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★ Of Montreal ♫ Bunny Ain't No Kind Of...

Dec 18th

★ The Pixies ♫ Here Comes Your Man...

Dec 18th

Just completed year-end ritual of cleaning up my desk. Moved giant stack of papers into folders and...

Dec 18th

RT @mediaor: [Music Ally] Rdio makes its debut… as an iPhone app http://ff.im/-d5n1b

Dec 18th

RT @BreakingNews: Google in talks to acquire Yelp for $500 million or more - TechCrunch...

Dec 18th

Interesting…RT @plugola: ‘DoubleTwist’ Teams Up With Amazon to Take on iTunes...

Dec 18th

OH: “Agile doesn’t hit dates. Dates hit Agile.”

Dec 17th

This Fink album is a winner. http://bit.ly/4qdoKP A cross between Jose Gonzales & John Legend...

Dec 17th

"Sort of Revolution" by Fink - LimeWire Store

Dec 17th

★ Reckless kelly ♫ RaggedAsTheRoad...

Dec 17th

Trying the Fink album now… RT @LimeWireStore: The 10 Best Albums You Didn’t Hear This Year...

Dec 17th

★ Reckless kelly ♫ RaggedAsTheRoad...

Dec 17th

While I am still trying to get my Top Albums hack to work, you should check out @mark_reeder’s...

Dec 17th

Looks like Musicbrainz throttles API calls to only 1 per sec, which causes hack to throw a bunch of...

Dec 17th

★ Reckless kelly ♫ RaggedAsTheRoad...

Dec 16th

Argh… issues with my MusicBrainz lookups. Hack needs more TLC. Use at own risk.

Dec 16th

Switched my Top Albums hack to use MusicBrainz as source of release date information, now get a...

Dec 16th

This weekend I will try to create another hack that does the same for Tracks from 2009. Maybe I will...

Dec 16th

OK, I think the release year data I’m using in my latest hack is a little sketchy (?) so I...

Dec 16th

★ Lost in the Trees ♫ I've Always Loved The...

Dec 16th

Done. Enter Last.fm username to get a filtered view of your top albums (to only include albums...

Dec 16th

My blog post on my “top releases of 2009” hack for Last.fm users. http://bit.ly/5OHsFY

Dec 16th

★ Lost in the Trees ♫ I've Always Loved The...

Dec 16th

My Top Albums of 2009

Dec 16th

Wow… this Glee meets American Idol show is painful in so many ways. Click.

Dec 16th

Maybe that last tweet is a hack project for me over the holidays…

Dec 16th

I wish @lastfm album charts were filterable by release year, then would be easy to post my...

Dec 16th

★ Mike Doughty ♫ Madeline And Nine...

Dec 16th

★ Lost in the Trees ♫ I've Always Loved The...

Dec 16th

Hold on… is there some sort of news going on with Tiger Woods? Need a degree in bad puns to...

Dec 16th

★ Lost in the Trees ♫ I've Always Loved The...

Dec 15th

So I think restoring my iPhone to factory settings and then restoring from backup has helped with my...

Dec 15th

Another #shamelessplug. Free Ear to the Ground compilation… this time, Tokyo!...

Dec 15th

★ Brett Dennen ♫ Heaven #playtapus

Dec 15th

★ Swearing At Motorists ♫ Northern Line...

Dec 15th

What’s that…you want to read Henry Rollins interviewing Tom Morello? We’ve got...

Dec 15th

★ Mike Doughty ♫ Madeline And Nine...

Dec 15th

★ David Bazan ♫ Heavy Breath #playtapus

Dec 15th

★ David Bazan ♫ Heavy Breath #playtapus

Dec 15th

★ Brett Dennen ♫ Heaven #playtapus

Dec 15th

★ Mike Doughty ♫ Madeline And Nine...

Dec 15th

★ Swearing At Motorists ♫ Northern Line...

Dec 15th

iPhone battery recovery trial #2 (first didn’t help much): Doing a full restore to factory...

Dec 15th

★ David Bazan ♫ Heavy Breath #playtapus

Dec 15th

★ Brett Dennen ♫ Heaven #playtapus

Dec 15th

★ Mike Doughty ♫ Madeline And Nine...

Dec 15th

★ Swearing At Motorists ♫ Northern Line...

Dec 15th

Watched the new Star Trek movie. Enjoyed it, but seemed like every shot was directly into some...

Dec 15th

★ Drive By Truckers ♫ Dead Drunk And Naked...

Dec 14th

★ Midlake ♫ Van Occupanther #playtapus

Dec 14th

★ Midlake ♫ Young Bride #playtapus

Dec 14th

★ Spoon ♫ Written in Reverse #playtapus

Dec 14th

★ Midlake ♫ Van Occupanther #playtapus

Dec 14th

★ Drive By Truckers ♫ Days Of Graduation...

Dec 14th

★ Midlake ♫ Head Home #playtapus

Dec 14th

★ Drive By Truckers ♫ Dead Drunk And Naked...

Dec 14th

★ Drive By Truckers ♫ Ronnie Neil...

Dec 14th

★ Midlake ♫ We Gathered in Spring...

Dec 14th

★ Midlake ♫ Young Bride #playtapus

Dec 14th

★ Drive By Truckers ♫ Dead Drunk And Naked...

Dec 14th

★ Drive By Truckers ♫ Ronnie Neil...

Dec 14th

★ Drive By Truckers ♫ Days Of Graduation...

Dec 14th

Researching ways to improve my measly 4 hour iPhone battery life. Attempt 1: turning off Push...

Dec 13th

RT @rafatali: Surprised? Terra Firma sues Citigroup on EMI’s sale; Citi was the -bank &...

Dec 13th

★ Coconut Records ♫ Drummer #playtapus

Dec 13th

★ The Beatles ♫ Here Comes The Sun...

Dec 13th

★ Coconut Records ♫ Saint Jerome #playtapus

Dec 13th

★ The Beatles ♫ Here Comes The Sun...

Dec 13th

★ Coconut Records ♫ Microphone #playtapus

Dec 13th

★ Coconut Records ♫ Any Fun #playtapus

Dec 13th

★ Midlake ♫ Bandits #playtapus

Dec 13th

★ Coconut Records ♫ Drummer #playtapus

Dec 13th

★ Coconut Records ♫ Saint Jerome #playtapus

Dec 13th

Took kids to see The Princess & The Frog. Pretty good for them, but preview for Tim...

Dec 13th

OK, I have to give Macy’s props for line management. The walking tour thru HR and AP...

Dec 12th

In the market for an 8 ft tall sock monkey? This place has you covered for only $2k.

Dec 12th

★ Coconut Records ♫ Any Fun #playtapus

Dec 12th

★ Midlake ♫ Bandits #playtapus

Dec 12th

In the bowels of Macy’s waiting in line at the Santa production line. Kill me now… Bah...

Dec 12th

RT @jonpierce: Fake Steve Jobs lays down one hell of a bitch slap on AT&T: http://bit.ly/8qgrhE

Dec 12th

★ The Beatles ♫ Here Comes The Sun...

Dec 12th

I get perverse pleasure from listening to music, seeing it show up on Twitter, listening to it from...

Dec 12th

★ Coconut Records ♫ Microphone #playtapus

Dec 12th

★ Coconut Records ♫ Saint Jerome #playtapus

Dec 12th

★ Coconut Records ♫ Any Fun #playtapus

Dec 12th

★ Coconut Records ♫ Drummer #playtapus

Dec 12th

★ Coconut Records ♫ Any Fun #playtapus

Dec 12th

★ Coconut Records ♫ Saint Jerome #playtapus

Dec 12th

★ Coconut Records ♫ Drummer #playtapus

Dec 12th

★ Midlake ♫ Bandits #playtapus

Dec 12th

★ The Beatles ♫ Here Comes The Sun...

Dec 12th

★ Coconut Records ♫ Microphone #playtapus

Dec 12th

★ Blakroc ♫ Done Did It (feat. Nicole Wray & NOE) http://lala.com/z610

Dec 11th

★ Fleet Foxes ♫ Sun it Rises #playtapus

Dec 11th

★ Buddy ♫ Westgate #playtapus

Dec 11th

★ Lykke Li ♫ This Trumpet in My Head...

Dec 11th

Some saying Spotify, but doesn’t compute for me. Valuation too high, and Google would want a...

Dec 11th

I realize I am really late to the game on this… but I am enjoying Lykke Li this morning....

Dec 11th

Yeah, Mog makes more sense me, lots of good SEO juice. Track pages, album pages, lyrics, blog posts....

Dec 11th

★ The Walkmen ♫ Rue the Day #playtapus

Dec 11th

★ Silversun Pickups ♫ Little Lovers So...

Dec 11th

★ WIntersleep ♫ Drunk On Aluminium...

Dec 11th

★ Radiohead ♫ Kid A - Kid A #playtapus

Dec 11th

This why Apple paid so much… RT @mediaor: [Music Ally] Report claims Google almost bought Lala...

Dec 11th

So, if Google is in the market for an on-demand streaming music service then who is left for them to...

Dec 11th

★ tristen ♫ eager for your love #playtapus

Dec 11th

★ Silversun Pickups ♫ Little Lovers So...

Dec 11th

★ The D? ♫ on my shoulders #playtapus

Dec 11th

★ tristen ♫ eager for your love #playtapus

Dec 11th

★ The Walkmen ♫ Rue the Day #playtapus

Dec 11th

★ Say Hi To Your Mom ♫ The Twenty Second...

Dec 11th

★ Radiohead ♫ Kid A - Kid A #playtapus

Dec 11th

★ The D? ♫ on my shoulders #playtapus

Dec 11th

★ WIntersleep ♫ Drunk On Aluminium...

Dec 11th

★ The Walkmen ♫ Rue the Day #playtapus

Dec 11th

★ Silversun Pickups ♫ Little Lovers So...

Dec 11th

★ Radiohead ♫ Kid A - Kid A #playtapus

Dec 11th

★ tristen ♫ eager for your love #playtapus

Dec 11th

★ WIntersleep ♫ Drunk On Aluminium...

Dec 11th

★ Silversun Pickups ♫ Little Lovers So...

Dec 11th

★ The D? ♫ on my shoulders #playtapus

Dec 11th

★ The Walkmen ♫ Rue the Day #playtapus

Dec 11th

★ Say Hi To Your Mom ♫ The Twenty Second...

Dec 11th

★ Radiohead ♫ Kid A - Kid A #playtapus

Dec 11th

Company holiday party starting soon… disregard any tweet made after 6pm. I will disavow all...

Dec 10th

Hey Facebook, stop trying to be Twitter. FB is where I talk about inane personal stuff. Twitter is...

Dec 10th

★ WIntersleep ♫ Drunk On Aluminium...

Dec 10th

Now the WSJ says Apple paid $85m for Lala?! http://bit.ly/7Ymp6O

Dec 10th

RT @LimeWireStore: @tmorello’s ‘Live at Lime with Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman’...

Dec 10th

★ WIntersleep ♫ Drunk On Aluminium...

Dec 10th

★ WIntersleep ♫ Drunk On Aluminium...

Dec 10th

★ WIntersleep ♫ Drunk On Aluminium...

Dec 10th

I went once, that’s enough for me. RT @mediaor: [News.com] Vevo—a music site we...

Dec 10th

★ WIntersleep ♫ Drunk On Aluminium...

Dec 10th

Is Lady Gaga *trying* to look like Barbara Walters for this interview? #eeriedopplegangers

Dec 10th

Bought some new in-ear headphones. Although small problem in that actually don’t stay in-ear....

Dec 10th

Too funny. RT @metabrew: This is an epic wedding prank. read from the bottom up: @newlywedsontjob

Dec 10th

Hmmm… so @tweetie (on Mac) doesn’t pick up new style retweets, only @ mentions and...

Dec 10th

User survey on Playlist.com tips hand that they are exploring move to $15/month subscription...

Dec 9th

Industry is upset that people are buying singles instead of albums, yet Vevo is completely...

Dec 9th

What’s the over/under on the number of weeks before MySpace moves to subscription streaming?

Dec 9th

RT @leemartin: SOS, MySpace Kills Imeem App Community Without Notice...

Dec 8th

Back in NY, where it is warmer that it was in San Francisco.

Dec 8th

Pandora and Last.fm keep adding visitors, while on-demand free streaming userbase continue to...

Dec 8th

AOL Music losing more of their team… http://bit.ly/77PLCh with more to come I’m sure.

Dec 8th

Older woman who apparently doesn’t speak english is throwing up in the row in front of me....

Dec 8th

It’s official… Imeem now just a redirect to MySpace. Did all of the playlists and embeds...

Dec 8th

Leaving California. (@ San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in SF) http://4sq.com/2Ch4f1

Dec 8th

One panel at #sfmusictech talked about music documentary “Embedded” on CurrentTV. Today...

Dec 8th

Dear iPhone battery, you suck. That is all.

Dec 8th

Now @techcrunch says Lala was only $17m, not $80m?! Which is only $3m more than the cash they had in...

Dec 8th

Luckily I just triple-checked my flight info and realized the difference between timezones. Very...

Dec 8th

Question (to VC panel at #sfmusictech): “Will you invest in music companies that have to do...

Dec 8th

“I don’t think Facebook needs a music strategy, I think music needs a music needs a...

Dec 8th

Local content resolution (and XSPF) is the new black. In addition to Playdar, SoundHound &...

Dec 7th

Turns out deal was $80mil, not $17m. Lala’s Fire Sale That Wasn’t: What Apple Really...

Dec 7th

RT @jonpierce: Thoughts from Last.fm’s @dsingleton on @musichackdaybos:...

Dec 7th

Caught up with an old friend over beers, then made a quick lap at Hotel Kabuki bar. Now off to bed....

Dec 7th

★ Shallow ♫ Santa Claus You Broke My Heart...

Dec 7th

★ Diana Krall ♫ Jingle Bells #playtapus

Dec 7th

★ John Lennon ♫ Happy Xmas (War is over)...

Dec 7th

Heading into San Francisco for first time since I moved away back in 2002?! Wow. “Time flies...

Dec 7th

Actually, I lie… just remembered a few other times I’ve been here recently. But still,...

Dec 7th

Forgot how hard it is to catch a cab in this city.

Dec 7th

★ Vince Guaraldi Trio ♫ Charlie Brown's...

Dec 7th

Whatever happened to the ability to subscribe to an RSS feed for a Google Search?

Dec 6th

Ah, I found it. Had to go to news.google.com….

Dec 6th

Just looking @mediaor and adding a couple more sources. Now aggregating 150+ sources of music/tech...

Dec 6th

★ Shallow ♫ Santa Claus You Broke My Heart...

Dec 6th

“How can 5 of the most popular music styles, all played at the same time, sound so...

Dec 6th

Free WiFi on Virgin thanks to Google. Also was given the heads up on power outlets under the seat...

Dec 6th

Streaming music from my home machine(s) to myself as I sit 30K feet in the air via #playdar. Because...

Dec 6th

Headed to #sfmusictech. (@ Virgin America Terminal @ JFK in NYC) http://bit.ly/5CS4j

Dec 6th

★ Diana Krall ♫ Jingle Bells #playtapus

Dec 6th

★ Burl Ives ♫ Have A Holly Jolly Christmas...

Dec 6th

★ John Lennon ♫ Happy Xmas (War is over)...

Dec 6th

★ Burl Ives ♫ Have A Holly Jolly Christmas...

Dec 6th

★ Diana Krall ♫ Jingle Bells #playtapus

Dec 6th

★ Shallow ♫ Santa Claus You Broke My Heart...

Dec 6th

★ Vince Guaraldi Trio ♫ Charlie Brown's...

Dec 6th

★ John Lennon ♫ Happy Xmas (War is over)...

Dec 6th

★ Burl Ives ♫ Have A Holly Jolly Christmas...

Dec 6th

★ John Lennon ♫ Happy Xmas (War is over)...

Dec 6th

★ Diana Krall ♫ Jingle Bells #playtapus

Dec 6th

★ Vince Guaraldi Trio ♫ Charlie Brown's...

Dec 6th

★ Burl Ives ♫ Have A Holly Jolly Christmas...

Dec 6th

★ Shallow ♫ Santa Claus You Broke My Heart...

Dec 6th

Can you tell what is going on at Casa de Herskowitz right now from my Last.fm profile?...

Dec 5th

Pummelo… the fruit as big as your head. http://twitpic.com/sa5kv

Dec 5th

Getting my dried mango fix at Costco. Also picking up some crazy giant grapefruit offshoot called a...

Dec 5th

Ugh… is this what carpal tunnel feels like? Time to unplug for a bit.

Dec 5th

RT @sparkycollier: @fredwilson the only thing the major labels hate more than a failing music start...

Dec 5th

MobileMe has folders for media & streams to iPhone. Sync & cache via Lala tech would get...

Dec 5th

Rumored price tag for Lala about $17 mil… http://bit.ly/6HTKTl (via @pkafka).

Dec 5th

“The talks originated when Lala concluded their prospects for turning a profit in the short...

Dec 5th

I am going to need to spend some time with this. Paste Magazine’s 50 Best Albums of the...

Dec 5th

RT @sandoCNET: Update to Apple-Lala story… whatever Apple plans to do, it wants some of...

Dec 4th

Whoa….RT @sandoCNET: Apple in talks to buy Lala.com. Story at CNET http://tinyurl.com/ygctcvt

Dec 4th

Also imagine Lala’s yet-to-be-released iPhone app integrated into standard iPod app....

Dec 4th

So Lala gets Apple a web iTunes front-end, streaming, upload/sync of library, top search results via...

Dec 4th

Right.. and that. RT @mgrooves: ….and a CD-swapping service? Did Lala ever drop that offering?

Dec 4th

★ Mando Diao ♫ Bring 'Em In - Band...

Dec 4th

★ Mando Diao ♫ Bring 'Em In - Band...

Dec 4th

★ Mando Diao ♫ Mr. Moon #playtapus

Dec 4th

★ Mando Diao ♫ Sheepdog #playtapus

Dec 4th

RT @sivers: Why I gave away my company to charity: http://sivers.org/trust

Dec 4th

Ah ha! I’m out of the loop… RT @cormacdriver: they only recently lost the 4th member,...

Dec 4th

Hmm… http://www.last.fm/bestof/2009/chart/34. Says that the band, The XX, is a three-piece but...

Dec 4th

Checking out the music panels for SxSW… http://sxsw.com/node/3867

Dec 4th

★ Rocky Votolato ♫ Rocky Votolato - Bed Is...

Dec 4th

Me too. ;-) RT @haynes_dave: What’s the most followed list you’re on? Mine is...

Dec 4th

★ Rocky Votolato ♫ Rocky Votolato - Bed Is...

Dec 4th

★ Rocky Votolato ♫ Rocky Votolato - Cut Me...

Dec 4th

★ Rocky Votolato ♫ treepeople #playtapus

Dec 4th

Cab driver last night asked me what one third of 100 is. Not sure if he didn’t know the...

Dec 4th

★ Headlights ♫ Songy Darko #playtapus

Dec 4th

★ Headlights ♫ Songy Darko #playtapus

Dec 4th

★ Headlights ♫ Songy Darko #playtapus

Dec 3rd

Registration for Guvera basically says if you aren’t a good target market for advertisers then...

Dec 3rd

RT @sernovitz: Now that Comcast owns NBC, 9 pm shows will be on sometime between 8 and 12, and...

Dec 3rd

As much as I personally love power-user features, the fact that the most popular music services have...

Dec 3rd

OK, so I guess the MySpace Music “player” was really just the MySpace Music...

Dec 3rd

Is MySpace Music launching a standalone player to compete with Spotify? http://bit.ly/6MQERX

Dec 3rd

★ Headlights ♫ Your Old Street #playtapus

Dec 2nd

★ Headlights ♫ Tokyo #playtapus

Dec 2nd

★ Headlights ♫ On April 2 #playtapus

Dec 2nd

★ Headlights ♫ School Boys #playtapus

Dec 2nd

★ Headlights ♫ Cherry Tulips #playtapus

Dec 2nd

★ Headlights ♫ Market Girl #playtapus

Dec 2nd

★ Headlights ♫ Get Your Head Around It...

Dec 2nd

★ Headlights ♫ So Much For The Afternoon...

Dec 2nd

★ Headlights ♫ Some Racing, Some Stopping...

Dec 2nd

“I am a customer service rep… not for any other reason than I am a good customer service...

Dec 2nd

Looking forward to having @craignewmark give a talk in our office today. But may have to ask him...

Dec 2nd

Looking at the new Mog player is giving me deja vu.

Dec 2nd

I will be in SF next week for #sfmusictech. Who else is gonna be around?

Dec 2nd

My morning savior… http://yfrog.com/3lxrdj

Dec 2nd

“Food Inc” was a fascinating and disturbing look, not only at our food processing...

Dec 2nd

I don’t really understand the cable TV business… how do other cable providers avoid...

Dec 2nd

NBC/GE to no longer to have VP of Microwave & Television Programming? NBC/Comcast to replace...

Dec 2nd

Sitting down to watch “Food Inc.” Worried that I will be compelled to throw everything...

Dec 2nd

Installed Chromium on my Mac. Doubt I will switch given all the Firefox extensions I use, but will...

Dec 1st