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Amarok! On OS X!

October 8, 2008 –

I can’t wait to get home to download this. An installable package of Amarok for my mac! Joy of joys! I kept telling myself that when I got this running I would be donating to the project and I will… I would pay for commercial software of this quality.

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The Cosmos Rocks [review]

September 20, 2008 –

I bought the new Queen album the other day and as promised, here are my thoughts on it.

Like I mentioned the other day, the reviews were mixed. To be honest, they are mostly bad. But as a die hard fan, I was always going to buy it, so I didn’t worry too much about that. [...]

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Omaha anxiety live

September 18, 2008 –
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New Queen album out

September 17, 2008 –

Despite seeing mixed reviews, I am going to purchase and download the new Queen + Paul Rogers album, The Cosmos Rocks when I get home today. Watch this space for a review.

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Jethro Tull + LOTR = Broadsword

August 26, 2008 –

A link to this was posted by one of my Facebook Knighthood friends who was one of only two in the last six months who has noticed that my Knighthood motto is a line from Broadsword. Thanks Jo, loved it!

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A-Z Music Meme

August 7, 2008 –

OK, I wasn’t tagged, but I saw this when investigating a Wordpress theme.

Simple idea. Open up your Music Library in your media player. Sort alphabetically by track and put up the first track for each letter without duplicating artists.

This is me:

Absence by Ancient Drive (from “Unknown”) Baba O’Riley by The Who (from “My Generation: The Very [...]

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New Music to Love

August 2, 2008 –

I’ve been using the iTunes Music Store for about two years (I think). For all its faults, I love the availability of so much music of all sorts and the ability to buy just one track if that is what you want.

Recently I have started thinking about extending my musical experiences into areas they haven’t [...]

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5 stars?

December 24, 2007 –

I’ve just started using the rating facility in iTunes.

Having only 5 stars to dish out makes it hard to differentiate levels of like or dislike when it comes to music, but I am going to have a go. And before you say it, yes I know you can give half stars or even percent ratings, [...]

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