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Happy Birthday Kay Hanley
For September, I’m trying to use the pictures of female singers I like as the “artwork” on my podcasts. Chrissie Hynde kicks off last week’s which is also behind schedule. When I complete this week’s, it will be Kay who … Continue reading
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Belated Happy Birthdays to Chrissie Hynde & Buddy Holly
I had a little something in the works all along until I grew ill. However, they’re both too enormous like Freddie Mercury to let their milestone birthdays slide by. Wednesday was Buddy’s 75th but you wouldn’t know it with all … Continue reading
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Happy 65th Birthday Freddie Mercury
Here’s to the lead singer of my favorite Seventies bands when I was a kid. As my tastes evolved, changed and shifted through the years, Queen remained one act that never saw my loyalty waver on. I stuck with them … Continue reading
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KMAG (the stream) is nine
Four Macs, four operating systems (10.2-10.6 but skipped 10.5) and 1.2 million songs played later, my stream has achieved its ninth birthday and will probably make it to 10. Apple ended QTSS with 10.7’s server OS. I recall it worked … Continue reading
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Introducing the KMAG podcast featuring new music
During July, I experimented with my server’s ability to host and distribute podcasts. I managed to lure a few guinea pigs to subscribe yet the software doesn’t give a very clear clear picture (or log) on how well it’s going. Still, … Continue reading
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John Waite at the Railhead (Las Vegas)
The concert choices were slim for this trip…when I planned it around March. As our departure approached, matters began to gel. Had I only pushed it back a week, we could’ve seen Vanilla Ice at LAX (Luxor)…NOT! So as the … Continue reading
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New Zealand answers and the winner
The winner of the New Zealand music contest is my friend Mark Millard! Actually, he was the only one who even tried to take a stab at this and he was correct with the five he submitted. I would be … Continue reading
June is National Accordion Awareness Month
Who better to be in the Header of my site this month than “Weird Al” Yankovic! He’s probably my generation’s best known accordionist. He isn’t alone on cranking out great, original material with the squeezebox. There’s Flaco Jimenez (featured on … Continue reading
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A new Kate Bush record coming
What a relief to know she hasn’t given up on new material because I’m probably not going to buy Director’s Cut (a remixing of material mostly from the Nineties) and I was disappointed by 2005’s Aerial. The latter I’m not … Continue reading
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Addendum on New Zealand contest
I totally, totally spaced on a rather key member for my collage/contest. If you noticed, in the lower left corner I replaced one artist with another. Who got bumped is not really too critical, especially if you know the answer … Continue reading
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May is New Zealand music month!
April was a tough month to beat on the header (that’s the picture at the top of the site, I prefer to call it the banner but WordPress labelled it.) Somara catching Molly climbing into an empty bag of food … Continue reading
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I guess I will never be a ‘good’ Rock critic
How did I miss this little graphical display back in January is beyond me! I stumbled upon it from the Onion while trying to see what their opinion was with the new Foo Fighters. (So far I figured it was … Continue reading
Happy They Might be Giants Awareness Day
Their site doesn’t give much of an explanation on the reasons for the day: The group’s founding? When the Johns met? Nothing. I am excited about them releasing a new album this year called Join Us.
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CD Collection version 1 posted
While I was perusing the various goodies at Waterloo Records for Record Store Day, I saw these various Roxy Music and Blondie remasters on sale. Awesome! Too bad I can’t remember which titles I already own or would want to … Continue reading
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Online archive of 120 Minutes found
Leave it to the great AV Club writers of The Onion to find a link tied to MTV’s last, dying gasp at being relevant. With the show’s return I thought it was a nice surprise while reading Keith Phipps’ reminiscing … Continue reading
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