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Thinking of an iPod Shuffle? Find one on Amazon. Birthday season is in effect around the tunequest compound and themodernista kicked off the festivities by presenting me with my long-desired orange iPod Shuffle (2G) (which I have dubbed "Shuffleupagus"). I had been struck by the orange model since they were announced this past January, but despite its relative inexpensiveness, I could never justify purchasing one; I'm a ...

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Richard Dorfmeister of iconic Austrian mix-up outfit Kruder and Dorfmeister, and his partner-in-crime Richard Rupert Huber form a duo they call Tosca, and together they work some of the meanest grooves in my collection. Their 2003 album, Delhi 9, ranks as one of my favorite releases this decade, based on its enslaving basslines and percolated rhythms. It's some of the most forceful downtempo music I've run ...

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via iLounge. Apple today announced the expansion of its DRM-free iTunes Plus catalogue. The press release claims that the iTunes Store now offers the largest selection of non-rights-managed tracks in the world, with "more than two million" available. I welcome news of the expansion, as well as the accompanying drop in price to $0.99 a track, but I have to question that superlative claim. Apple doesn't say how ...

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So........... anyone got ~$1200 to send my way? Why, you ask? This thing: TENORI-ON, the new seemingly brilliant and addictively fun musical composition device from Yamaha. TENORI-ON means "sound on your palm" in Japanese. That's a pretty fitting description of how it works. While pressing LED buttons on the 16 x 16 grid as the loop indicator scrolls, players can create tones and rhythms, with each layer of music ...

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Via this 9rules note: HERE IS SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE DOWNLOAD: THE ALBUM WILL COME AS A 48.4MB ZIP FILE CONTAINING 10 X 160KBPS DRM FREE MP3s. I haven't placed an order for In Rainbows yet because I was waiting to find out the quality and format of the digital files. With this news I'm a little disappointed. Sure, 160kbps is quite *acceptable* but I consider 192kbps to be ...

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Links to interesting stories and opinions. Right now, let's take a look at the music industry double whammy of Radiohead + nine inch nails' decisions to abandon convention: What price did you choose? Informal survey and comments about the prices people are willing to pay for In Rainbows. Radiohead generation believes music is free Premiere Radiohead site ateaseweb looks at various press reactions to the In Rainbows announcement. Happiness In Slavery ...

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Follow close on the heels of the topic of the week, Trent Reznor announced today that after 18 years, nine inch nails is no longer beholden to any record label. hello everyone. i've waited a long time to be able to make the following announcement: as of right now nine inch nails is a totally free agent, free of any recording contract with any label. He goes on ...

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All the recent Radiohead hoopla reminded me about the band's other driving creative force: Johnny Greenwood. He's the lead guitarist and multi-instrumentalist responsible for a lot of those awesome riffs that Radiohead fans love oh-so-much (he tied with fellow band member Ed O'Brien as Rolling Stones' 59th and 60th greatest guitar players of all time). Besides his work in a rock band, Greenwood also composes music ...

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It's been nearly forty-eight hours have passed since Radiohead's surprise announcement set off an explosion of fandom around the web. Indeed, Blogpulse shows a more than 1300% increase in the number of posts mentioning the band from September 29 to October 1. Of course, a new Radiohead album is big news, especially after a four year wait, but the real source of conversation is the band's ...

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