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PlaysForSure (Until August, 2008)

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Mark Pilgrim has written a very cogent, readable essay on Microsoft’s consistently lame music offerings:
Microsoft named this developer platform “PlaysForSure”, and they (and their partners) ran many, many ads decrying the fact that music purchased from Apple’s iTunes Music Store would “only” play in iTunes and on iPods. This was, technically speaking, true — and […]

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Neil Young’s New Unbox Set

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Marshall Kirkpatrick is at JavaOne, and just covered an interesting announcement by Canadian folk-rock legend Neil Young:
For the first time, Young’s entire collection of published media will be available for purchase, beginning today with the first of five volumes.
Young’s collected works after more than 40 years of making music and film would be a massive […]

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Buying Music Can Be Tricky

Monday, May 5th, 2008

Today I listened to the always charming This American Life podcast (where-in I learned that host Ira Glass is allegedly straight–who knew?). The episode features bits from a series of live shows that TAL did around the country in support of their companion television show, which I have never seen.
They toured with this husband-and-wife duo […]

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Additional items in this category:
When the Girl Singer Comes In
Word I Learned: Melisma
The Creepy Alternative Meaning of Madonna’s “Hard Candy”
I Feel Old, or Who is Mark Ronson?
We Are Become Paparazzi, Photographer of Worlds
Cat Power at the Vogue Theatre
A Terrific Visualization

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