Traditional First Post of the Year

161 posts and 616 comments later, 2007 is gone. Normally I would post my top X albums of 2007 now, but posting that list this year would mean passing on In Rainbows and Neon Bible, which would draw more negative attention by their absence, which wouldn't be fair ...

Constant Motion

it amuses me greatly that:

Dream Theater is still around
they are somehow popular now, despite still sounding to me like they're stuck in 1992
that anyone with a vocal range like James LaBrie would even try to look like a badass.

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Echo and The Bunnymen

Embedded players are a nice solution to the sudden proliferation of mp3 hosting request threads in the fourms. I've used the tactic myself, as it's a much more ethical means of promotion. Their effectiveness is certainly suspect though. I doubt Stereogum ...

Lightening the load

While I was unemployed, one of the ways I started trying to save money was to drop down my hosting plan. This means no more posting mp3's, and I've also started hosting my themes/skins/maps with box.net. so far it seems like a ...

The WIRED CD: Rip. Sample. Mash. Share.

Creative Commons-licensed Music. Free as in speech, free as in beer. , , , ... seriously amazing artists.