Category Archives: music

Dec
26
2011

MOG first impressions

I’ve been using Grooveshark since 2008 and haven’t had much complaints after moving to their premium service a year later. But recently, the disorganization (duplicate tracks, mislabeled or wrongly tagged tracks), plus the very low quality mobile streaming (even on WiFi) has left me searching for an alternative. Enter MOG. While definitely not a newcomer to [...]

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Jul
03
2011

Favorite chiptunes

I have already written a bit about the demoscene and chiptune in the past, but I had to write a separate post about these two tunes I keep coming back to whenever I need a fair dose of nostalgia and optimism. I haven’t heard a lot of chiptune, nor do I know much about the [...]

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Oct
09
2009

Audiogalaxy: the P2P music revolution

Little bit of history Back in early 1999, I was just finishing elementary school. My family had recently acquired our very first PC and the Internet proved to be much less boring than I had expected it to be. I was just getting into listening rap music and the MP3 audio format was by then [...]

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Jun
25
2009

Michael Jackson: My favorite hits…

There’s not much I can say about the recent events. Suffice it to say that he will be dearly missed. There won’t be another one like him for a long time. I’ll let the music speak for itself. :’( 2009-10-09 Update: Grooveshark has, for some reason, removed most of the songs from my public playlist, [...]

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May
27
2009

Tributo a Tool en Cinema Café

TOOL MUTHAFUCKAS!!!* * (OK, so it’s not Tool, but it’s the closest you’ll ever get in D.R.)

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May
26
2009

Cage – I Never Knew You

Never was a fan of Cage; the whole shock-rap thing never impressed me. What did impress me was seeing this very nicely directed video (who knew the Transformers kid had the talent!), and the change Cage has gone through, both physically and lyrically. This dude went from being an overweight thug “wigger” whose lyrics included [...]

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May
14
2009

Inherited Scars

Spine chills @ 3:20.

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Apr
03
2009

2Pac

A classic track that always gets me in a positive mood. Say what you want about the subject matter, it has a great summer vibe to it. Finger tips on the hips as I dip Gotta get a tight grip, don’t slip Loose lips, sank ships, it’s a trip, I love the way she licks [...]

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Jan
31
2009

GO!

Oh goodie. Video was removed. Shame. It was just a Common video. Nothing to see here now. Move along.

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Dec
07
2008

Grooveshark widget

Just testing out Grooveshark‘s excellent widget-making service…

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