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Songs & Such: “Revolve” by Poor Old Lu
This week, we bring to a close the music of Poor Old Lu with a track off of their last CD, The Waiting Room. Released just six years after what was suppose to be their final album, The Waiting Room easily contains some of the best Lu songs to be recorded and released. What is interesting is not that the songs are well written (they are) but the overall sound and feel of the record shows a band that moved out of their early twenties and was pushing thirty. Do not mistake this as something that is a bad thing. You can really hear that the band and the musicians involved have grown up. Continue reading
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Songs & Such: "Hello Sunny Weather" by Poor Old Lu
We are almost done with this round of “Songs & Such” for Poor Old Lu songs. Soon we will move into songs from Aaron Sprinkle, Rose Blossom Punch, Fair, and even World Inside. But we still have a couple of “Lu” songs before we look at those. This week song comes off of what was suppose to be Poor Old Lu’s final album. Continue reading
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Songs & Such: “Hello Sunny Weather” by Poor Old Lu
We are almost done with this round of “Songs & Such” for Poor Old Lu songs. Soon we will move into songs from Aaron Sprinkle, Rose Blossom Punch, Fair, and even World Inside. But we still have a couple of “Lu” songs before we look at those. This week song comes off of what was suppose to be Poor Old Lu’s final album. Continue reading
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New Mp3 Player
Okay, I love my iPod. I carry the thing around with me just about everywhere I go. However, since I got my Alpine connector last year, I find that I leave in the car more often then not because that’s … Continue reading
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Canceled My eMusic Subscription
I just canceled eMusic subscription in favor of Amazon’s Mp3 Download Store. The main reason for this is because with Amazon I can download only the songs I want without having to pay a monthly fee for a bucket of downloads that I have to use or lose. Plus Amazon’s store is also free of digital rights management (DRM) so they will work on any computer or device in my house. Continue reading
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New Zunes
Last week, Microsoft announced the latest generation of their Zune media players. While the devices themselves are nothing to quickly write home about, one thing definitely was. One fact stood out above all the rest in the announcement of the new Zunes, and that was the fact that the original 30GB Zunes will get a software update that gives them all the new features of the newest generation. So the original Zunes will have podcasting support, as well as support for the updated video codecs. Continue reading →