Archive for the ‘Music’ Category



Beatles: The Game

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

MTV Games and Apple Corps have announced an exclusive Beatles game from Harmonix, the Rock Band folks.  This is not, however, a Rock Band-based game. The game will be a journey that will take you through the entire Beatles catalog, from the first album to the last. There will be an ...

Spotify Launches

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

Streaming music service Spotify has launched!  Sort of.  Free accounts are invite-only, but anyone can pony up for a premium account.  In theory, anyway, since the premium sign-up page claims a lack of availability in my country. If you can get in, Spotify is worth paying for.  I've been using it ...

Apple Says No to Royalty Hike

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

From AppleInsider: Acccording to Fortune, the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) in Washington, D.C. is expected to rule Thursday on a proposal from the National Music Publishers' Association to raise the rates paid to its members on songs purchased from digital services like iTunes from 9 cents to 15 cents a track. Apple doesn't want to ...

Metallica’s Lars Ulrich on Audio Quality

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Ever ignorant of how stupid he sounds when he talks, Metallica drummer and enemy of music Lars Ulrich weighs in on the controversy over the audio quality of their new album: I will say that the overwhelming response to this new record has exceeded even our expectations as far as how ...

It Rings

Sunday, September 21st, 2008

Today's xkcd sums up my feelings on mobile phone ringtones.  My one exception is the "Never Gonna Give You Up" MIDI that plays when certain people call me.

101.5

Monday, August 25th, 2008

This new Denver radio station doesn't completely suck.

Amazon Prime

Monday, August 11th, 2008

Amazon Prime.  Quite possibly the best $79 I've ever spent. As an Amazon affiliate program member, I received an email this morning suggesting that I pimp the Amazon Prime service.  I have belonged to a lot of affiliate programs over the years, and I get these all the time.  Usually they ...

Act Three

Friday, July 18th, 2008

Act three of Dr. Horrible.  Get it while it's hot.

Act 2

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

The second chapter of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog is now available.  It's also on iTunes, if you prefer to pay for it.

Act One

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Dr. Horrible Act One is available for download.  The presence of Whedon can definitely be felt, especially in the music, which reminds me of Buffy's Once More With Feeling.  

New Rock Band Drums

Friday, July 11th, 2008

Seriously?  This is such an obvious thing to do, but I almost can't believe that someone did it. (Via technoweenie)

Terrible Late ’90s Hits

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

From the Onion A.V. Club: I love terrible late ’90s radio hits so much that I’ve compiled them all in one place, for the first time. It’s called Spectator Songs: Your Favorite Terrible Late ’90s Radio Hitz! and it’s available to anyone masochistic enough to track all the songs down. Three of my favorite ...