Category Archives: Music

All things related to music: reviews, concerts, birthdays, etc.

2000th CD Purchased

Posted on July 28, 2006 by Steve

Twenty years ago, I bought my first CD player and CDs and to celebrate my birthday, I managed to time the 2000th purchase to coincide.    I wanted to make it significant like 1000 was; Earthling from David Bowie which was released … Continue reading →

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Happy 59th Birthday (Texan) Don Henley

Posted on July 22, 2006 by Steve

When I bought a CD player 20 years ago, Building the Perfect Beast was the second disc I ever got to replace the cassette I had. It’s still his best solo album in my opinion and it put me on a big … Continue reading →

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KMAG knocked offline by back up, now it’s back

Posted on July 4, 2006 by Steve

Sorry but somehow I ran the PsyncX in a rather boneheaded manner and it reverted to what the contents were almost two months ago. Hopefully it’s not botched on the other end too.    Update July 4, 9:50 PM: Nope, PsyncX … Continue reading →

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Animusic 2 on DVD

Posted on June 15, 2006 by Steve

The long awaited sequel to Animusic has arrived on DVD. What a cool marriage of music and computer graphics, if you like that kind of thing. It isn’t quite Pixar, well, maybe it’s what Pixar used to be in the 1980s … Continue reading →

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The Split Enz remasters are fantastic

Posted on June 12, 2006 by Steve

Last week was really all about Ethan and Kelly’s wedding so a good chunk of my energies were there starting with the rehearsal dinner. (The Al Gore movie review had been pieced together earlier, the Friday morning before the wedding … Continue reading →

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Happy 65th Birthday to Tom Jones

Posted on June 7, 2006 by Steve

…and no sign of retiring anytime soon!    Tom Jones my favorite Welsh crooner (and I do know of other Welsh acts like Stereophonics and Catatonia) who continues to impress me with his musical decisions. I was also surprised to … Continue reading →

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Happy 48th Birthday Jane Wiedlin

Posted on May 19, 2006 by Steve

My favorite Go Go. I have all her solo records, her last one had Matthew Sweet on it. Jane wrote most of the hits for the band but for me her career after the Go Gos is what I have … Continue reading →

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KMAG hits half a million songs

Posted on May 6, 2006 by Steve

According to the logs for my stream, as of 12:23 AM, KMAG played its 500,000th song!    I knew it was coming up and had been monitoring its progress ever since I missed out on it hitting 400,000. I updated … Continue reading →

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Southern Culture on the Skids rocks Austin for three nights

Posted on May 1, 2006 by Steve

Yee haw! Last night (or really this morning) Southern Culture on the Skids returned for a trio of shows at Austin’s Continental Club (another story in its own right). They’re always a great fit for this city and the venue … Continue reading →

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Waterloo Records

Posted on April 3, 2006 by Steve

This is the best record store in all of Austin. I know, “record store” is a dated term since popular music has been predominantly in CD format for over a decade. Doesn’t matter though because Waterloo Records is the place … Continue reading →

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Not all of SXSW is evil, just most of it

Posted on March 19, 2006 by Steve

You know I love to rip on SXSW because it’s an annoying trade show for the music industry. Every year Austin is invaded for a week by poseurs, dim-witted executives and clueless members of the SCLM (So-Called Liberal Media), which … Continue reading →

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Fourth iPod arrives

Posted on March 11, 2006 by Steve

This Thursday, my fourth iPod arrived. I’m on my fourth because I always manage to sell the previous iPod to someone who wants it. The buyer gets a substantial discount on it too and they’re in decent shape. Contrary to … Continue reading →

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OK Go plays Austin

Posted on March 8, 2006 by Steve

  Last night I saw OK Go for the seventh time. This would make them the band I have seen the most (breaking the tie with Webb Wilder at six but he may re-establish the tie later this mont and … Continue reading →

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The Best Music of 2005, finally

Posted on March 7, 2006 by Steve

Next year, I promise to complete this sooner but some of you may recall that I used to compile a list of my favorite CDs. Back in 2003, I enlisted the opinion of my friend Mark Millard to provide a … Continue reading →

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One Billion downloads from iTunes

Posted on February 24, 2006 by Steve

Apple reached that milestone yesterday and a very lucky teenager in Michigan hit the jackpot; a 20″ iMac, 10 iPods, a gift card for $10,000 worth of downloads and a scholarship donated to Juilliard’s school of music, in his name.  … Continue reading →

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