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posted by mph, 06/25/04, 09:25 PM

Once upon a time, when making mp3s was still a novelty, I fed my copy of the Beastie Boys' "Hello Nasty" into a truly terrible... (more)

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Cursory Comparison: Garage Band and Acid Music

posted by mph, 06/11/04, 09:03 PM

Instant Music Acid Music GarageBand One of the things I was hoping for when Apple announced GarageBand in the first place was a comparison... (more)

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Switch From Acid and Keep Your Loops

posted by mph, 06/11/04, 03:50 PM

So, here's the quick-n-dirty to converting an Acid loop to an Apple loop for use in GarageBand. It's possible to just drag a loop into... (more)

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10 Random Tracks

posted by mph, 02/29/04, 01:12 AM

From Nate who got the idea from Ed Hand, ten random songs from my entire MP3 collection set to shuffle: Penguin Planet (Void Main, there's... (more)

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pop culture relevance is a key dynamic in modern brand strategy

posted by mph, 12/21/03, 11:11 PM

In "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," if you're looking for someone without a soul, you're looking for a vampire. In the real world, if you're looking... (more)

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Boxed Heads

posted by mph, 11/18/03, 08:29 AM

The wakeup NPR piece this morning was an interview with David Byrne of Talking Heads. There's a new box set out. I was just... (more)

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Looking for the Shatner Version

posted by mph, 11/16/03, 12:23 PM

Driving back from class last week, I caught a weirdly mellow show on the local NPR affiliate (I think there's usually a book reading... (more)

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It's Late. They Know I'm Susceptible.

posted by mph, 11/06/03, 01:46 AM

I'm probably not being very charitable because it's late and because the Apple "Pods Unite" commercial has made all twenty seconds of their best-known song... (more)

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shill yr idols

posted by pk, 11/04/03, 11:52 AM

Ryan Adams is my last rock star. I've had it, and I'm not having any more. I'm so jealous of him I want to fucking kill myself. (more)

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All Hail iTunes?

posted by mph, 10/16/03, 01:14 PM

Update: Rats! "In the Year 2525" is only available as a crappy techno remix! iTunes Music Store sucks! But it has "Ballad of the Green... (more)

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iTunes for Windows Launch Next Week

posted by mph, 10/09/03, 11:49 AM

Apple's getting ready to launch iTunes Music Store for Windows next week. Off the hip prediction? MusicMatch's own download service launch forced Apple's hand. Once... (more)

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Paleopop

posted by mph, 09/15/03, 04:33 PM

Who knew? Ed was once an REM fan and now finds himself wondering what the hell happened to them (or him): "...I was like,... (more)

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Johnny Cash

posted by mph, 09/12/03, 03:43 PM

Goodbye to the Man in Black. Some of my childhood musical memories involve sitting in the back seat of my parents' car and listening to... (more)

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Wallpaper for my head

posted by mph, 07/18/03, 01:36 AM

Took Windows XP back into the home for some work, and that meant Acid Music came back, too, which means a revival of my... (more)

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Unsympathetic First Reaction

posted by mph, 06/23/03, 07:23 AM

"Top artists" aren't happy with services like the iTunes Music Store because they allow listeners to download a decent single or two and bypass the... (more)

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you either know this or don't care.

posted by pk, 06/22/03, 07:12 AM

There's a new Radiohead album.... (more)

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Set Your Sights on the Tastiest Prey

posted by mph, 06/09/03, 09:21 PM

After years and years of hanging out at the catalog counter of indy record shops, listening to frustrating "yeah, dude, I saw that one,... (more)

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May Day at Musicland

posted by mph, 05/08/03, 08:34 AM

The National Review has had its say about the Grokster ruling (in which file sharing software was let off the hook): "By legalizing Internet file-trading... (more)

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For Me To Poop On

posted by mph, 04/08/03, 09:13 PM

Flipping through the channels, we stop long enough to see a bit of Cher's farewell-to-television-concerts concert. She's just gotten through defiling a U2 song... (more)

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Enough Jazz to Choke a Horse

posted by mph, 02/16/03, 10:02 PM

On Phil's good word I went out and bought the Penguin Guide To Jazz on CD. Holy Cow. 1638 pages of just about everything I'd... (more)

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Music Notes: Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus

posted by mph, 01/13/03, 11:13 AM

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Epitonic

posted by mph, 01/12/03, 05:34 PM

Epitonic seems like a good place to go to poke around for new music to download. It's fairly fast, friendly, lets you download what... (more)

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