A Rubber Door

Oh what the iPod has done. 1,000 songs in your pocket (or in my case 3,300 and counting) seemed like such a great thing - and it is, but it has permanently changed the way I listen to and how much I enjoy music.
I’ve had enough - Give me more!

Every month I download 90 songs [...]

Since I had a bootleg of the original version of Fiona Apple’s recently released Extraordinary Machine, I anticipated listening to the two together. I have only listened to the album once but I can say this - the two versions are very different. The same songs - just produced with a different hand.
My first impression [...]

I am a self-professed music snob. My girlfriend Kristen accuses me of this all the time (generally when I cringe at something playing on her iPod). So when a friend sent me this article I sat reading it and nodding my head. It’s a long read, but worth it.
WASHINGTON DIARIST
Remastered
by Michael Crowley
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So many morons running their mouths this month, I’ve forgotten to actually post about music. Here’s what I’ve been listening to this month with initial impressions.
Bob Mould - Body of Song (3 out 5) Kind of an incomplete CD for me. Some of the songs work well, where too many fall flat. Some [...]

So two weeks ago I took on illegal downloaders. In that post I spoke specifically to the ethics of taking something for free that you rightfully should pay for. What makes this issue so hard to argue at times is the total lack of sympathy that anyone can feel for the RIAA. Their total lack [...]

I’ve just realized that I’m a dinasour.
My post about stealing music has led to a lot of conversation and what I’m realizing is that I’m the only one that really believes I should pay for music. What’s worse is that it’s to the point where I look silly for buying music. My post was really [...]

OK - technology is what it is, and it is very easy to make a copy of a cd from a friend, from P2P networks, etc. That said - just because it’s easy, doesn’t make it right. When I pass a supermarket after closing and I see plants sitting outside, I don’t grab one and [...]

It’s been a five year wait, but it has been worth it. Michael Penn’s new cd Mr. Hollywood Jr., 1947 has been released and is now sitting at a store near you. May I recommend that you scoot over to Borders where the purchase comes with a bonus disc of Michael’s soundtrack work.
The bonus [...]