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I recently discovered a cool online tool that lets users share their iTunes library. It only works with purchased music, though, so the list below shows about 300 purchased songs out of the 6,000 songs that are in my iTunes library. Most of the new music I’ve purchased has come from eMusic, which does not [...]

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One of the highlights of my week is checking eMusic and iTunes on Tuesdays. That’s the day that new CDs are released. Over the past year I’ve eagerly anticipated new music from some of my favorite artists. Some “day they went on sale” purchases I’ve made include: Matisyahu “Youth”, Prince “Rainbow Children”, Eminem “Hits”, Neil [...]

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About six months ago I saw an ad in MacAddict from eMusic, offering 25 free downloads. I thought I’d give it try, so I registered for a trial account, and started checking out their selection. At first, I wasn’t finding much in popular music, but when I started exploring some bands on smaller labels, and [...]

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I’ve been hearing a lot from the latest Coldplay hit called “Talk.” I’ve never been big fans of those guys, they seem overrated and undertalented. And today it finally dawned on me that “Talk” has the exact same melodic riff as Kraftwerk’s song “Computer Love.” I know it seems hard to believe that a guitar-driven [...]

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As mentioned in an earlier posting, Leah got me an iPod Shuffle for my birthday, along with a gift certificate to the iTunes Music Store. Here are the purchases I’ve made so far, with links to artist websites/discographies for more information: Ursula 1000 – "The Now Sound of Ursula 1000" (released 1999) Green Day – [...]

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