tunequest

So the tunequest is now powered by a new 5.5th generation iPod (80GB). His name is "Gustav" (after Mahler and Holst); let's all give him a warm welcome. At long last, I can fit all my remaining tracks in my pocket, none of that "2000 songs sorted alphabetically by album" crap. That's pretty awesome. However, I'm slightly dismayed that I still can't take my entire library with ...

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Hard to believe, I know, considering that Radiohead recently valted to the top of my last.fm profile and that the band has consistently been in the top 5 in my iTunes library in terms of number of songs, average ratings and total play counts. But it's true, I was late to the Radiohead party. For about five years after they band hit with Creep, I was unimpressed. ...

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The Supreme Beings of Leisure debut has the distinction of being one of two albums that I've ever purchased after hearing less than a minute of music from it. The other is The Dandy Warhols Come Down. I bought it shortly after listening to snippets of a couple of songs at a Barnes & Noble kiosk. Incidentally, it's entirely possible that themodernista sold the cd to ...

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I know I know. It's a bit off topic for the tunequest, but I couldn't help myself. Here's a bunch of the new "enhanced" Star Trek footage of the new revised special effects from Balance of Terror for folks who are having trouble locating a station that's showing the new episodes. Enjoy. Myself, i'm refusing to pass judgement on them.

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In 1996, LucasFilm embarked on a multi-channel marketing project in an effort to make more money off the aging Star Wars franchise. The result was Shadows of the Empire, a venture that involved all the machinations of a movie marketing and tie-in campaign, without the production of an actual movie. In total, the endeavor included a novel, comic books, video games, trading cards, toys (of ...

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This past week I listened to two soundtracks that were spin offs from successful motion pictures. However, neither one was for a motion picture sequel. The first was Joel Goldsmith's score to the pilot episode of Stargate SG-1, the long-running TV show. Joel, of course, is the son of legendary composer Jerry Goldsmith, and is a composer in his own right. I have to give him credit ...

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Starship Troopers is one of many film scores sitting in my library that haven't received much more than a cursory listen from me. For more than four years, Basil Poledouris' score has gone unappreciated by me and, and damn, I regret that. I don't remember the film well enough to judge the music as it's used on screen, but alone, this is some robust stuff. Sweeping, ...

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Try as I might for seven years now, but I just can't get into Faithless. I just can't shake the feeling that it's pretentious euro-trash.

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Another new feature of the newly-minted iTunes 7 is that the program now features a built-in back up system, similar to that originally found in iPhoto. The function allows you to copy either your entire library or just your iTunes Store purchases. However, you are limited to backing up to either CD or DVD, no external drives and no networks. Select "Back up to disc..." from the ...

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