jon manyjars

whose mp3 blogging do you read regularly and why?
Another vote for I Rock Cleveland, Post Punk Junk, Shake Your Fist and Warped Reality. The blog I miss most is the Mystical Beast. A few I didn't see mentioned that feature good writing and tunes: 20 Jazz Funk Greats, Armagideon Time, Berkel…

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Wired: Who's Killing MP3 and iTunes?
Squashed, the consumers of entertainment who are being well and truly "played by the powers that be" are those who have fallen for the idea that the only way to listen to your music and watch your movies is in the very latest format with …

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YAYBLOG!
Mmm... power pop! Last month I wrote a four-part guide to Atlanta area record stores. Yay, me! If you are ever visiting the ATL, check my Nov-Dec 2006 archives.

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2007 music predictions/hype thread
AAAadam, what were you thinking? Just saw Spin magazine's article on children's music performed by hipsters, suspiciously similar to the TMT article.

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2007 music predictions/hype thread
Jim, have you seen the Tiny Mix Tapes article (in their year-end roundup) about musicians who are trying to make hip kids' music?

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Guilty Pleasures
Dodge: Come on Ride the Train is one of the best songs ever, by anybody. Enjoy it guilt-free. Talkin bout bad late 80's/early 90's rap and hip hop: I feel guilty about enjoying the first two Black Eyed Peas albums nowadays, seeing w…

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2007 music predictions/hype thread
Looking forward to Deerhunter (amazing Atlanta band signed to Kranky) and Future of the Left (new band of ex-McLusky leader Andy Falkous, signed to bbbbeggars).

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Australian Court: Linking is Stealing
Hey, Cuz! I bet Aussies don't eat at Outback Steakhouse, either.

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Anyone use Midphase for hosting?
Jim gots bank. Maybe now you can post "Neil Armstrong" by Angst? I've been waiting...

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Best best-of 2006 lists of 2006
Does anyone here read Tris McColl? His year-end review of singles is an impressive piece of pop music criticism. http://www.trismccall.net/pop_music_abstract2006sv.htm

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Australian Court: Linking is Stealing
There was an Australian blogger on this board awhile back who goes by the name of Cousin Creep, but he quit his blog awhile back based on concerns about legal threats against blogs. Two of my favorite Ozblogs are "Something Old, Something New&qu…

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Guilty Pleasures
The guy who runs my local indie record store says the All American Rejects are good, solid power pop. When I hear Elton John's song from the Lion King, I feel compelled to bellow "KEEENGS and WAGABONDS" at the top of my lungs. My fa…

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Guilty Pleasures
Oh Simone, I dig them Wildhearts! And I'm on Matt's side re. Sarah MacLachlan. The chorus of "Sweet Surrender" is amazing. As far as guilty pleasures, I'm secretly fond of a few Ratt songs, and I was pleased as punch when…

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Australian Court: Linking is Stealing
That quote about hyperlinking is reassuring, Adam. Thanks! I feel bad for the Aussie bloggers, though.

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eMusic: Tell me what I should get
Are we talking about the same eMusic? I generally use up my 40 downloads within the first week of the month, and my "Saved for Later" list is almost full (90 cd's). Try reading some of the "eMusic dozens" for recommendatio…

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Best best-of 2006 lists of 2006
The Onion's "AV Club" has a series of year-end lists that is pretty amazing: their top 25 releases of 2006, individual lists from about 15 of their writers, plus "Conspicuous Absences" (who didn't make their top 25 lis…

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If You Could Choose Just One Song
Acidbird, that whole Bobby Charles album is available on iTunes, and it's well worth the $10. If you are not an iTunes user, I can hook you up with the mp3.

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If You Could Choose Just One Song
Robyn Hitchcock's version of "The Ghost in You": http://download.yousendit.com/0D1C2A0A523B083C

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Hey indie kids, expand your horizons
Love me some King Tee. Let's drop some BASS! My kids think it's funny that anyone would call himself DJ Pooh.

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Making the list
Maybe the new bands were less exciting than the comebacks this year. There were a number of reunions in 2005 (most notably the Pixies, Wire, Mission of Burma, the Knitters, Rocket from the Tombs, and the Gang of Four), but this year we had the Sli…

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Effing Great Band Names
One of my favorite bands, You Am I, has a terrible name that is also totally Google-proof. My favorite band name is Baja Koala. Wish I'd thought of it. Portmanteau band names are fun (like Camper Van Beethoven, or Kathleen Turner Overdrive). …

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Making the list
I'm not embarrassed, Amy (though my favorites are all older bands). But eMusic hasn't published it yet. I got an email this AM that they sent asking their customers to vote for their top 5 of '06. Mine were: 1) The Figgs - Follo…

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Chanukah mixes
Phranc has a song called "Hanukah Tree".

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Reviewme.com's Review for Pay attracts MP3/Music Blogs
Get a room, you two.

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Hey indie kids, expand your horizons
I agree with Gorilla vs. Bear: the Low End Theory and Blowout Comb. I would add Done by the Forces of Nature.

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Bad band names
Wendy, I think that Fabulous Poodles album was reissued recently! Or maybe I read about it in the DeLorean column on TNT or something. Or maybe it's my creeping senile dementia. Or my arthur-itis is acting up, or my diabeetis. Not only did…

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Making the list
I just made my top five list for eMusic, which was kind of challenging (to narrow my favorites down to five, and just the ones available on eMusic). I think there were at least a dozen great albums this year that I heard, and I only get to hear a fra…

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hey scott, what's with the +/- switcheroo
Matthew, I like Arular as much as anyone (but less than I liked Piracy Funds Terrorism). I was just thinking of MIA as an artist who was hyped tremendously by blogs and who is probably feeling tremendous pressure to produce a followup. Wow though, T…

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hey scott, what's with the +/- switcheroo
Adam: "we have yet to realy see the test of the sophomore slump." When does the next MIA album come out, Adam? I like Scott's word, blogrock. BLOGROCK!

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Hey indie kids, expand your horizons
Dave, have you seen the movie "Talladega Nights"? I was reminded of it when you wrote "no offense, but who gives a shit?"

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