Category Archives: music

Make Some Noise!!

This album cannot come soon enough … Beastie Boys – Make Some Noise – Free Music Videos – Top Songs

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Fight For Your Right – Revisited

simply awesome. more here

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itunes home sharing – auto sync?

  It’s honestly been a while since I’ve actively explored iTunes or tried to solve syncing media in the house so this feature may have existed for a bit.  Tonight however, I was setting up a new machine and activated … Continue reading

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It’s time for socially linked purchase accounts

Apples new approach to social is welcome but also shows just how lightly the social impact was thought to have in the broader ecosystem of iTunes. In our home, my wife and I share an iTunes account so that our … Continue reading

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Pandora for iPhone streams while offline*

Check out that screenshot … Pandora is actively playing while there is no signal on the iPhone! I was enjoying some streaming music on my way to work today and though I fully expected the stream to drop as we … Continue reading

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Rocking in the Wood

very cool animation… WOOD from mc bess on Vimeo.

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NIN iPhone Application Goes to 11

You’ve got to hand it to NIN. They continue to be one of the most innovative bands and their approach to mobile is outstanding! More at Wired

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Last.fm Boffin

Last.fm is my usual streaming source when I’m at work and even when I am at home where I have access to my pretty extensive digital music library. I use the desktop application for Mac and Windows which lets you … Continue reading

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The entertainment business just doesn’t get it

Let’s face it. It’s easy to acquire video content these days regardless of whether you subscribe to a particular tier from your cable company or even whether you live in the country. Regardless of this the content companies still do … Continue reading

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There’s a reason I loathe MySpace

See if you can guess what it is … As an added bonus I did not find Lily Allen’s sophomoric release to be as strong as her first.

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Tuneroom delivers instant mobile music fulfillment

I just got an email about Tuneroom,(redirects to http://www.sideload.com/m) the latest idea from MP3tunes and it’s pretty slick. You just search for a track, choose your file quality and download away. All for free! I gave it a quick try … Continue reading

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Nokia launches the 5800 XpressMusic along with Comes with Music

(I’ll add a picture here soon) Today is the official launch for the Comes with Music Service, Nokia’s subscription music service along with the Tube, or Nokia 5800 XpressMusic as it’s officially known. While the Tube was not exactly a … Continue reading

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Mix it up with Ludicris from your phone

Just caught this via Wired … “The old way of making records is a thing of the past,” Ludacris told Listening Post via phone. “A&R, marketers, the radio game, million dollar videos, predictable producers — this system makes it really … Continue reading

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Nokia BH-903 Stereo Bluetooth Headset

As previously noted, I recently received a Nokia BH-903 stereo bluetooth headset along with the N82. I’ve been testing it quite a bit with the N82 as you might expect and unfortunately the results are quite mixed. I first caught … Continue reading

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All Nokia Media

I decided last week that I wanted to simplify my mobile media experience and ordered a 6GB microSD card so i could my N95-3 and N810 for evrything instead of also carrying my iPhone just for a few albums and … Continue reading

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AT&T + Napster delivering nothing I would pay for, years later

Not sure they are even bothering with this … AT&T, which already lets Napster subscribers transfer music from their personal computer to their cell phone via a cable or a storage card, said it would sell Napster music directly on … Continue reading

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Sip. Buy. Repeat … another day perhaps

I tried the Starbucks iTunes store yesterday at a few Starbucks in NYC but failed to get to work at all. I was able to connect to the T-Mobile HotSpot which directed me to the Starbucks captive portal page, referencing … Continue reading

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iPhone successfully updated to 1.1.1

I took the plunge and restored and reflashed my iPhone yesterday. I had previously downloaded the update to 1.1.1 but waited to get home from my trip to take care of the update. Fortunately, things went smoothly and I was … Continue reading

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Amazon MP3 Auto-Import to iTunes

This was incredibly easy to figure out, but still something worth sharing as it substantially enhances the Amazon MP3 store experience if you manage your music on iTunes and sync with an iPod / iPhone. By default, the music will … Continue reading

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Where are the AppleTV remote tools?

In our home, the AppleTV is one of many sources we can select within a distributed A/V system. I can play it in a single room, outside or distributed through a few zones and even the whole house. This is … Continue reading

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