Silly Parts Talking Emo
Briana (11), my youngest sister, has a <a href="http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=splash">Myspace</a> page whose icon announces: "I Love Emo."
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Wretched Excess Christmas Lights
Sheesh, I thought my neighborhood was bad.
Is Seeing Believing?
Heck no!
Cooking for Engineers
Cooking for geeks. My kind of place.
Ill at Ease
A problem:<br>
I spent much of this long holiday weekend feeling guilty about not doing any work. I don't really like long weekends. They mess me up, make me feel out of sorts, ill at ease.
What are the three greatest consecutive releases by a single group or artist?
It's not unusual for an artist to have a single great album, nor is it rare for someone to have several strong releases over a career. But what are the three greatest <I>consecutive</I> releases by a single group or artist?
I Need to Talk to a Human, Stat!
The list corporations would rather you didn't see.
The Origami CD Sleeve
An easy-enough-for-Americans version.
'Tis the Season . . .
. . . to break a copier. Remember folks: Do not drink and photocopy body parts at the office party. You might have to submit to small arms inspection.
All the Sony BMG News That's Fit to Print
There have been even further developments on the Sony BMG root kit debacle since the last time we <A HREF="http://stereophile.com/news/112105sonys/">updated you</A>. The reports that Sony artists were unhappy that the company had been caught compromising consumers' computers were confirmed by <A HREF="http://businessweek.com/technology/content/nov2005/tc20051122_343542.ht…;. That magazine reported that Trey Anastasio's <I>Shine</I>, which was released on November 1, the day after the story broke, sold 15,000 copies in its first week, but plummeted to 7,000 by week two, when the story was all over the press. Since then, all 52 albums with the XCD "protection" have been pulled. Patrick Jordon, director of marketing at Red Light Management, which reps Anastasio, said, "It's been damaging, and certainly we're going to discuss that with the label."