skip and stutter filled 96k rip of an obscure album on the blogs there's almost always some dude on Soulseek with a 320 version.

― benernienie taumaupin (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 25 March 2012 03:11 (fourteen years ago)

<3 slsk for old times sake, still use it sometimes

― The term “hipster racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan), Sunday, 25 March 2012 03:20 (fourteen years ago)

I use Soulseekqt. There's really nothing like it. Full albums, great quality and yes, it's filled with nerds that have the strangest music I wouldn't get a hold of otherwise.

The major labels don't really care about it. Not influential enough. Besides, most of the music shared in there isn't really of concern to them. Saying it has only 5,000 users is a bit of a stretch tho. I'd say it's more like 50,000.

― Moka, Sunday, 25 March 2012 04:48 (fourteen years ago)

yeah there are a bunch of user, though with mag-is-ka now i never use Soulseek.

― good luck Peeta Mellark (Bee OK), Sunday, 25 March 2012 04:57 (fourteen years ago)

man i haven't used soulseek since i first found ilx like 6 years ago (!)

QT is a thing i should try?

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 25 March 2012 05:08 (fourteen years ago)

Just moved from a normal pc to one of these strange Mac type computers - can't seem to get SLSK working at all. Is it not possible to get on Mac or am I doing something wrong?

Yours Frustrated.

― Hinklepicker, Sunday, 25 March 2012 08:26 (fourteen years ago)

you need to use SoulseekQT

― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 25 March 2012 09:40 (fourteen years ago)

by the way, I have been using Soulseek for about 10 years now and I still have no idea what "privileges" are

― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 25 March 2012 09:41 (fourteen years ago)

You donate and get punted to the front of queues iirc

So this soulseekQT actually works? I could never find a Mac client that worked as good as the Windows version.

― pagan diskow (Crackle Box), Sunday, 25 March 2012 09:53 (fourteen years ago)

yep it's good, interface is a bit clunkier than the pc version but it works fine

― jabba hands, Sunday, 25 March 2012 12:55 (fourteen years ago)

I still user ssX. It's fine.

― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Sunday, 25 March 2012 15:04 (fourteen years ago)

i love that there are still soulseek users, you guys are like civil war re-enactors or steam train enthusiasts or something

― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Sunday, 25 March 2012 15:21 (fourteen years ago)

Soulseek has not evolved since 2003 or something and that is what is beautiful about it. God bless the popnerds that keep it alive.

― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Sunday, 25 March 2012 15:43 (fourteen years ago)

i love that there are still soulseek users, you guys are like civil war re-enactors or steam train enthusiasts or something

― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Sunday, March 25, 2012 10:21 AM (51 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

not familiar with steam train enthusiasts, going to metacrawler it

― D-40, Sunday, 25 March 2012 16:13 (fourteen years ago)

just ask jeeves dog

― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Sunday, 25 March 2012 16:14 (fourteen years ago)

Soulseek has not evolved since 2003 or something and that is what is beautiful about it. God bless the popnerds that keep it alive.

― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Sunday, March 25, 2012 4:43 PM (34 minutes ago)

― The term “hipster racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan), Sunday, 25 March 2012 16:18 (fourteen years ago)

the metal community is huuuuuuuuuuuge on slsk

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 25 March 2012 16:22 (fourteen years ago)

I've been using sxs for ages, will try this soulseekQT

― akm, Sunday, 25 March 2012 16:23 (fourteen years ago)

To those saying we're like civil war reenactors, then what is the 'modern' choice for p2p?

― Moka, Sunday, 25 March 2012 19:14 (fourteen years ago)

bittorrent? megaupload type sites?

― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Sunday, 25 March 2012 19:15 (fourteen years ago)

Cause I've honestly haven't found anything better. It's like the civil war was fought with laser guns and 10 years later people started fighting with powder guns instead.

bittorrent? megaupload type sites?

― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki)

You have to download the full albums and that's a hassle when you're only looking for one specific song and even then you have to go to the trouble of finding whatever it is you're looking for. Also obscure or underground artists are impossible to find.

― Moka, Sunday, 25 March 2012 19:18 (fourteen years ago)

Man, Í love soulseek. I've dwindled the amount of time I spend on it and the amount of tunes I get, but I would be lost if SLSK suddenly disappeared. I rarely get music anywhere else and I only have mp3s of about 20% of my favorite tunes. Many pc switches and complete drive wipes over the years has left me getting songs I like only when I'm in the mood to hear them. I'm not particularly interested in owning every bit of music I've ever enjoyed when I can always find it for when I do want hard copies.

I might be alone on ILX thinking that way. I picture most music nerds as collectors and not guys that are content with nothing more than their own limited supply and access to youtube music. Maybe there are more people like me in the age of Spotify but US music nerds certainly seem to be collectors.

You don't have to download full albums on bittorrent but SLSK has more obscure music than what you can find on torrent sites.

― whispering fairy tales (CaptainLorax), Sunday, 25 March 2012 19:25 (fourteen years ago)

bittorrent vs soulseek is just no competition at all, not even the same ballpark.

― piscesx, Sunday, 25 March 2012 19:28 (fourteen years ago)

i've been a mediafire junkie for the past two & a half years or so and have been considering going back to soulseek lately as things are increasingly drying up. speeds on soulseek are frustratingly inconsistent but the whole experience of finding stuff through exploring other people's libraries is so much more fun than just google searching, or even going through album upload blogs. i think it's really the only thing online that approximates the random discovery & high incidence of connecting with total nerds of buying used vinyl

― flopson, Sunday, 25 March 2012 19:45 (fourteen years ago)

bittorrent vs soulseek is just no competition at all, not even the same ballpark.

what.cd vs. soulseek?

what's a lot faster.

― toandos, Sunday, 25 March 2012 21:05 (fourteen years ago)

I wouldn't have got this pm from a bit torrent site.

[14Mar12 00:29:35][amour&discipline] Hi ! I just browsed you and saw you were sharing music from my friend Dustin Wong. If you have the time, please check http://amour-discipline.org . It is a collective webzine made by bands (dustin posted an article two days ago), labels, activists... A&D also is a donation platform where people can send donations to ANY indie band or indie label in the world. We want to champion culture sharing AND provide an alternative way to support artists. If you have the time, read our full manifesto on our website, and don't hesitate to give me your opinion about it.

― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Sunday, 25 March 2012 21:32 (fourteen years ago)

hah, i got that one too. except for astral social club.

― original bgm, Sunday, 25 March 2012 22:05 (fourteen years ago)

Also on Soulseek you find usernames that are characters from Roberto Bolaño novels. But the best username I ever found was Remote user banned.

― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Sunday, 25 March 2012 22:15 (fourteen years ago)

hah, i got that one too. except for astral social club.

Are the Nigerians trying to hoodwink the mighty army of obscuro nerds?

― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Sunday, 25 March 2012 22:20 (fourteen years ago)

y'all know about this yeah?

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/03/15/american-isps-to-launch-massive-copyright-spying-scheme-on-july-12/

(reposted from RIAA Armageddon thread)

― Flat Of NAGLs (sleeve), Sunday, 25 March 2012 22:23 (fourteen years ago)

Also on Soulseek you find usernames that are characters from Roberto Bolaño novels. But the best username I ever found was Remote user banned.

― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Sunday, March 25, 2012 6:15 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ahahhahhaha

― sanskrit, Sunday, 25 March 2012 22:31 (fourteen years ago)

Regarding the RIAA Armageddon thing. If it's not enforced-legally those ISPS will just provide a huge business opportunity to new ISPS who don't give a fuck about it.

― Moka, Sunday, 25 March 2012 22:54 (fourteen years ago)

true in theory, but can be suppressed if the RIAA sues the living shit out of any of them before they get off the ground.

― Poliopolice, Sunday, 25 March 2012 23:40 (fourteen years ago)

could have chilling effects

― Poliopolice, Sunday, 25 March 2012 23:40 (fourteen years ago)

I am also amazed that people still use soulseek, but then it's probably just a bunch of old dudes who still use brick and mortar banks and sign their posts on message boards.

― killa amc (admrl), Monday, 26 March 2012 00:18 (fourteen years ago)

cheers for that download on there adam

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 26 March 2012 00:20 (fourteen years ago)

no worries

― killa amc (admrl), Monday, 26 March 2012 00:23 (fourteen years ago)

March 23rd through April 1st is (Extended) Double Privileges Week on Soulseek! See http://www.slsknet.org/ for details!

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 26 March 2012 00:24 (fourteen years ago)

I still have it, but don't use it much anymore - only to look for weird new wave 7-inches and the entirety of "flexi-pop". Plus it seems a lot slower than it used to be.

― โตเกียวเหมียวเหมียว aka Colored on TV! (Mount Cleaners), Monday, 26 March 2012 00:25 (fourteen years ago)

psst

http://eggcityradio.com/2008/minimal-synth-compilations-part-1-of-7/

― Flat Of NAGLs (sleeve), Monday, 26 March 2012 00:30 (fourteen years ago)

i think the main thing you guys are missing re the popularity of soulseek is the community aspect. The chatrooms are busy. As i said various metal communities are there (some from websites with private rooms). There's nowhere better for obscure stuff. Sure megaupload etc was quicker but if you cant find it on a blog soulseek usually had someone with it.

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 26 March 2012 00:30 (fourteen years ago)

yeah idk the idea that slsk is some quaint old thing. filestube et al are pretty much useless now.

― tanuki, Monday, 26 March 2012 02:25 (fourteen years ago)

etc* not et al

― tanuki, Monday, 26 March 2012 02:27 (fourteen years ago)

i still use brick and mortar banks :/

― The Reverend, Monday, 26 March 2012 02:43 (fourteen years ago)

I watch movies on DVD.

― Hinklepicker, Monday, 26 March 2012 08:36 (fourteen years ago)

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