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20 February 2009
Quinnware is BACK

More than a year after the last test build 120, almost five years since the last official release 4.50, 5.0 is here, baby! I’ll be having a beer in its honour tonight. The skin’s updated a little, but the most obvious addition is album art support in the default skin. Read More...

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19 April 2008
Ayreon 01011001 DVD

Found in the special and limited editions. Well worth the extra cost, especially for this one line: "Dear Penis, give my butt a sign" - Simone Simons Clever girl... Read More...

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25 March 2008
Altered Consciousness

Just pulled an all night, and then in the morning I threw on the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's, and somehow additional dimensions in the music which I have never noticed before just leapt out of the speakers and blasted right through my consciousness. Its an album I listen to a lot, and so I thought... Read More...

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03 March 2008
Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV

Trent Reznor has done it: a double album of new instrumental music available as a high quality, DRM-free download, very reasonably priced 2 CD set (US$10) or either one of a pair of luxurious deluxe packages. I'll be grabbing the 2 CD set myself (yes I'm cheap). In the mean time you can check... Read More...

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26 November 2007
Michael Jackson: Colour Collection

Found this in a shop, obviously a collection of songs from before he got help with hitting the high notes. Read More...

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09 October 2007
Free At Last! (or: Screw You Guys!)

Trent Reznor (and Nine Inch Nails by default) is now free from any recording contract . As I have mentioned , he is one of the few, perhaps the only, major artist who gets it. Here's hoping more famous musicians follow his lead. [via digg ] Read More...

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04 October 2007
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex CD-BOX

Yes, got mine in the mail. Thanks YesAsia ! I highly recommend them. Free international shipping (conditions apply)! The package design is exquisite, very classy. All transparent and white. A shot of the front: Of the back: Opened up: The styrofoam block to hold the Tachikoma USB thumb drive is a little... Read More...

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14 September 2007
Prince: Not Getting It

I though Prince was a musician who got it, but apparently he doesn't . Stunts like this will only cost him legitimate fans. Trent Reznor, on the other hand, is one of few artists who gets it and has the balls, knowledge and integrity to do the right thing. He is the man . Read More...

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27 August 2007
Thermochrom'ing

Indeed, the thermochrome CD is very nice. Unfortunately... the tropical climate of Singapore renders it useless. I need to hold the CD up to the air conditioner to cool it down enough. That said, I've recently discovered our local band The Observatory released their album second album Blank Walls... Read More...

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20 December 2006
Pearl Jam 03-03-95 (Singapore)

After years of on and off aborted snail mail attempts to snag this bootleg, I finally got it thanks to dimeadozen.org . Thank you DIME users. Thank you MS (taper). The only references to this concert that I can Google for are a contemporary fan review , and a description of the concert on Five Horizons... Read More...

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09 September 2006
Music Is Drugs

Very interesting article on the book "This Is Your Brain on Music". Probably explains why I cannot accept new rock music, and also why old *coughbonjovicough* songs make me happy even though I know they are crap. Read More...

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22 August 2006
Paris: Sensitive

Paris Hilton cries when she listens to her own album . Yeah, well, like, I probably will feel like crying too if I, like, ever have to listen to it. Read More...

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18 August 2006
Idol Schmidol

Finally caught an episode of the second season of Singapore Idol, because it was "Rock the House" night. Song by song run down (I don't know the names of the contestants): You Give Love A Bad Name: Pretty decent! Good voice and stage presence. I was impressed. Song choice could have been... Read More...

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17 July 2006
"My lovably ordinary brother Syd"

A good read, and somehow comforting. The 'crazy diamond' founder of Pink Floyd was no acid casualty or recluse. He loved art and DIY, his sister Rosemary tells his biographer Tim Willis in her first interview for 30 years "My lovably ordinary brother Syd" Read More...

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12 July 2006
R.I.P. Syd

A sad day for all music lovers, Syd Barrett has died at the age of 60. Wish You Were Here , Syd. Read More...

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