The Winamp era

You won’t believe the bizarre secrets Jordan Eldredge found investigating corrupt Winamp skins (#7 will shock you)! You also won’t believe how long we can wax nostalgic about the era of Napster, Aladdin & Pearl Jam.

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Featuring:

• Jordan Eldredge – Twitter, GitHub, Website
• Jerod Santo – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn
• Adam Stacoviak – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website

Show Notes:

• Webamp.org
• The bizarre secrets I found investigating corrupt Winamp skins
• Mainlining Nostalgia: Making the Winamp Skin Museum
• The Winamp Skin Museum is powered by an sqlite3 database
• Winamp Skin Museum
• AC/DC - Back In Black (Official 4K Video) - YouTube
• Tom Waits - “Alice” - YouTube
• A 1979 Tom Waits interview : r/OldSchoolCool
• Led Zeppelin - Black Dog (Official Audio) - YouTube
• Led Zeppelin IV - Wikipedia
• Jain - Makeba (Official Video) - YouTube
• One Jump Ahead - YouTube
• Justin Frankel - Wikipedia
• All Apologies - YouTube

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