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In addition to all the hullabaloo about the new iTunes 7, here are the minor enhancements and changes I noticed while exploring. Album Artist There's a new music tag called "album artist." I'm not sure what it's used for yet, but it could be for compatibility with windows media files. UPDATE: From glancing around the interweb it seems as though album artist is in fact used by wma files, but i ...

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In a former life, I got paid to write about music. Listening to Basement Jaxx's Rooty today reminded me of that past career because I remember it being on near-constant rotation during that time. I even wrote a lengthy, mostly positive, review of it, which I've dug up for your pleasure. Notice the references to those quaint devices known as "CD players." :: July 27, 2001: Basement Jaxx was ...

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returned from florida today. a couple highlights: air's moon safari. that record gets better everytime i listen to it, like a fine wine that improves with age, or how the fox theatre seems to keep getting cooler just by continuing to exist. every song on that album is a masterpiece. then there was kish kash, the most recent (2003) basement jaxx album (hey isn't it time for a new ...

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