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PS22 kids chorus sing Phoenix’s “Liztomania”

08-Mar-10

They really get into it too. It is a great example of engaged and excited kids. Great work.

amazon mp3 download first purchase impressions

16-Dec-08

since its glorious DRM-free inception at the beginning of 2008, I’ve thought a few times, “hey I should but that album from amazon.” but then I load up rhapsody, which I already pay a ~$10/month subscription for, and there it is (usually…)

well today, as if the amazonian borg collective finally penetrated my mind, I get a no-strings offer of $5 towards their service just because I aready buy tons of my crap from them.

As someone who purchased $25 worth of products from Amazon’s Music or Electronics Stores between November 28, 2008 and December 25, 2008, you’ve qualified for a $5 promotional credit good for music downloads from Amazon MP3, Amazon.com’s digital music service.

it works, I bite. I go straight for an album I know won’t let me down, Metallica, Master of Puppets.

the process was extraordinarly smooth, even as a Linux user! amazon mp3 offers their little download app in four different software package flavors. I choose the most applicable to me, an Ubuntu .deb(ian) pkg.

within seconds it’s downloaded, installed, and my mp3s are on the way.
amazon mp3 music store

in short: great experience, if I ever need mp3s again I will buy from amazon. I can’t possibly foresee a single negative to using this service whatsoever.

damn you rhapsody, give me death cab

15-May-08

or should I say damn you Atlantic? who’s holding out here?!

new Death Cab for Cutie and I can’t listen to it…

(ok, ok, I get 30secs of each song. nothxfubai.)

update 5/16:
got a hold of the album; one “word” review: ehhh..

say what you will about Metallica today

27-Mar-08

but… Master of Puppets, And Justice For All, Metallica (black album), and Ride the Lightning will forever be absolute works of musical genius.

my generation’s Classical Music.

Mountain Goats – Deianara Crush

24-Mar-08

that mad egg shaker is my friend Deo, a good man with some seriously untapped talent, no!?

…thus concludes “naraku’s youtube music video day”.

Acoustic “Hey Ya” cover rocks the video (and ~2 mil. views)

24-Mar-08

this guy is talented as hell: great voice, great guitar, great beard. in many ways, it is better than the original.
- download an mp3 version here (credit goes to… uwaterloo.ca)
- and/or check out that fella’s band on myspace here

New NIN Ghosts album released for free to $300

03-Mar-08

(pick your poision)

further separating himself from the music industry, trent reznor has released his new album, Ghosts, as such: first 9 tracks (ghosts I) are free, all 36 (ghosts I-IV) for $5, 2xCD set for $10, $75 for a “deluxe edition,” and finally $300 for the supremo fan “ultra-deluxe ltd. edition.”

available now via:

  • the offical ghosts release site – though extremely slow; the site has not been adequately “equipped” to handle the surging internet traffic driven by sites like digg, slickdeals, reddit, and probably every other mainstream media..
  • amazon is also selling the $5 version.

I ordered from store.nin.com successfully… though, so far have been unable to complete the download for the version I paid for ($5). amazon is probably the way to go for now.

update 3/4 11am: site when down for 6-12 hours last night. it is back up today and blazing; download complete. way to go nin.com-tech! cheers.

download death cab for cutie live mp3s

17-Nov-06

go here or click direct download this live set 10/30/06 at Stubb’s BBQ in Austin TX (still peeved Stubb’s was closed when I was there back in August. suppose to be best steaktastic beefy goodness in all of Austin…)

I’m not usually into live/bootleg shit but this is pretty good stuff – quality/content wise. thanks anna.