So Emusic didn't make the list of a place to buy music? I don't know how much random stuff I have found there, and until the record label decides they want more money and pull it off Emusic, its normally the cheapest out there. Also for music blogs, what about 'music for robots' and 'neon gold beat company' (formerly goodweatherforairstrickes). If anything, search for some of the old M3 volume compilations/samplers that goodweatherforairstrikes put out. Just my two cents and happy music hunting.
What, no mention of "The Social" on Zune as a way to discover new music? Shocking.
I actually do get a lot of my new music idea from friends by visiting their homes and listening to their songs. I long for the days before all of the music stations were owned by a handful of companies and different stations actually played different music. What a novel concept that was.
@Monty: "I long for the days before all of the music stations were owned by a handful of companies and different stations actually played different music." -- mee too.
Zune also has the Channels and it seems to download stuff surreptitiously, only to surprise you in shuffle mode. I've also found that the shuffle algorithm on the Zune works a little better than on the iPod classic, but it might just be me.
I have a ton of George Carlin and every so often, the Zune will throw in a 3 minute Carlin routine.
Speaking of iPod, Leander Kahney did a great article about five years back on the music discovery aspect of iTMS. And I'm surprised you didn't even mention "Genius", even though it just recommends things for purchase - usually with several items already in your library.
@rimshot515: Maybe 15-20 years ago, record labels, though "all about the money", did a good job of weeding out the good from the bad and nurturing the good to be better. But just a few years later in teh latter 1990s, the consolidation of radio with Clearchannel and the consolidation of concert venues under Ticketmaster limited the selction to the point where being "all about the money" meant being all about no options aside from tween stars.
@sir_eccles: I concur... the appeal of the Roku is the low cost for lots of content. The movie selection is not as crappy as people make it out to be, and there is a plethora of documentaries, science and nature shows as well. To @VincentioSnipe, the appeal of the Roku is not new movies. One quick look into the product and a consumer knows that. It fills its niche quite nicely.
If you have a Roku you're already getting at least one DVD per month from Netflix, so to me it doens't make sense to pay so much for Amazon's content via the Roku. With no internal storage in the Roku, I certainly don't want to pay $15 to stream a movie I can't keep, when that's equal to the actual DVD release price.
@Jon B.: Actually, his speech writer Jon Favreau, but not that Jon Favreau, said being Obama's speechwriter is the worst gig he's had, because Obama's notes are the speech, and then you make a bunch of comments, and then he rejects them all and gives the speech he wrote in the first place.
Then again, the kid was previously the speechwriter for Kerry's campaign, so I'm not sure I'd be taking his notes either.
exactly what updates are there to follow? I don't see how this is a live news story...unless there are riots or something, what is going to happen other than the planned ceremonies? Do we need to be twittered every single time he drops his blackberry? or the first time a black man sets foot on the inauguration stage? I'm not racist at all, but this is ridiculousness squared just because he's black.
@Wilson Rothman: Ironically, the fact that there is so much attention to his race kinda proves his point. He is dark skinned. So what? If this was a 'post-race' society, people and the media wouldnt care if he was bright pink.
...or it could just be that people happen to give a shit about the inauguration for the first time in almost 50 years.
For a shit-ton of reasons.
Seriously, I'm a little tired of the hype too, but people aren't just excited because he's black, or bi-racial. They are excited because 79% of the country is optimistic that he's going to be a good president whether they supported him or not, and because 65+% think the last guy was a douchebag, and we're in the middle of oh, a financial crisis, and a war, and people are just kind of looking for something good, and fun, and hopeful, etc., etc., etc.
And it's historic because he's a first.
It was historic when Kennedy was the first Catholic President.
It was historic when Thatcher was the first female British Prime Minister.
Do you all have some kind of logic coloring book that you use to figure life out? Everything must be one of 5 Crayola choices and fit within one little box, and God Forbid anything require any critical thought, blurring of lines, or something more complicated than you can be told to you by your Granny or in a Fox News or MSNBC soundbite!
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Best radio station for discovering new music, ever. Plus, (almost) no commercials!
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I actually do get a lot of my new music idea from friends by visiting their homes and listening to their songs. I long for the days before all of the music stations were owned by a handful of companies and different stations actually played different music. What a novel concept that was.
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I have a ton of George Carlin and every so often, the Zune will throw in a 3 minute Carlin routine.
Speaking of iPod, Leander Kahney did a great article about five years back on the music discovery aspect of iTMS. And I'm surprised you didn't even mention "Genius", even though it just recommends things for purchase - usually with several items already in your library.
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Wish YouTube's interface was more elegant like Hulu's, and I imagine comments for these full-length flicks will be moderated or disabled entirely. :p
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(you thought I was gonna say "blend/play Crysis didn'tcha)
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The original comment for being trollish.
The reply for replying incorrectly.
Me for falling prey to the "someone is wrong on the internet" trap.
You for typing "Fail."
Me for continuing this beastly thread after it would have otherwise died a natural death.
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If you have a Roku you're already getting at least one DVD per month from Netflix, so to me it doens't make sense to pay so much for Amazon's content via the Roku. With no internal storage in the Roku, I certainly don't want to pay $15 to stream a movie I can't keep, when that's equal to the actual DVD release price.
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You didn't honestly think that he wrote his own speech, did you? :)
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Then again, the kid was previously the speechwriter for Kerry's campaign, so I'm not sure I'd be taking his notes either.
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For a shit-ton of reasons.
Seriously, I'm a little tired of the hype too, but people aren't just excited because he's black, or bi-racial. They are excited because 79% of the country is optimistic that he's going to be a good president whether they supported him or not, and because 65+% think the last guy was a douchebag, and we're in the middle of oh, a financial crisis, and a war, and people are just kind of looking for something good, and fun, and hopeful, etc., etc., etc.
And it's historic because he's a first.
It was historic when Kennedy was the first Catholic President.
It was historic when Thatcher was the first female British Prime Minister.
Do you all have some kind of logic coloring book that you use to figure life out? Everything must be one of 5 Crayola choices and fit within one little box, and God Forbid anything require any critical thought, blurring of lines, or something more complicated than you can be told to you by your Granny or in a Fox News or MSNBC soundbite!
GAAAAAAA!
/long day
//rant over