Category Archives: Music

Live News

Posted on September 23 2003 by Mickey

    That figures. Right after I pre-order the upcoming live CDs, their release date gets changed. Buffettnews reports the CDs, originally scheduled to start appearing in October, won’t show up till the beginning of November. This information was available … Continue reading →

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RIAA Be Damned

Posted on September 21 2003 by Mickey

    Take my advice: get a newsgroup reader right now, subscribe to alt.binaries.music.shn, and start downloading*. Someone is sharing a soundboard recording of the Universal Amphitheater show from June 3 1978! It’s from the same tour whence came You … Continue reading →

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“Hi. I’m Isabel. Come Watch Me on My Webcam”

Posted on September 18 2003 by Mickey

    From my friends on the Buffett listserv on Yahoo!. Here are a few links to east coast webcams, with which to watch the progress of Hurricane Isabel.http://www.nc.rr.com/cams/beachcam.htmhttp://cil-www.oce.orst.edu:8080/duck.htmlhttp://www.hurricanetrack.com/hurrmap/webcam.htmlhttp://www.ci.charleston.sc.us/bridgecamhttp://www.indianbeach.org/webcam.htmlhttp://www.bethanycam.comhttp://www.exit98.com/njsurf.htm    Access may be slow due to traffic and, probably, the … Continue reading →

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At Last! More Copies of Margaritaville!

Posted on September 10 2003 by Mickey

    Now this could be big.    I guess there’s no need for me to write to Jimmy and point him to themusic.com, the site The Who used to sell soundboard copies of all the performances of their concert … Continue reading →

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Excavations

Posted on September 9 2003 by Mickey

    I sure wish the meddlesome RIAA would stop messing around with my server files.    Anyway, while I was apparently being hacked, I had a chance to really delve in the foundations of my site today, courtesy of … Continue reading →

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Somebody Talk Me Into This

Posted on September 3 2003 by Mickey

    Just found out that, according to her website, Loreena McKennitt will peform on Thursday, September 25, at “historic Fryfogel’s Tavern, 12km east of her hometown of Stratford, Ontario.” The short solo performance “is part of a fundraising evening … Continue reading →

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Snack Break!

Posted on July 27 2003 by Mickey

Snack Break!    Taking stock of liquids so far, I’ve drunk two cans of diet pop, a big 32-ounce diet Pepsi with dinner, and four half-liter bottles of water!    Currently listening to: Loreena McKennitt    Currently watching: Other people’s … Continue reading →

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At Last: Big Spoiler DVD News!

Posted on July 26 2003 by Mickey

    AICN has some great news about the upcoming Extended Edition of The Two Towers on DVD. The FOTR Extended Edition assuaged a lot of the problems I had with the first movie, and it looks like this release … Continue reading →

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Back Again

Posted on July 26 2003 by Mickey

    Did you miss me? I wandered over to Windows Update and installed a couple fixes and patches. It didn’t interfere with my posting schedule, but it felt strange to shut everything down and reboot. The break gave me … Continue reading →

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Hall of Heroes

Posted on July 24 2003 by Mickey

    The RIAA has made good on threats to go after individual file-sharers. Tech TV has released a list of names of KaZaA users who are the first to be subpoenaed. May their names be forever enshrined in the … Continue reading →

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