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Duncan Sheik debuts new stuff in Austin
Tonight I finally got the opportunity to see Duncan Sheik perform, ten years after I was ensnared by his first single “Barely Breathing.” I have followed his material since then and still really enjoyed it, especially his 2002 albumDaylight. The … Continue reading
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Collection passes 1900
Recently, my CD collection cracked the 1900 mark. I know that’s note terribly eventful but in light of how awful last week was (Uncle Chief’s death, work dragged on and was filled with disappointment, so on), this is good news. … Continue reading
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Dwight Yoakam rocks Austin
Saturday night I had the great fortune to see Dwight Yoakam play a sold-out show at Stubb’s. Thanks to my membership with Ecology Action of Austin, I attended for free on what would’ve been a $32.50 ticket. Picture courtesy of … Continue reading
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iTunes 6.0.1
The latest upgrade to Apple’s easiest music playing/ripping/online buying software came out last week but there was a tweaking this week. What the tweaking covered isn’t a big deal, mainly fine tuning is what I could make out from the … Continue reading
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Reviews for late September
This time around I have turned the tables on the last set of reviews. Instead of one artist covering a series of songs, we now have numerous artists covering the material of three bands and a studio band covering the … Continue reading
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Tagged Aughts, Bossa Nova, New Wave, Post Punk, Power Pop, Reviewing, Rock
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iTunes 5
Well it arrived earlier this week (or last, depends upon when you read this). I upgraded too and all I can tell immediately is the change of the interface. There are other features explained officially at www.apple.com/itunes such as preventing objectionable content … Continue reading
Reviews for Early September
Rock Swings – Paul Anka & The Day After Yesterday – Rick Springfield: Two old favorites take their best shots at cover albums. One in the vein of Pat Boone, the other in the great tradition of David Bowie’s Pin-ups. First is Paul Anka’s re-arrangements … Continue reading
RIP Robert Moog
Robert Moog died Sunday. His most famous invention being the Moog organ which could be really awesome in the right hands. Last year, there was a documentary about him. I didn’t get to see it (hopefully, I can rent it) … Continue reading
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Tagged Celebrity Obituary, Eighties, New Wave, Prog Rock, Seventies, Technology
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Reviews for Mid August
Peddlin Dreams – Maria McKee: You could say this one is High Dive Part 2 since it feels like a continuation her 2003 release and maybe it was the leftovers. I personally enjoy the album but I think most people … Continue reading
KMAG turned three!
Today, the home version of my stream turned three years old today. Quite a string of milestones for it this weekend too. In three years it started from over 2000 songs and now it works from almost 5000. I fell … Continue reading
Reviews for Late July
After a year, my music review section has returned. Here are three CDs I finished listening to thoroughly enough on my iPod to give some worthy judgments. Martha Wainwright – Martha Wainwright: Anyone expecting a female version of her more … Continue reading
Countdown to 5000
Way back in 2002 is when I started up KMAG from its modest beginnings of 2000 songs in a random rotation (it has some rules, but I’m not going into that) and my objective was to have playlist grow by … Continue reading
New Aquabats video!!
Once again I am behind the curve on one of my favorite bands and shows this Summer. But to let you all know about it, the new Aquabats video for “Fashion Zombies” is available to watch online. It demonstrates their … Continue reading
iTunes 4.9
Unless you’ve been under a rock, Podcasting is a trend that’s been going over the Internet for about a year now. My brother Brian did a couple for his (now defunct) comedy web site plus ex-MTV VJ Adam Curry embraced … Continue reading