Programming and politics

Today was the much anticipated US launch of Spotify. I've been using Rdio for several months, and really love it . Not surprisingly, the...

Last month I wrote a bit about cloud music . Since then Apple got in the game with iTunes in the iCloud. I'm not a fan of it because you...

Last week at Google I/O, big G finally delivered on Google Music . Well sort of. As many have pointed out , it's taken a long time to ge...

In alphabetical order (more or less) ... Favorite Songs Rehab -- Amy Winehouse The Rising -- Bruce Springsteen Yellow -- Coldplay The...

Old farts weren’t the only ones making good music in 2008. The best of them was the debut by Vampire Weekend. This album took a little whil...

It has been a remarkable year for new music. Not just because there has been some good new music released this year, but because of who has ...

Yes another season of American Idol will finally end tonight. I think the show is really showing its age, of course I've thought the sam...

There has been some pretty good music to come out this year. Here is what I have been listening to. Attack & Release by The Black Keys :...

I've been listening to a lot of new music lately. If you notice my last.fm widget on the blog, then you can probably guess what my favo...

I went shopping for some new music yesterday. The list: The Reminder by Feist Robbers & Cowards by Cold War Kids The Shepherd's Dog ...

You might have heard that Radiohead is offering their new, um album (this word seems antiquated, but so does CD, we need a new term), In Ra...

Here's another sign that I'm old... I went to Rasputin's recently, with the intention of buying the new White Stripes CD, Icky ...

I made my first listen to Arcade Fire's Neon Bible a couple of weeks ago on the train going to JavaOne. I thought it was good, but not ...

I found Carnavas as an Amazon recommendation. I've had a pretty good history with Amazon recommendations. The Amazon review mentioned i...

I mentioned before that the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Stadium Arcadium had to be my favorite CD of the year. I bought it in May, and the t...

I was picking songs to listen to on my iPod last night, and thought about my favorite songs of the past year. Here they are, in no particula...