27 September 2007
It seems like I don’t post before 2 a.m. anymore, but I’m so stoked that sleep can wait. Amazon MP3 has just opened, and it is very cool. I purchased two Pink Martini albums that I’ve been dying to get but was unwilling to compromise on DRM. The download thinger they’ve built is decent, but [...]
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21 September 2006
I fell in love with Amici Forever’s debut CD
which I bought (yes, bought) after hearing someone listen to it in the
computer lab I managed for work. It is an amazing, beautiful and
accessible foray into operatic style. Upon learning they had released
a new album, however, the choice was a little more difficult.
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21 February 2006
All the hubub seems to have died down from the Sony BMG music scandal. My heroes at the Electronic Frontier Foundation have sued Sony, and now both parties have agreed to a settlement.
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21 July 2005
This is a copy of the customer review I posted on Amazon.com today, after my frustration and anger with my new CD.
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31 January 2005
Imagine. A tiny chapel. A sparse crowed of young kids, parents and elderly make up the audience. On stage, twelve bedraggled, twenty-somethings—unshaven, half-stoned and in various states of hygene—pound drums, jingle bells and play the accordion. Strapped to a wheelchair is a frankensystem complete with mixer and projector spouting cockeyed lyrics onto a screen. And that was just the warm-up band.
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