http://homepage.mac.com/blog.mac/blog/music_blog.html If you can say anything about music, any music, it's that it is probably the one thing that defines our lifetime. The music you listen to while growing up will always have a warm place in your heart, while other times in our lives will be filled with music that when listened to when we are old and gray will take us right back. Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:29:25 -0400 60 http://homepage.mac.com/blog.mac/blog/ykm196661508.html OK...I'm hooked. I don't know if it's because I can hear some of the genius from my favorites, including the Beatles and the Clash, but Costello Music from The Fratelli's absolutely rocks.

Here's the playlist:

1. Henrietta
2. Flathead
3. Whistle For The Choir
4. Chelsea Dagger
5. The Gutterati?
6. For The Girl
7. Doginabag
8. Creepin Up The Backstairs
9. Vince The Lovable StonerEverybody Knows You Cried Last Night
10. Baby Fratelli
11. Got Ma Nuts From A Hippy

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Now the Shuffle is not only the easiest way to take your music on a run, it's now the most color coordinated.

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Use Google Maps to search for "Used CD Stores" in your area and remember to take your iPod. And remember to check out the other big distributors like Amazon and Wal-Mart for cheap CDs:

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My salvation? Mail order! Apple, J & R, and Amazon are shipping them out like election campaign materials:




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All I can say is that this is one powerful combination of incredible music...instrumentally and lyrically, each track sounds like a finely tuned RHCP classic. Right off the bat, songs like Wet Sand, Hey, Charlie, Desecration Smile and Make You Feel Better have got me hooked.

You'll hear some incredible guitar work in just about every single track...Flea's distinctive bass and John Frusciante's innovative guitar riffs provide steady beats and subtle complexity that can power you through a song when your just in the mood for a good song or to really enjoy the artistry when you want to concentrate on the music.

When you buy through the iTunes Music Store, you'll get 30 downloads that includes a Digital Booklet and a 20 minute video titled The Making of "Dani California" Music Video. If you paid for the pre-sale version, you'll also get an hour-long commentary from the Peppers on the story behind the music, which provides some brilliant insight to their music.

At only $19.90 for 30 downloads, it's a GREAT deal, and I highly recommend that you download it...you won't be disappointed.

Here's a track listing:

Dani California
Snow (Hey Oh)
Charlie
Stadium Arcadium
Hump de Bump
She's Only 18
Slow Cheetah
Torture Me
Strip My Mind
Especially In Michigan
Warlocks
C'mon Girl
Wet Sand
Hey
Desecration Smile
Tell Me Baby
Hard to Concentrate
21st Century
She Looks to Me
Readymade
If
Make You Feel Better
Animal Bar
So Much
Storm In a Teacup
We Believe
Turn It Again
Death of a Martian
The Making of "Dani California"
Digital Booklet - Stadium Arcadium

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This is one of those songs that sneaks in to your iTunes library when you download the latest Song of the Week (just because it's free), then you listen to it and realize that it's a pretty good song. Then you hear radio pick it up a few weeks later, and you really feel like you beat the system in some kind of sappy way.

Soon, you start reading some other reviews of the full album and decide to give it a shot. Besides, $9.90 is pretty cheap, particularly since you already got a great song for free. In a world of music stars developed by producers, it's nice to see someone succeed on pure talent...singing, songwriting, and musicianship.]]> Sun, 30 Apr 2006 18:38:27 -0400 http://homepage.mac.com/blog.mac/blog/sru167854041.html
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Largemouth Software]]> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:01:07 -0400 http://homepage.mac.com/blog.mac/blog/jqu167711868.html .38 Special: The Very Best of the A&M Years" from the iTunes Music Store and slipped on the headphones for the proverbial stroll down memory lane.


The first track, Rockin' Into the Night, was a party song favorite. It's racous chorus and steady beat are a sure crowd pleaser. Hold on Loosely added a little romance to the southern fried rock album, and is one of my favorite songs on the album. More great tracks include Fantasy Girl, Caught Up in You, Back Where You Belong and Teacher, Teacher.


A few more solid tracks round out the album, including Like No Other Night, Back to Paradise, and the not-so-wild-but-still-good Second Chance. In all, 18 tracks for only $5.99...a real bargain, even if you only like six of the songs in the lot. If you're like me, most of these will bring back some great memories.
Here's the whole playlist:

Rockin' Into the Night
Hold on Loosely
Wild Eyed Southern Boys
Fantasy Girl
Caught Up in You
Chain Lightnin'
You Keep Runnin' Away
Rough Housin'
Stone Cold Believer
Twentieth Century Fox
If I'd Been the One
Back Where You Belong
Teacher, Teacher
Somebody Like You
Like No Other Night
Back to Paradise
Second Chance
Take Me Back
]]> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 22:37:47 -0400 http://homepage.mac.com/blog.mac/blog/kbk167713541.html Dani California. This is one of those rare songs that will fit in just about anything you're doing at the time: driving, mowing the yard, waking up in the morning...OK, so I really like this song and am looking forward to the upcoming Stadium Arcadium album. Instead of just ordering Dani, I opted for the whole album to give me a shot at seeing the Peppers in concert. Not sure that I'd still fit in to the scene any more, but they were always on the CD player while I was in college.

Here's a link to the pre-order info:



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A few years later, Apple released the iPod. Sure there were other music players out there, but none had the attention to detail nor the storage space. The real joy of the iPod was the Firewire cable connecting it to the Mac. When you plopped the iPod into the dock, iTunes would open up and start synchronizing all of the music that you loaded into your computer since the last time you docked. The fast firewire uploaded an entire CD's worth of music in minutes and the battery charged from the same cable.

Hours of shuffling my collection of 400 CDs and my entire library slipped into my pocket. Soon I realized it would be easier to get a second iPod dock and plug it in to the stereo and play all my music from the iPod. The only time I touched a CD was when I bought a new one and uploaded it into the computer. In fact, they are all still in the box from the last time I moved.

A few more years and Apple dove completely into the digital music business when it opened the iTunes Music Store. This revolutionary combination of computer, pocket-sized music player and on-line music store allowed everyone to fill their desire to hear that special song in 3 minutes and 99 cents.

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