Category Archives: Music

<shudder>Shopping</shudder>

Posted on November 25 2003 by Mickey

    Thought I’d go to Best Buy today to pick up some CDs and discovered the horrible truth: everyone has already hunkered down into holiday shopping mode. The aisles were filled with clueless and confused stragglers and the front … Continue reading →

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Knowing the Score

Posted on November 20 2003 by Mickey

    I am consumed with watching all of The Two Towers: Extended Edition, so my blog might as well reflect that with its third straight LOTR entry. This Tuesday brings the release of the new Return of the King … Continue reading →

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Knights, I Bid You Welcome to Your New Home

Posted on November 12 2003 by Mickey

    It’s already been announced that Eric Idle is working on Spamalot, a musical production of Monty Python & the Holy Grail for Broadway. I’m withholding my judgment on this until I hear more about it. But it’s hard … Continue reading →

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Howard Shore MP3s!

Posted on November 9 2003 by Mickey

    I love this time, anticipating next month’s release of Return of the King. All sorts of little things to whet one’s appetite and make the wait that much more excruciating yet exciting. A TORN image here, a new … Continue reading →

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First Soundboard CDs Arrive

Posted on November 5 2003 by Mickey

    I got my copies from Amazon. They showed up yesterday. The discs have some nice albeit simple packaging, and a very nice touch is the inclusion of JB’s “handwritten” setlists.    As the back cover says, ”nothing has … Continue reading →

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Alice… We Want You… Alice…

Posted on November 3 2003 by Mickey

    I am really enjoying Alice Cooper’s latest album The Eyes of Alice Cooper. Pretty much every song is excellent and it’s great he can create such great work so far into his career.    Similarly, I made the … Continue reading →

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The Music of Ainur

Posted on October 21 2003 by Mickey

    The track-listing for Howard Shore’s The Return of the King score CD has been announced. TheOneRing.net has a scan of Reprise Records’ advertising, which not only includes track names but release information. The CD and limited edition CD … Continue reading →

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Fucking USA

Posted on October 11 2003 by Mickey

    I confess I am strangely attracted to this crude little bit of Korean pop propaganda. I first heard about it on Blogdex, after a snippet of a music video appeared on Rob Pongi.com.    After doing further searches … Continue reading →

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Sharing the Love

Posted on September 24 2003 by Mickey

    Tee-hee. Ya gotta love this. KaZaA is now suing the RIAA! KaZaA claims the RIAA, in tracking those 261 people who were later sued, was using KaZaA Lite, an unauthorized version of the file-sharing software, and by doing … Continue reading →

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Chicks Chuck Chaps

Posted on September 23 2003 by Mickey

    I don’t know what took them so long. After the simple-minded kneejerk cries of treason and the ridiculous record burning shindigs, I was disappointed a while ago when the Dixie Chicks went to the media to apologize for … Continue reading →

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