From the monthly archives:

April 2009

Throwback Thursday: First I Look at the Purse

April 30, 2009
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For the first edition of Throwback Thursday I had to go with an old Motown classic – I suppose the “classic” part depends on who you ask but it has always stood out to me.
Off of my much worn out CD compilation “Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971,” comes the song “First I Look [...]

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Seeqpod Sunk? Not So Fast…

April 30, 2009
Seeqpod

When the Seeqpod site went down a couple weeks ago I figured that was the end. I certainly didn’t have high hopes given the fact that they filed for bankruptcy at the end of March and have an ongoing lawsuit with EMI and Warner Music Group.
If you went to the site it acted like it [...]

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4 Tweets Per Measure: Finding Music on Twitter

April 22, 2009
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These Twitter/Music posts weren’t originally meant to be a series, but it seems Twitter is one of the fastest evolving social media services out there and every day people are finding new ways to utilize it to share information, photos, videos and of course music. I found a great post on the Wired Epicenter blog [...]

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What’s the Soundtrack to Your Life?

April 17, 2009
Soundtrack to your Life

We’ve all had it happen, a song comes on and you’re instantly transported back to a very specific time in your life. It could be just a day or it could be a season or a whole year. No matter where you are now, a part of you feels transformed by the music – usually [...]

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Susan Boyle Sings “Cry Me A River”

April 17, 2009
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No, not the Justin Timberlake song – the 1950’s blues ballad, made famous by Julie London and later recorded by Ella Fitzgerald among others.
Continuing on the tidal wave that is the Susan Boyle phenomenon, a song has been unearthed that she recorded in 1999 for a charity CD – of which apparently only 1000 [...]

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