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I last listened to Sigue Sigue Sputnik – Virus
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So, I realize that Michael Jackson died a week ago and this this post is really late. However, I did not have anything new to add to the already insane level of activity on the Internet surrounding his death at that time. A book I picked up recently changed that.
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Recently while doing my monthly check through coworkers’ iTunes shares looking for music that I haven’t been exposed to yet, I stumbled across a fantastic series of mash-up albums. A+D has released a "Best of Bootie" album each year since 2005 containing the best tunes played at their mash-up parties during that year.
Something that has never made sense to me is why all doctors’ waiting rooms seem to tune in to the same genre of radio station. This phenomenon first sunk in last week while at my doctor’s office, but thinking back, I realized that all of the doctors – including general practitioners, dentists, and specialists – that I can remember going to over the last 30 years (in three different states on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line) seemed to play what amounts to the same station.
I have been meaning to write an article about the relatively new phenomena of literal videos for a couple of months, but haven’t gotten around to it. I realize that by now, everyone with an Internet connection has already heard of this concept, but oh well.
Recently, MSN published an article concerning changes in the way online music is being distributed and the disagreements between Apple and the music industry. The industry wants songs to be DRM encumbered, while Apple does not. Also the industry wishes for Apple to raise prices, while Apple – for obvious competitive reasons – favors lowering prices.