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	<title>Music Discussions &#187; rant</title>
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		<title>Weekly Observations: 2012 Weeks 4 and 5</title>
		<link>http://music.ballweb.org/blog/archives/966</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:54:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These appear to be updates for two weeks at a time.  However, I guess that keeps you guys in suspense on the off weeks, and gives you more to read on the post weeks.  

Why are there so many songs with non-obvious meanings.  Specifically, I am referring to songs that clearly have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Observations: 2011 Week 52 and 2012 Week 1</title>
		<link>http://music.ballweb.org/blog/archives/956</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:52:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cball</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs and Sites]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Best of Bootie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boxee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With last weekend being the new year, I did not have a chance to post anything.  So, I have combined last week&#8217;s news with this week&#8217;s for another double-article.

It strikes me as odd that one of my local radio stations played Christmas music through nearly the entirety of Advent, but stops immediately after the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boxee Cancels Their HTPC</title>
		<link>http://music.ballweb.org/blog/archives/953</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:45:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last version of Boxee for computers (as opposed to the embedded version) has been announced; notice that I did not say the &#34;latest&#34; version.  I am not sure why the Boxee team are abandoning their users, but I will definitely be looking into other solutions since they no longer seem to care about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Pope Kissed a Boy and Didn&#8217;t Like It</title>
		<link>http://music.ballweb.org/blog/archives/935</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:35:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cball</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parody]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Benetton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[equality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lyrics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pope]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I normally attempt to keep the articles here more directly music-related than this one, however this law suit just blows my mind and I couldn&#8217;t remain silent.  I apologize for the tangent, but supporting a company touting equality and love for one&#8217;s fellow human as well as supporting freedom of speech are more important [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amazon&#8217;s Discrimination Against Illinois Residents</title>
		<link>http://music.ballweb.org/blog/archives/899</link>
		<comments>http://music.ballweb.org/blog/archives/899#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 22:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago, Amazon announced that they were going to cancel their advertising program for sites base in Illinois (including this one).  This is in response to a bill signed by Governor Quinn stating that Amazon has to start charging sales tax for Illinois.

First of all, I would like to point out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Stand-Alone MP3 Players Needed?</title>
		<link>http://music.ballweb.org/blog/archives/894</link>
		<comments>http://music.ballweb.org/blog/archives/894#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 17:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past year or two, I have noticed that &#8211; at least as far as I can tell &#8211; there is absolutely no reason to have a stand-alone music     player.  As, Alton Brown says about kitchen aids, you shouldn&#8217;t buy a one use item.

Cell phones are so powerful these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Last.fm and Ping</title>
		<link>http://music.ballweb.org/blog/archives/879</link>
		<comments>http://music.ballweb.org/blog/archives/879#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2010 00:17:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cball</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[scrobble]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Does anyone actually use Last.fm for more than scrobbling?

I did when I first subscribed and they allowed me to listen to full tracks of my choice on demand.  In more recent times, they have been removing playback features to focus on their scrobbling service.  This change makes sense for Last.fm as they have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Problems with Amazon&#8217;s MP3 Downloads</title>
		<link>http://music.ballweb.org/blog/archives/877</link>
		<comments>http://music.ballweb.org/blog/archives/877#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2010 00:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cball</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[online]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[download]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://music.ballweb.org/blog/?p=877</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I want to start off by saying that I do not have problems with the MP3s themselves; MP3s that I have downloaded have always played correctly and have been of high quality.  I do however have issues with their service.

One weekend about a month ago, I downloaded an album but forgot to put it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opinions on iTunes 10</title>
		<link>http://music.ballweb.org/blog/archives/858</link>
		<comments>http://music.ballweb.org/blog/archives/858#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 22:58:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cball</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[rant]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Amarok]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I upgraded to iTunes 10.0.0.68.  I really should learn to stop upgrading (or is it downgrading) as I am almost always more disappointed than happy with the experience.

The first thing that I noticed was that version 10 set the &#34;as Album List&#34; option which removed my column settings (which ones, their width, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recent Issues with Scrobbling</title>
		<link>http://music.ballweb.org/blog/archives/849</link>
		<comments>http://music.ballweb.org/blog/archives/849#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 02:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cball</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[advice]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[EVO]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Around about two weeks ago I started experiencing problems with Last.fm&#8217;s scrobbling service.  Scrobbling tracks what songs and albums users listen to and suggest similar music that the listeners may also like.

The specific problem that I have been facing is that certain online services and programs have either stopped scrobbling or are not scrobbling [...]]]></description>
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