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In Bloom was the fourth and final single released from Nirvana's Nevermind. The familiar and famous video debuted in 1992 featured the band parodying 1960's style television musical performances (think the Ed Sullivan show). It's a tounge-in-cheek humorous production showing a somewhat more playful side of a band whose image (and the social movement it tipified) was generally sullen and full of, you guessed it, angst. But ...

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I don't know much about Booka Shade, other than that the duo hails from Frankfurt and that they create electronic music. But I do know that their electronic music is pretty good electronic music. I'm going to be honest though and say that while, overall, it's good, it just can't quite hit the spot. Movements, the group's second full-length album, was generally well received ...

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The iPod's default behavior is to sort alphabetically. Here's Daft Punk's albums: Discovery (2001), Homework (1997) and Human After All (2005). Not that long ago, I was asked by a commenter if among other things, I had any suggestions for getting the iPod to sort albums chronologically. By default, the iPod's behavior is to sort albums alphabetically by title. In iTunes, there's the option to sort "Album ...

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Sorry for the relative quiet around here lately. I've been on a bit of a holiday. Here's a review posted from a small island ~10,000 miles from home. :: After nearly six years in the musical wilderness, alt-rock godfathers The Breeders are back with a disc called Mountain Battles. And boy is it a good one, but its quality may not be readily apparent on the first few ...

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