tunequest

Another year come, another year gone. After spending 2006 evaluating the status of my iTunes library and trimming some fat, I took the opportunity in 2007 to explore a lot of new material. And I must say that overall it was a pretty good year for both my library and for music in general. I had added 1,891 songs to my library by the end of October, which marks ...

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From the album Dial M for Monkey (2003) Bonobo, the simian pseudonym of UK producer Simon Green has been a downtempo-lounge favorite for a while around these parts. In addition to his excellent production values, he's notable for his distinctive infusion (though not pervasively) of eastern (mostly Indian) influences into what could be called "intelligent chill-out music." With a danceably faster tempo usual, Flutter is actually a bit of a departure ...

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i spent the past few days in boston and have some sore legs and about 330 photos to show for it. i had fun; boston has earned a place on my 'favorite cities' list, which includes pittsburgh, paris, and the strip in vegas. the side effect, of course, is that outside of my normal daily routine, i had far less opportunity to tunequest. so now, i'm officially behind schedule. ...

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