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I just set up my favtape with my favorite songs of the moment.  The site is similar to muxtape, except it is based around last.fm.  The concept is simple — an online mp3 mixtape.  This first one has 14 songs, both new and old.  Here they are, check it out and let me know what [...]

I thought I should follow up on my album release list from February with updated dates and a few words about the stuff that is already out.  So far, the albums that are ruling my playlist are ones that weren’t even on the last list…  so how about a top 3 since everybody loves lists.
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The Cure - The Only One
Fat Robert Smith plus weird head tat guy
Flight of the Conchords - Ladies of the World
The rhythm of the movement, the feel of the wheel
Weezer - Pork and Beans
Every internet meme ever
The Orion Experience - Obsessed with You
The video sucks but it’s worth it
Coldplay - Violet Hill
Still undecided on this [...]

If you visit a lot of social bookmarking sites like Digg and Reddit, then chances are you have been RickRolled at least once.  Just like internet memes of the past…  lolcats, lonelygirl15, the Star Wars kid…  the RickRoll has skyrocketed into popularity.  For the uninformed, to RickRoll someone is “to post a misleading link with [...]

I was looking at the results from last night’s Grammy Awards and I thought some of the winners deserve more attention than they got during the ceremony…
Best Native American Music Album
Totemic Flute Chants
Johnny Whitehorse
Best Hawaiian Music Album
Treasures Of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar
Various Artists
Best Zydeco Or Cajun Music Album
Live! Worldwide
Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience
Best Polka [...]

Yet again it’s time for my annual list of upcoming album releases.  I do this as much for my own sake as I do for anyone else… it’s amazing to me that there’s no good place to find out about music release dates.  There’s lots of places that try but they are never complete or up [...]