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One of the advantages to not listening to traditional radio stations is that I can either catch up on audio books when out traipsing about town, or I can listen to some NPR. The other afternoon I caught a piece on Earle Hagen passing away. ... read more |
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Who knew that we needed to improve MIDI? As a practical format I found the use of MIDI on Geocities home pages in the 90s to be far more exposure than necessary. But things can be improved. Professor Mark Bocko, department chair for electrical and computer engineering at the University of Rochester, has a better way to do sound. ... read more |
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Oh yeah. The ladies of the world. We just want to do something special for ya, ladies. How you doin’? You like the music, and the singing with the guitars and the instruments? Alright then, we’ve got just the thing for you. ... read more |
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The internets are buzzing with the word that cell phone maker Nokia and music giant Universal have inked a deal that will provide users of some Nokia phones the ability to download unlimited music tracks from the Universal library. You heard that right, unlimited. ... read more |
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Typically, I’m not a big fan of American Idol, but somehow I got dragged into last season. I was specifically unimpressed with Blake King, who took second place in the season. I was unimpressed because to hear excerpts of his performance on the radio doesn’t communicate how impressive he is as a beatboxer. It’s a visual performance thing that doesn’t translate as well in audio venues. ... read more |
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We’ve highlighted video of Shatner and Star Trek so far, but one of our other favorite entities has thus far been missing: the Muppets. Those marvelous creations by Jim Henson have probably been just as responsible for entertaining me and developing my personality as anything else, so it’s only fair we give them a little bit of time on the CB Tube as well. ... read more |
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