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Sonos Online

Have had a Sonos sytem for about 10 years now. I love it (apart from not being able to mix and match Gen 1 and Gen 2 speakers). There have been moments when I’ve wanted to be able to control it remotely and have done but only through Remote Desktop which is fine but just a bit fiddly. So, Sonos Online. Used Claude to produce this which now runs on my system and is accessible (for me) at https://sonos.spratt.co .

There is a limitation whereby Sonos favourites that use streaming services (Spotify, BBC Sounds, Apple Music etc.) or music library playlists require Sonos account tokens that are only maintained by the official Sonos app. You can start them playing in the official app first and then use Sonos Online for volume, grouping and transport control. So switching off a speaker when you’re not in house from the web app works fine.

Help yourself at Github (GPL3) – and if you can work a way around Sonos’s limitation then I’d be very happy to see the result.

Marathon Tunes

I spent hours coming up with this list and getting it in order. Then hours listening to it yesterday at the Brighton Marathon 2011. Am still hobbling.

There’s more beats in the second half, for when the going gets a little harder. It worked out for me yesterday. There are moments when a tune comes on and you just smile and put your foot down. I love that feeling.

The The, This Is The Day
Prince, Let’s Go Crazy
Status Quo, Down Down
Interpol, Evil
Arcade, Fire Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
MGMT, Kids
Kings Of Leon, Sex On Fire
Bloc Party, Tulips
Arcade Fire, Rebellion (Lies)
The Postal Service, We Will Become Silhouettes
LCD Soundsystem, All My Friends
Muse, Take A Bow
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Can’t Stop
Queen, Don’t Stop Me Now
Black Eyed Peas, Pump it
Electric Light Orchestra, Mr. Blue Sky
Feeder, Buck Rogers
Friska Viljor, Gold
Marilyn Manson, The Beautiful People
Fine Young Cannibals, Johnny Come Home
Kele, Tenderoni
White Stripes,   Seven Nation Army
Erasure,     Blue Savannah
Vampire Weekend,   Cousins
Queens of the Stone Age, No One Knows
Editors,  Bones
Erasure, Love To Hate You
Sisters Of Mercy, Temple Of Love (1992)
Bloc Party, This Modern Love
Eminem, Lose Yourself
Johnny Cash, Hurt
The Killers, Mr Brightside
Muse, Time Is Running Out
The Killers, Human
Bodyrockers, I Like The Way
Jim Steinman, Stark Raving Love
Malcolm Mclaren, Double Dutch
Survivor, Eye Of The Tiger
Lostprophets, Last Train Home
Muse, Stockholm Syndrome
Battles, Atlas
The Chemical Brothers, Under The Influence
Benny Benassi, Satisfaction (Original Album
The Chemical Brothers, Hey Boy Hey Girl
Benny Benassi, Inside Of Me
Fuck Buttons, Bright Tomorrow