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Music

• General, Music

  Out of the Blue

  01.23.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  I’m feeling unsafely optimistic.  If I were bi-polar I would guess I was entering a manic phase.  Instead I’ll attribute the mood to currently listening to Ash’s Meltdown, which surely deserves the credit. There’s also the circumstance that last week we had our triennial snowstorm.  Several inches fell, the city endured (though with the normal […]

• Music

  The Year in Music

  12.31.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  Last night I attended two concerts. First Mrs and I went to see local heroes Pink Martini. This was a private gig as part of the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the company I work for. Special guest star: Carol Channing, I kid not. After that was over I headed over to the Roseland […]

• Music, Writing

  Boxing Day Barter

  12.26.06 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  After having to go into work for the morning, this afternoon I sold some CDs and plowed some of the proceeds into these purchases: Devo, Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! Kruder & Dorfmeister, G-Stoned The Vandals, Fear of a Punk Planet Hoodoo Gurus, Mars Needs Guitars Napalm Death, Smear Campaign Cypress […]

• Music

  Spoilt for Choice

  11.20.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  I forgot my ipod at home today so am listening to a CD via Windows Media Player.  Now I’m wishing that the ipod showed those nifty ‘visualizations’ on its screen while playing.  Or at least the visualisation called gemstonematrix.

• Music

  More ipod foolery

  10.13.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  Since I enjoy conflating randomness with predictive or normative value as much as the next person, herewith another ipod meme makings its was along the infobahn:  IF YOUR LIFE WAS A MOVIE, WHAT WOULD THE SOUNDTRACK BE? 1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc) 2. Put it on shuffle 3. Press play 4. For every […]

• Music

  Violence S. Eyeballs

  09.23.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  The other day at work Minor Threat’s “In My Eyes” came on the ipod. While listening I knew I had heard a cover of this song recently but couldn’t remember who. However, I didn’t fret; as James Fallows wrote in the most recent Atlantic Monthly: “In one way I know of, the Internet has improved […]

G.E. Dempsey