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Today's Vinyl Purchases

September 20, 2007

Talking Heads – Speaking In Tongues

BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE 4:00
MAKING FLIPPY FLOPPY 4:36
GIRLFRIEND IS BETTER 4:25
SLIPPERY PEOPLE 3:30
I GET WILD/WILD GRAVITY 4:06
SWAMP 5:09
MOON ROCKS 5:04
PULL UP THE ROOTS 5:08
THIS MUST BE [...]

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As If Cassettes Weren't Enough…

August 26, 2007

…just bought these two:

Pioneer PL-400 Turntable: original advertisement

Grado Prestige Black Cartridge: link
So… just have to get a preamp since my reciever has no phono inputs and I’m set. That is, I officially have way too many components in my stack.
Hey dad, do you still have that vinyl brush?

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New Car + No CD Player = Cassette Tape Comeback

June 27, 2007

I recently acquired the lil’ blue beauty you see pictured above as a direct result of totaling my old car on the way to Summer Camp a month ago.  The accident seems to be a mixed blessing.  One of the unexpected pros of the situation was learning to drive a stick.  A more pertinent “benefit” would [...]

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Last.fm Mainstream-O-Meter

June 12, 2007

I just caught wind of an amusing application via False45th called the Last.fm Mainstream-O-Meter. If you have a Last.fm account you can just pop in your username and it will compare your listening habits to anyone else who has listened to that artist, and then spit out your “mainstreamness.” You can check out [...]

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Video: Obadiah Parker covers "Hey Ya"

June 2, 2007

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Obadiah Parker covering the Outkast song “Hey Ya,” with parts of the original music video mixed in. Video done by Brian Shaler. Apparently this went around on some music blogs last fall but I never saw it.

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Summer Camp 2007 Downloads

May 28, 2007

From bt.etree.org (Torrents):
Update 05/29:
Al & The Transamericans – 5/26 A
Les Claypool – 05/26 A
Keller Williams & The WMD’S – 05/25 A
MMW – Late Show 5/26 A
MMW – Day Show 5/27 A
moe. – 05/27 A
The Wailers – 05/25 A
Update 05/30:
ALO – 05/25 A
Galactic – 05/27 A
MMW – Day Show 05/27 B
MMW – Day Show 05/27 C
Tag [...]

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Keller Williams on Cubs vs. Pirates: "I'll go with the home team."

May 10, 2007

Just got off the phone with Keller Williams this morning for an interview that went quite well.  I have audio of the whole thing and you should see it up here in the next day or two.  Right now I’m off to Wrigley Field for the Cubs vs. Pirates game, in which Keller has predicted [...]

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Burning Oak: Now FlickrPro!

April 23, 2007

It was inevitable.  After a recent camera purchase and some beautiful weather recently, I’ve opted to finally upgrade my Flickr account so I can upload unlimited photos and have unlimited sets/collections.  I’ve already been having fun with it, and you can check out all some good concert coverage there:
Concerts:
-Guster @ Foellinger Auditorium 2007
-Red Hot Chili [...]

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SXSW: Gina Lee & The Brisket Boys @ Flipnotics

April 5, 2007

After awaking with something of a dry throat Friday after quite an enjoyable Thursday evening, my hosts and I headed to Flipnotics coffee shop where they were both playing. Since I haven’t mentioned so far, I was staying with my cousin Sweet Basil McJagger, organist for The Derailers, and his wife Gina Lee, Austin’s [...]

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iPod Predicts End of World; Plays REM

February 12, 2007

I just found an entry on WikiHOW that explains an interesting way to use your iPod as a Tarot card deck. By making a playlist of 78 songs, renaming them as the cards, and (if you have iPod video or nano) putting the cards as the pictures on the songs. I normally might [...]

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