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At the end of the day a Palestinian, Gujurati, Russian and I were talking about how stupid and often talentless rap is. And then Eminem came up, and there was a split reaction in regards to his lyrics. I guess we all ageed that his constant rehashing of his "tough childhood" and "hard life" has become so old - boring really. We get it already. But then someone mentioned that in his Mockinbird lyrics off of his latest album mentions they saved a jar [...]

I just watched the video for Band-Aid 20, which was the 20 yr anniversary of the original Band-Aid done for hunger relief in Africa in 1984. And I must say, not as good as the original. More modern and has some younger faces, but I doubt as successful as the first one. The little rap segment in their seems very much out of place and the singing styles don't fit too well. And the Bono lyric, that we was so insistent about, isn't anything [...]

In my preoccupation with mundane things such as code readers, washing machines and Dan Rather, I seem to have missed that Sept 24 was V-Day. The much anticipated and theived album by U2 has had it's first single released (along with an updated U2.com). The ... umm ... title is How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb and you check out the countdown till it's release. Hmm ... that release is pretty close to ... (hint hint). And my dont-know-how-to-blog brother (no not that one) [...]

I'm fascinated by this website hosting Sarah Mclachlan's video for the song: World on Fire off of her latest CD Afterglow. Watch it, then read on. Reminds me of the Scorpion's Wind of Change and regardless of the music it really makes you think. But then of course, with our short attention span I'm sure people will feel that momentary emotion and then quickly forget as we resume our lives. Waiting for the next thing that moves us into thinking ... but not acting. [...]

I hate it when stuff like this happens. Apparently someone stole a rough cut of U2's yet-to-be-released album Vertigo from a photo shoot in France. Lead singer, Bono's response was to put the album out on iTunes Music Store if they find that the music is being shared illegally on P2P networks. "It would be a real pity. It would screw up years of work and months of planning... But once it's out, it's out." And the final result? Outside of the potential 10 [...]

The much anticipated Dido album Life For Rent comes out today. The first single White Flag is already a hit. The chanteuse hasn't had a major release since her 1999 No Angel and the initial reviews look good. I'll wait a bit before shelling out for this one. I'll probably listen to some more singles first (in MP3? pretty shocking huh?). News of the (now #2) Sarah McLachlan has indicated a new album slated for release Nov 5. (Hmmm, that's awefully close to ... [...]

Some of you may have already seen this link posted on Slashdot (please read it). The thing that caught my eye was that I read "Ann Arbor, Mich" in it. Basically the article states that the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) is serving subpoenas indiscriminantly to users who both download and share music files using P2P (peer-to-peer) file sharing programs. In terms of liability they may also target user's parents, grandparents and roommates all depending on account information from their ISP (internet service [...]

Lately I've had Christina Aguilera on my mind. No, her music. Particularily the songs Fighter and Beautiful. They echo in my mind, often annoyingly. So, as requested by Merrick, I am writing a blog entry on it. Her music isn't the worse out there (thank Britney for that), and I guess she has a good voice. While I'm on the topic of music let me run down the list. The Scientist by Coldplay is pretty good, the video isn't that bad either (one of [...]