Archive for June, 2004

A haul of “new” CDs…

Wednesday, June 30th, 2004

It must be catch-up time for older music you’ve somehow missed out on.
Thanks to a used CD blowout at Strawberries (it appears that they got a bunch of used overstock from Wherehouse, as all the CDs on sale had Wherehouse stickers), I now own the following:

Three albums by Elvis Costello: Imperial Bedroom, Spike, and […]

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A case of “Macarena” singles, anyone?

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2004

Having worked at a library before, I found this article on an unexpected outcome of the RIAA price fixing settlement really, sadly humorous.
There’s even some feedback from one of the libraries where I used to work:
The public library in Worcester, Mass., with a main library and two branches, received 150 copies of “Nastradamus,” a 1999 […]

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Collaborative filtering gone amuck!

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2004

As seen in the Itunes Music Store when you call up our album:
Listeners also bought:

Norman Brown
Counting Crows
Dave Koz
Switchfoot
Liz Phair
Catherine Wheel
The Orb
Genesis
Sarah McLachlan
Prince

I guess our music is truly a little something for everyone…either that or we just appeal to people with schizophrenic tastes.
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Ask and you shall receive…

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2004

After seeing Super Size Me, Carla mentioned that she thought it would be an important film to show kids at school (if they did some edits to get rid of some minor “objectionable” content). Looks like that’s exactly what Morgan Spurlock is planning to do:
In the afternoon I went to Sound One and watched the […]

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Days of small things

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2004

Zech 4:6-10
This is a favorite verse of Keith over at Indieheaven, which he uses to say something to the effect of “Don’t be frustrated with where God has planted you, even if it’s not where you want to be.” I don’t know if that’s a precise and careful exegesis of what the text really says, […]

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