Friends The Lovetones are touring the west with the Brian Jonestown Massacre in May. Known dates are: May 1 – Los Angeles – Spaceland May 2 – Sacramento, CA – Old Ironsides May 3 – San Francisco – Cafe du … Continue reading →

And as they say… hilarity ensues. Well, not too much hilarity, but last week’s episode (April 23) of Off The Hook is well worth the download and listening time if just for some firsthand information on how big business and … Continue reading →

So I loaded up iTunes 4 and QuickTime 6.2 and ripped a CD that I’m very familiar with (Spiritualized’s Lazer Guided Melodies) at 128kps AAC encoding and compared it with a 192kps mp3 encoding. I’m not a hard core sound … Continue reading →

Saw Primal Scream at Canes in San Diego last Friday. One hell of a brilliant show of ridiculous over the top rock and roll excess that wound up the relatively small audience into a pack of happy pogo’ers. More shows … Continue reading →

It’s only been seven hours since the announcement and already the message boards are filled with people screaming and talking out of their asses. Folks, AAC encoding does not require new hardware – just run the new iPod firmware updater … Continue reading →

It was only a matter of time before someone came up with a “most wanted” deck of cards for folks who want a regime change in the US. [via Radio Free Blogistan]

Cryptome eyeballs the Seal Beach Naval Weapons Center. Only mentioning it here because I drive past it twice a day going to/from work.

Folks… Do not be like this poor schmuck who just paid $81.00 for a bootleg 7″ single of another bootleg that he could have downloaded for free. The bootleg mash-up mix is of a Beach Boys vocal track of “Wouldn’t … Continue reading →

While the public is still preoccupied with Iraq, the war at home is getting worse. The Bush administration is leading the charge with proposed new rules that will erode the 40-hour workweek and affect more than 80 million workers now … Continue reading →

Nick Ring points to a news article buried in all the Baghdad looting stories. Scientists say looters took refrigerators full of the deadly viruses last Friday, but they’re not sure what’s actually missing. “They are in containers, all of these … Continue reading →