Month: November 2012
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Music Review: Monk Turner’s Kaleidoscope (Free Download)
In reviewing Monk Turner’s latest album, Kaleidoscope, I wanted to try a technique that writer Paul Ford used when reviewing SXSW music tracks. He wrote 6 word reviews of every single music track at the festival (all 1000 of them!). White. Ebullient vocals bursting ahead –with piano. Blue. Nonsequitur lyrics, skipping outside, lightly, saxily. Fuchsia.…
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My 2006 South by Southwest Journal (Very long)
Every March between 2002 and 2010 I regularly attended an Austin tech conference called South by Southwest Interactive. In 2006 I offered to TechBlog to blog about my misadventures at SXSW. I generally liked that experience although it kind of ruins the fun of attending the conference. Some of the tidbits are dated now (but…
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Some Amazing Musical Deals on Amazon
April 2013 Update: It now seems clear that with a few exceptions, Amazon.com’s prices are higher than average, especially when compared to emusic, a service I highly recommend. So I would recommend first becoming an emusic member (minimum of $6 a month) and then take advantage of their discounted member prices which usually stay the…