aclason's Posts

over 2 years ago

Without further ado:50. I'm a Mountain - Sarah Harmer49. Feed the Animals - Girl Talk48. Icky Thump - The White Stripes47. You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker - Willie Nelson46. The Diplomats of Solid Sound - The Diplomats of Solid Sound45. The Reminder - Feist44. Twentysomething - Jamie Cullum43. Annie Lynch and the Beekeepers - Annie Lynch and the Beekeepers42. We Brave Bee Stings and A
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Online Music Reviews: a nut yet to be cracked?

almost 5 years ago

There's an interesting article on Salon right now about some of the problems with online reviews:http://machinist.salon.com/feature/2007/06/13/user_reviews/index.htmlReading the article confirmed my belief that online reviews are a nut that's yet to be cracked. While the internet continues to promise a way for online reviews to actually help us make choices (musical or otherwise), it's an unfufill
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Predicting our musical future - the rebirth of the single?

about 5 years ago

From last month's New York Times article by Jeff Leeds:"Last year, digital singles outsold plastic CDâ€™s for the first time. So far this year, sales of digital songs have risen 54 percent, to roughly 189 million units, according to data from Nielsen SoundScan. Digital album sales are rising at a slightly faster pace, but buyers of digital music are purchasing singles over albums by a margin of 19
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One more shot of espresso

about 5 years ago

Well, that was a lengthy and impassioned discussion (look at the previous post on the Starbucks Aesthetic if you are lost).Just a few more tidbits before we leave the discussion. First, a very interesting article by Susan Dominus in the New York Times about the Starbucks Aesthetic:http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F30712F635540C718EDDA90994DE404482For those of you who have ac
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The Starbucks Aesthetic

about 5 years ago

Question: What do the following artists have in common?:Amy WinehouseAndrew BirdAnimal CollectiveBelle & SebastianBillie HolidayBobby DarinBright EyesCalexicoCamera ObscuraDamien RiceEtta JamesFrank SinatraJeff BuckleyJimi HendrixJosh RitterLucinda WilliamsNina SimoneOf MontrealParliamentPatty GriffinRay CharlesRon SexsmithRufus WainwrightSon VoltThe DecemberistsThe ShinsTom WaitsVan MorrisonYo Yo
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