thomnottom
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amclark2 - Did someone over there piss in your cheerios? We'll take 'em out back and rough 'em up for you.
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Amie Street has always had lots of time periods when almost nothing shows up for days. Wasn't there a point a few months ago when people thought they might be going under because nothing new showed up for over two weeks? This year has been pretty gr…
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I'll be honest, The Sunset Tree was just so damn good that I couldn't help but feel disappointed in the next 2 albums. But I'm on track 4 of the new one and it sounds so much more inspired than those.
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I got it cheap on Amie, but haven't d/l'd it yet. Will tell you my thoughts in a little bit
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@amclark2 - That Avalanches' disc is excellent. "Frontier Psychiatrist" was the track that got lots of pl…
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@Daniel - At least you admit that you're crazy :P Kanye's an easy target to pick on, because even the U.S. President thinks he's a jackass.
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Sometimes I find it annoying to plan out d/ls to get the exact amount and wouldn't mind being able to carry a few over for the next month. But it's not that big of a deal - and things usually work out one way or another.
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Honestly I can't get that worked up about any list. But they're always a good start for discussing things. At first this list didn't bug me at all, but if you tell me that Kanye West has 3 albums better than St. Vincent's Marry Me I'll tell y…
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50. Deerhunter - Microcastle
49. Antony & the Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now
48. The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday
47. Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender
46. The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
45. Fugazi - The Argument100. ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Source Tags & Codes
99. Lil Wayne Da Drought 3
98. Cat Power - You Are Free
97. The Dismemberment Plan - Change
96. Spoon - Girls Can Tell
95. Grizzly Bear - Yello…150. The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
149. Tough Alliance - A New Chance
148. Erlend200. Jay Reatard - Blood Visions
199. Deerhoof - Apple O'
198. Boris - Akuma No Uta
197. Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals
196. William Basinski - The Disentegration Loops
195. Bonnie "Prince" Billy - The Letting Go
194…That's actually not the new Muse but the one that came before Black Holes. It's not as good as that one, but I like it. Sometimes you really need big, bombastic, over the top rock. (I'm assuming you're joking about the s/t comment, or do you not kno…Not really surprising, but Radiohead topped the list. Kid A is only $1 over there right now.
Some odd picks in the top 20 (and I'm talking about albums I like, but wouldn't put that high). At least I finally got to pick up Daft Punk's Di…I'll try to limit it to highlights.
Amazon.com:
Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson - Break Up
Monsters of Folk - S/T
Muse - Absolution
Amiestreet.com:
A Camp - A Camp
…Lala has a web streaming option which is like a dollar or so per album. A little weird, but they have a decent enough interface (and you can now scrobble directly from it!) that I could see someone deciding to save money to just play it online. Not …So far I've grabbed both M83s, Mastodon, Lightning Bolt, and LCD Soundsystem. Will be checking out the Ted Leo releases, too. Looking forward to the rest of the list.I've had this argument numerous times on the message boards over yonder. Most people cannot tell the difference between V2 (~192kbps) mp3s and a CD on a good stereo let alone a crappy one. There are, of course, exceptions - but if you typically don'…Keep 'em coming. I've been sidelined from live shows since my baby girl came along, but am hoping to break out of the slump to see Andrew Bird and St. Vincent - she kept playing NYC on my nights to be in charge but the Philly show is a possibility n…I use foobar2000 for the majority of my audio needs. It's not the easiest to setup, but is ridiculously configurable. You'll need theI used to use it regularly, but got back into the bad habit of begrudgingly opening Ye Olde Internete Explorere for crappy sites. Or just ignoring them...
And the people that require you to use IE are simply bad web developers - so they …An Internet year is 360 days, duh...Just got the e-mail - that blows the "50% sales won't fly with Sony" theory out of the water.Ohhh, that Cuba comp sounds pretty awesome. That might join the Soundways Ghana comp as my international fix for the month.@elwood Are you recommending those 3? Looks like a lot of cool stuff, but I definitely need some guidancein Why the hell was I not informed of this? Comment by thomnottom September 2009
Not me, but someone mentioned wonkiness with their homepage on the message boards. Would it really kill them to setup a beta site like Amie Street? Amazing how many problems they could sort out that way...Uh-oh, now I might have to whip out a soapbox or something. The term "you get what you pay for" definitely doesn't apply to software. Way too much commercial proprietary crap out there has superior free and open source alternatives.
Pers…Ubuntu is more demanding as far as system resources go. Xubuntu would be the better choice as it strips out a lot of the bells and whistles.
The reason I'm back on Windows at home is Adobe Lightroom - couldn't guarantee colors on the VM …Daniel, definitely get the new Rodrigo Y Gabriela. It's not just a rehash of their last album - really impressive outing. Got Wild Beasts free on Amie and so far dig it. Mew is a weird one. I like the album, but "Special" is the only standout track …You can't put OS X on a home-brew unless you do some serious hacking.
Not to get into a platform debate, but I never understand people who want to move from Windows to a more closed/proprietary system like OS X...