tunequest

I just pulled in from midtown Atlanta, The Loft, specifically, where The Breeders just put on a hell of a show. I've been a big Breeders fan since the Last Splash days (14 years ago). Yet due to the band's somewhat sporadic history, tonight was my first opportunity to see them play live. And what a great performance they put on. The band was in good form and in good ...

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I spent a portion of this Saturday going through my extended archive of music, the stuff that's not in my central, everyday iTunes library. Most of those files are a bit old and for either quality or tagging reason, they've been left unincorporated. Some of these songs have been sitting untouched and unlistened to on cds and hard drives for years. So I've decided to start sorting and evaluating them ...

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The ringing in my ears serves as a reminder that I have permanently lost a portion of my hearing, but I'm telling you it is worth it. I just got home from Ratatat's show in midtown Atlanta and I have something to admit to you: Seeing Ratatat perform live is one of my favorite things in the world. This show marks the third time I've managed to catch a performance ...

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One of the effects of loading the iPod alphabetically by album is that I'm getting a refresher course in live music. The tagging scheme I use for live performances looks like this: year.month.date venue, city Thus, all the shows are listed chronologically. As far as iTunes is concerned, each show is just an album that starts with a number. Today found me listening to a 1995 Soul Coughing show in New York ...

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