emusic is all that iTunes isn’t. I can’t find good documentation but it looks like the label is getting a good share. Since they are indie I’m assuming the artist is getting taken care of. No DRM for me. Steve could learn something. Having many projects cooking at once is [...]
Anyone who reads my blog for content knows that one of the few things I get fired up about is DRM. Since music is so important to me it makes sense that I would feel strongly about my rights in that arena. Today Steve Jobs, the guy in the driver’s seat of the [...]
Today a coworker asked me a question about iPods.
“I just got an iPod,” she said, “and my husband has a bunch of music that he’s save in some format and I’d like to get some of it onto my iPod. How can I do that?” I immediately knew we were going to get into trouble. [...]
It wasn’t that long ago that I woke up, took stock of my life and said What Now? I love my job, have great friends, and have all the things that, 10 years ago, I said I wanted to have. There are a few exceptions to that but nothing I could rush. [...]
I am always copping new music. The mixtape has been one of the most wonderful additions to my life. I realized today that I hadn’t mentioned Lupe Fiasco’s album to Jackson yet. Maybe the rest of you would benefit from a dose of my musical sleuthing? Anyway, I’ll try and shout [...]
I noticed today that Phonte from Little Brother posted on their MySpace blog that he was killing off his alter ego Percy Miracles. Cheatin’ is one of my favorite songs on The Listening, as it goes well out of it’s way to make fun of R&B. Apparently our boy Tay was disappointed that [...]
Rebellion done for it’s own sake Does not a true free thinker make To go against for it’s own sake You’re still controlled by the course that the other man takes
Reconsider Everything - Evolver - 311
DRM, Digital Rights Management, is a method for controlling the use and distribution of content and hardware. Today the Wall Street Journal ran a debate between a fair-use advocate law professor and an MPAA executive (found via Daring Fireball). This excited me because I hoped to hear a good argument from the ‘fair [...]
Many months ago I suggested to Glen that I would proffer some choice morsels from my mp3 collection for his perusal. I forgot about that until recently. Part of the reason is that there are so many good songs I could carry out to the intertron and deposit into a virtual Arabian [...]
Reason #182 you can tell your day is interesting: You are listening to Slipknot before 10 a.m.
The Song Of The Day is ‘Raise It Up’ by Slum Village from Fantastic Volume 2. Why? Because of JD’s verse.
The list is somewhat small this week. I didn’t do a good job of documenting this week. All but the first I actually learned yesterday.
ZEROFILL numeric values in MySQL are implicitly UNSIGNED. Saccharin was discovered accidentaly when a scientist was working with coal tar derivatives and forgot to wash his hands. New [...]
Did you love Common’s Like Water For Chocolate? Did you enjoy ATCQ’s The Love Movement? Were you one of the heads that jammed to Slum Village?
One of most important and unknown producers to grace hip-hop died. Jay Dee was involved in all the projects above. You need to go cop his [...]
to Stevie Wonder tonight. That is all. Lookin’ back on when I, was a little nappy headed boy….
Jaxn did this one and I felt compelled to continue it: Total Songs: 4,755 items, 13:06:59:06 total time, 25.32GB Sort by Title, First and Last:
!!!!! - The Roots Zoom - Slum Village
Sort By Time, Shortest and Longest:
Bleach (Hey Joe Remix) - Fort Minor Why (What’s Goin’ On?) - The Roots
Sort By Album, First and Last:
…And [...]
I’ve totally been jamming to Soulive lately. I’m certainly not a jazz afficianado like some of my friends but I often find myself fused into the music in a way that involves my whole body. Feet stomping, ass shaking, and hands smacking. What I find most interesting about it is how it [...]
Everyone probably has those days where a particular artist/album/song is totally in sync with your mood. Today is one of those days. Clipse’s We Got It 4 Cheap Volume 2 mixtape is completely on point. I highly recommend you cop it and put it on blast today. I’ve gotten tired of [...]
Everybody thought I was making a compilation / I was really making myself they compe-tay-shun
Kanye West - Heavy Hitters from GLC’s Hood Celebrity
Last night I attended the 311 concert at Muncipal Auditorium. I’ve never seen 311 live, but I do own an old video that shows a number of concert performances. I’ve only been to a few concerts: System Of A Down/Limp Bizkit and Clipse/50 Cent (Clipse didn’t show up). The 50 Cent concert [...]