To their credit, if that’s the right word, you can now purchase some music from the iTunes store that is unencrypted and plays anywhere. Apple calls these songs “iTunes Plus”, because it sounds so much better than calling everything else “iTunes Minus.” Mark Pilgrim

Michael prescribed rock; I prescribe some EBM.

I downloaded Combichrist’s latest album and gave it a good listen, and promptly added it to the shopping list (call me funny, but I like to have something to put in the shelf as well). Reading up a bit on the track list I also discovered that one of [...]

I want a “remove duplicate entries” option for playlists. I quite often drag good tunes to various playlists, but I’m never sure if I already have the song there.
I want the option to have iTunes play the currently selected track after the current one is finished, like Foobar does.
Retarded tag writing. It writes its gain [...]

I have no idea who Harvey Danger are, but they’re releasing their third album as a free MP3/OGG download. I don’t know if I’ll like it, but I’m going to download it.

Since I haven’t posted anything substantial here for a long while, I make up for it by repeating cute little memes. This one from Michael Hanscom, who surely got infected by it somewhere else. The rules are simple: 10 random songs from your music library, and some commentary to go.

Haujobb, Penetration — I am a [...]

Song of the Week is back, after being more like Song of the Past Six Months.

This month week, damnit: Suffocating Right (Raw) by Neuroticfish, from the Bomb single. Download here (7.5Mb).

Neuroticfish is a strange bird fish. Quoth the site: “This project is not an usual electronic band. It is the brainchild, the alter ego and [...]