Archive for Music
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Obama summons Bob Dylan to White House for Beer Summit
Bob Dylan, from the outside looking in, seems like a cool guy. While he might not be the most influential artist of the past fifty years when it comes to music, it would be hard to argue against him being the most influential on society. He’s one of the few musicians you’ll find profiled...
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A swiftly tilting media landscape
For years the promise of one console to unify all games has been little more than a pipe dream for gamers. Yes, it would be wonderful to play Mario, Gran Turismo and Halo all on one console--but gamers no better than to dream for such things. But why? Video games remain the only major media t...
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The fallacy of piracy
No, not the “bottle of rum” kind of pirates, but pirates of media online. This is probably a destined to be hated topic to write about online, but important nonetheless. You see, too few denizens of the world of blogs and tweets are willing to say that piracy is wrong, or at least for th...
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Continuing our story some other place, some other time
There was a time, not too long ago, that when a television show’s ratings fell too low and it was canceled, that was the end of the road. Not so anymore. Ghostbusters is getting a second sequel, but in video game form. Buffy the Vampire Slayer got an eighth season, but in comic form....
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Britney Spears to return to How I Met Your Mother
It was one of the surprise announcements of this TV season, that Britney Spears would appear on How I Met Your Mother on CBS. Letterman? Sure, but a sitcom? Despite her experience with guest starring on Will & Grace, it seemed like a strange move at this point in the singer'...
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American Idol Blake Lewis kind of makes a jerk of himself on radio
Here's the thing about American Idol: it isn't great and they take advantage of the artists, but pretty much everyone who has launched a career from it owes it everything. It's a sad realization for many, but most American Idol contestants would have gotten nowhere without the show's ubiquit...
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DMX may just be the funniest crazy person ever
It isn't nice to laugh at crazy people. That's why it's very important someone figure out exactly what rapper, and sometimes actor, DMX is exactly. A recent interview with XXL Mag made a turn for the weird side when DMX admitted he had no idea who Barack Obama was. Yes, that Barack...
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Finally, for the music nerd who has everything: the Tape Project
Looking for that certain something for that special music nerd in your life? Do they already have every conceivable piece of music listening equipment known to man? Perhaps, but do they have 10.5" reels from the original analog recordings? The Tape Project is one of those incr...
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Dr. Pepper offers free drink to everyone in USA if Guns N’ Roses releases album
Sure, it may sound like an April Fools' headline, but remember this is several days early and this story very, very true. In a genius stroke of marketing, Dr. Pepper has offered a free can of Dr. Pepper to everyone in the United States if Guns N' Roses will just release their long-awaited album ...
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Rick Astley is never gonna remix his hits, but he is a pretty cool guy
Rickrolling, the act of misdirecting someone to a video of Rick Astley singing his 80s pop hit Never Gonna Give You Up, is one of those goofy things that only becomes popular via the Internet. Without the Net, would anyone even be talking about Astley now or could his music really see a resurgan...
