February 29th, 2008
Dave Clark Five lead singer Mike Smith died at age 64 of pneumonia in London Thursday just days before the band was to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 10th. Smith had been admitted to the hospital on Wednesday with a chest infection, a complication from a […]
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February 29th, 2008
The Red Romance - Hesitate
Having toured with indie pop kings The Killers on several occasions, New York band The Red Romance have always aimed high… and it’s certainly a mystery why they’re not yet ruling the airwaves with their lush and gloriously infectious 80s influenced romantic rock. Could 2008 be their year? It certainly should […]
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February 28th, 2008
Buddy Miles, who co-founded and played drums in the Band Of Gypsys with Jimi Hendrix, passed away on Tuesday yesterday in Austin, Texas at the age of 60. Here’s some great footage of Buddy from the Hendrix documentary:
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February 27th, 2008
Apple recently cut prices on several models of iPods and more cuts are rumored. Now Creative is following suit with price cuts to its popular line of Zen players.
Just a couple weeks after cutting the price of their 32GB model to $299, Creative has cut the price of the 4GB Zen to just $99, […]
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February 27th, 2008
No I don’t work for or own stock in Amazon.
And yes it’s me who is the official calling this announcement official.
But here are the facts:
The catalog is deep. As of this morning Amazon offered 4,116,8832 (that’s 4+ MILLION) individual tracks and 348,349 digital downloads
Only Amazon has DRM free mp3 downloads from all four major label […]
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February 26th, 2008
Dolly Parton continues to make top notch country music after decades in the biz. Hear what she’s up to now on “Better Get to Livin’” which you can download free between now and Monday, March 3rd. Amazon has the new album “Backwoods Barbie” on sale for $8.99.
Download “Better Get To Livin’” free.
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February 26th, 2008
Using P2P’s and bittorrents to find music on the net can be a bit overwhelming. Torrent trackers like Pirate Bay try to solve the problem, but there are dozens of those and increasingly some are coming legal scrutiny.
To help clear away the confusion comes PiraBoogle, a somewhat tongue-in-cheek mash-up of Google […]
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February 25th, 2008
“How Do You Do” - Mouth & MacNeal. If you don’t remember this song, click the video start button at your own risk.
“Mickey” - Tony Basil. After the third time she sings “Oh Mickey you’re fine. You’re so fine you blew my mind. Hey Mickey!” my headed explodes.
“Mac Arthur Park” - Richard […]
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February 25th, 2008
My fellow bloggers around the b5media Music Channel have made their own lists of One Hit Wonders and other tracks that are stuck in their heads both good and bad. In addition to my list:
Toronto Unplugged has Songs That Get Stuck In Your Mind.
Metal Martyr has listed some terrible songs that Scott wouldrather he forgot.
Beatles […]
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February 24th, 2008
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