Category Archives: Music
New 80's Music! Spoons on Magnatune
Love the 80's sound, but tired of all the stuff in your collection? Magnatune has just released Unexpected Guest at a Cancelled Party by Spoons, an 80s band from Canada you may or may not have heard of. (I hadn't)
While I was tinkering with the new site theme this morning, I checked out Unexpected. It's [...]
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Great work music: Authentic 1920's style solo blues guitar by Jag
Start your Monday off right -- head over to Magnatune and check out the selection of albums by Jag. All of the albums are in the style of 1920s blues guitar. Uncomplicated, raw-sounding, but very catchy and at times downright beautiful.
All the albums are available for preview / streaming for non-members, just point your [...]
Wolfmother: Cosmic Egg
Not sure where I caught the first reference to this album, but I've been seeing mentions of Wolfmother here and there for the past couple of weeks. It's on Amazon's list of $5 MP3 deals, so I sampled a few tracks online and decided it was worth the $5 download to hear the whole thing.
Holy [...]
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Fun and interesting things from around the Web on tech, entertainment, and music...
Spray Paint The Walls: The Story of Black Flag — Book coming out on Black Flag shortly. Not clear on the release date, but you better believe this is on my wish list...
The Muppets take on Bohemian Rhapsody — What do you get [...]
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Amarok Refreshed: Better, Stronger, Faster!
Even though it's a point release, the latest Amarok comes with some major new features and all the benefits of the 2.2.0 release. Dubbed "Weightless," the 2.2.1 release is full of bug fixes and polishing from 2.2.0 release as well as improvements to music management, podcasts, and the ability to update Amarok scripts.
Amarok is already [...]
New pages: books and music
On vacation this week -- I can't believe it's gone by so quickly. Since I travel quite a bit already, decided that the best option was a stay-at-home vacation, so I've spent time this week with some long-neglected home projects and spending time with the tribe.
Had hoped to go to a water park Wednesday, but [...]
Bach on an 8-string guitar by Daniel Estrem