Archive for the ‘music’ Category

Promises Promises: More Best of 2007

Posted: January 4, 2008 in 2007, music, songs

As mentioned, previously, here are my best tracks of 2007. I think above anything else, 2007 was the year for light and poppy hooks for me. You can search for demos of the songs on Hype Machine or follow the links to iTunes. Again, no particular order and in no way inclusive: Spoon – You [...]

You may have heard that Amazon has thrown their hat into the ring of selling music online. iTunes has been the big player for legal downloading of music for years, but eMusic and now Amazon continue to make competition more interesting. I tested Amazon as well as the new eMusic remote and have to say [...]

Music Advice

Posted: September 5, 2007 in music

Since high school, I’ve been someone people come to asking questions about music. Recommendations, reviews, back stories, etc… But now it’s my turn to ask you, the collective universe, for some advice. Say a guy wanted to discover good music from a foreign country…say Spain or Greece. What reference would you use?

Tivo Recommendation

Posted: July 23, 2007 in music, television, tivo

Got a Tivo? Set it to record Classic Albums on VH1 Classic. Seriously, do it. Episodes I’ve seen so far: Nirvana’s Nevermind, Phil Collins’ Face Value, Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon, The Sex Pistols’ Never Mind the Bullocks…great stuff. It’s almost difficult to remember how revolutionary that Nirvana album was. I remember the [...]

The Day The Music Died

Posted: February 3, 2007 in music

It’s been 48 years since Richie Valens, Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper died in a plane crash in North Dakota. Plane crashes are one of those things where there’s always a story about who could have been on the plane and who wasn’t supposed to be on the plane. An event like a Run [...]