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Music

Reinvention Through Transformation

April 2, 2009

As with so many popular forms of media, after a time another artist decides to take a crack at it. They may rework the piece in tribute, or perhaps they feel they could do it better than the original. The motivation isn’t important to me. What they create on the other hand, is important. You [...]

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The Beatles, Radiohead and Our Musical Tastes

February 26, 2008

Michelle has posted a great wrap up of Tim Westergren’s speech at Pandora’s Get Together here in Austin. Pandora sent me a number of reminders about the event, but I chose not to go, which is a shame because it sounds like it was fun.
Michelle’s post reminds me of the Ultimate Music Recommendation Smackdown [...]

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Where Should I Start?

January 9, 2008

As my themeword for 2008 is Explore (other people’s choices are interesting too), I am kicking off a new series: Where Should I Start. The premise is a simple one, ask or answer a question that starts with “If I wanted to [read/listen to/watch/learn about] something where should I start?”
There are so many [...]

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