Archive for the “Music” category
Times New Viking – Rip It Off
by Pete on January 28, 2008
I have read no end of quotes lately from Stephen Merritt about how his new Magnetic Fields album is an attempt to channel The Jesus & Mary Chain’s seminal 1985 outing Psychocandy. With its layers of fuzz, Distortion makes a (…)
The final word on Amazon’s MP3 store
by Pete on January 26, 2008
It’s amazing how quickly being linked on BoingBoing gets a problem solved. After some assurances from someone in Amazon’s MP3 group that, despite what their customer support people told me, their ID3 tagging is not proprietary, I did a bunch (…)
More on the Amazon MP3 Store
by Pete on January 22, 2008
Although I have previously voiced my gripes with Amazon’s MP3 Downloads store, I decided to give them another chance last week after reading the news that Sony/BMG was dropping DRM from their mp3 offerings. Amazon’s selection has improved dramatically since (…)
The power of this blog is an awesome thing to behold.
by Pete on January 11, 2008
On the very day that I post about their ridiculous MusicPass plan for DRM-free MP3 offerings, Sony takes my advice: SAN FRANCISCO — Sony BMG, the music company, announced Thursday that it would become the fourth and final major label (…)
I think you’re missing the point
by Pete on January 10, 2008
There was a lot of talk last week about the news that Sony was going to be selling MP3′s without DRM. The reason for all the hubbub was that, as previously mentioned, Sony was the last hold-out among the major (…)
No, I don’t want to install the Amazon MP3 Downloader
by Pete on January 2, 2008
Sometime last week, I read that the Amazon MP3 store would now be selling DRM-free music from Warner, leaving Sony/BMG as the last hold-out among the major record labels. Pretty cool, I thought, and decided that, having railed so much (…)
Most Overrated Albums of 2007
by Pete on December 28, 2007
As usual, there was a lot of good music that came out over the past year, and there was a fair amount of crap. This being the season of year-end “Best of” lists, it’s time to peruse the various entries (…)
Ministry – The Last Sucker
by Pete on December 15, 2007
Judging by the number of “01.20.2009″ bumper stickers cropping up, it seems that I am not the only one counting down the days until George W. Bush leaves office. His tenure in the White House has been an unmitigated disaster (…)
Still dragging their corpses around stage
by Pete on November 11, 2007
While at the movies a week or so ago, I saw a preview for a new Rolling Stones in-concert film directed by Martin Scorcese. Several questions came to mind while watching this preview: Who is still paying money to send (…)
Parts & Labor – Mapmakers
by Pete on October 2, 2007
While there may be a lot of annoying things about Brooklyn these days, proof that the borough still has some good stuff to offer comes in the form of the band Parts & Labor. I got their new album Mapmakers (…)