My MP3s Updated
Published December 22, 2005 @ 22:30 in My MP3 Collection

I've added 18 new CDs to my MP3 collection. Here they are...

• The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
• Death From Above 1979 - You're a Woman, I'm a Machine Remixed
• Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene
• Metric - Live It Out
• System Of A Down - Hypnotize
• Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
• Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
• The Tragically Hip - Yer Favourites (Discs 1 & 2)
• Various Artists - Stubbs the Zombie: The Soundtrack
• Sarah Harmer - I'm A Mountain
• Beck - Guerolito
• Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
• Damien Rice - O
• Public Enemy - Power To The People And The Beats
• City and Colour - Sometimes
• Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits
• Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve and Other Stories

That's 1137 complete albums, 16,763 songs and 45.1 days of tunage. Check it out.

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My MP3s Updated
Published December 6, 2005 @ 21:54 in My MP3 Collection

I've added 5 new CDs to my MP3 collection. Here they are...

• Christmas Music - Vince Guaraldi Trio's A Charlie Brown
• Christmas Music - Music for the Wholidays
• Christmas Music - A Lump of Coal
• Christmas Music - A Very Special Christmas
• Christmas Music - Loreena McKennitt's A Winter Garden (Five Songs for the Season)

That's 1119 complete albums, 16,466 songs and 44.4 days of tunage. Check it out.

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My MP3s Updated
Published December 4, 2005 @ 10:58 in My MP3 Collection

I've added 21 new CDs to my MP3 collection. Here they are...

• Korn - See You On The Other Side
• Christmas Music - Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics
• Christmas Music - Elvis Presley's Christmas Peace (Discs 1 & 2)
• Johnny Cash - The Legend Of Johnny Cash
• Various Artists - The Ongoing History of New Music (Volume 2)
• Various Artists - Spirit Of The Edge (Volume 1)
• Various Artists - CFNY 102.1 New Music Search 1994
• Various Artists - Free At Last 1
• Various Artists - Free At Last 2
• Various Artists - Free At Last 3
• Various Artists - Chef Aid: The South Park Album
• OST - South Park - Bigger, Longer & Uncut
• Elvis Presley - Artist Of The Century (Discs 1, 2 & 3)
• Various Artists - Frosh 2
• Various Artists - Frosh 3
• Various Artists - The One And Only 80's Album
• Various Artists - Maxi-Music
• Shania Twain - Up! (Disc 2)

That's 1114 complete albums, 16,380 songs and 44 days of tunage. Check it out.

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My MP3s Updated
Published November 25, 2005 @ 19:45 in My MP3 Collection

I've added 47 new CDs to my MP3 collection. Here they are...

• Lowest of the Low - Shakespeare My Butt
• Lowest of the Low - Hallucigenia
• The Dears - No Cities Left
• The Shins - Oh, Inverted World
• The Flaming Lips - Fight Test
• Matthew Good - In a Coma
• The Waltons - Lik My Trakter
• Rheostatics - Introducing Happiness
• Treble Charger - Wide Awake Bored
• Blue Rodeo - Just Like A Vacation (Discs 1 & 2)
• Hawksley Workman - Lover/Fighter
• Ashley MacIsaac - Hi^TM How Are You Today?
• Ashley MacIsaac - Close To The Floor
• Great Big Sea - Turn
• Great Big Sea - Up
• Great Big Sea - Play
• Great Big Sea - Great Big Sea
• Odds - Bedbugs
• Fine Young Cannibals - The Finest
• Various Artists - Triple J Hottest 100 Volume 9 (Discs 1 & 2)
• Various Artists - Triple J Hottest 100 Volume 8 (Discs 1 & 2)
• Spirit Of The West - Open Heart Symphony
• Spirit Of The West - Save This House
• Spirit Of The West - Faithlift
• Skydiggers - Restless
• Sarah McLachlan - Solace
• R.E.M. - Document
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way
• The Rolling Stones - Jump Back: The Best Of The Rolling
• Various Artists - Singalongs & Shanties
• The Beautiful South - Carry On Up The Charts The Best Of The Beautiful South
• Michael Jackson - The Essential Michael Jackson (Discs 1 & 2)
• Aerosmith - Big Ones
• Chantal Kreviazuk - Colour Moving and Still (Discs 1 & 2)
• The Irish Descendants - Gypsies & Lovers
• The Irish Descendants - Livin' on the Edge
• Garbage - Version 2.0
• Counting Crows - August and Everything After
• Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
• Shania Twain - The Woman In Me
• Boney M - Gold - 20 Super Hits
• Ernest Ranglin - Below The Bassline

That's 1093 complete albums, 15,932 songs and 43 days of tunage. Check it out.

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My MP3s Updated
Published November 12, 2005 @ 14:26 in My MP3 Collection

I've added 13 new CDs to my MP3 collection. Here they are...

• Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington - The Great Summit - The Master Takes
• Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington - The Making Of The Great Summit
• Louis Armstrong - Louis Armstrong's All Time Greatest Hits
• Louis Armstrong - Louis and The Good Book
• Billy Idol - Greatest Hits
• Jethro Tull - 20 Years Of Jethro Tull
• Gladys Knight And The Pips - Greatest Hits
• Steely Dan - A Decade Of Steely Dan
• Al Green - Greatest Hits
• Various Artists - The Rocky Horror Picture Show
• Blondie - Atomic: The Very Best Of Blondie
• Supertramp - Crime of the Century
• Duke Ellington and Count Basie - First Time! The Count Meets The Duke

That's 1047 complete albums, 15,333 songs and 41.5 days of tunage. Check it out.

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No Wonder These Are Paranoid Times
Published November 12, 2005 @ 13:40 in My MP3 Collection, Technology

A bunch of Sony BMG Music Entertainment CDs were recently sold with copy-protection technology that not only hides the copy protection from view, but also leaves open a hole that could hide other malicious software. The software is intended to prevent us from burning too many copies of the CD or ripping the songs to DRM-free MP3s. It's spyware, it's malware and it's bullshit.

Sony says they'll no longer produce CDs with this First 4 Internet software but for many it's too late. Because this software hides itself so well on a PC, virus writers are piggy backing on this gaping security hole and wreaking havoc just as far under the covers. Even your anti-virus software can't find it. This is totally irresponsible and worthy of one massive class action lawsuit.

Here's a list of the Sony rootkit CDs. You'll notice Our Lady Peace's Healthy In Paranoid Times on that list. I already teed off on this disc because I couldn't rip the thing to MP3 without my AnyDVD solution. Ironically, the fact these are paranoid times prevented me from installing Sony's rootkit. Long ago I disabled autorun and swore never to install a music company's proprietary software to play the tunes because it's never worth it.

If you think you've played one of these infected Sony CDs on your PC, go here and install the patch that unhides this crudware. If you don't have the software on your PC, it will tell you right away and you will sleep better at nights.

With companies like Sony aiding the bad guys, it's almost impossible to stay healthy in paranoid times.

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My MP3s Updated
Published October 30, 2005 @ 15:03 in My MP3 Collection

I've added 5 new CDs to my MP3 collection. Here they are...

• Leonard Cohen - Dear Heather
• Neil Young - Prairie Wind
• Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
• Neil Young - Neil Young
• Neil Young - Life

That's 1034 complete albums, 15,219 songs and 40.8 days of tunage. Check it out.

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My MP3s Updated
Published October 2, 2005 @ 16:52 in My MP3 Collection

I've added 18 new CDs to my MP3 collection. Here they are...

• The Distillers - Coral Fang
• L7 - Bricks Are Heavy
• L7 - Hungry For Stink
• Depeche Mode - The Singles 81-85
• Depeche Mode - The Singles 86-98 (Discs 1 & 2)
• Slipknot - 870621345
• Various Artists - WaxTrax! Black Box: The First 13 Years (Discs 1 & 2)
• Digital Underground - No Nose Job
• Matthew Good - White Light Rock & Roll Review
• Billy Joel - The Essential Billy Joel (Discs 1 & 2)
• Roy Orbison - The All-Time Greatest Hits Of Roy Orbison
• Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Greatest Hits
• Phil Collins - ...Hits
• Various Artists - The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience
• Various Artists - Reggae Anthems

That's 1029 complete albums, 15,142 songs and 40.6 days of tunage. Check it out.

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My MP3s Updated
Published September 29, 2005 @ 12:29 in My MP3 Collection

I've added 39 new CDs to my MP3 collection. Here they are...

• Feist - Let It Die
• Transplants - Transplants
• Hayden - Live @ Convocation Hall (Discs 1 & 2)
• Hayden - Elk-Lake Serenade
• Ramones - Smash You - Live '85
• Ramones - Loud, Fast Ramones
• Sam Roberts - We Were Born In A Flame
• Bif Naked - Essentially Naked
• Headstones - The Greatest Fits
• Gorillaz - Gorillaz
• Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - So Far
• Crosby, Stills & Nash - Greatest Hits
• The Cure - Galore (The Hit Singles 1987-1997)
• Odds - Singles - Individually Wrapped
• Grateful Dead - The Very Best Of Grateful Dead
• Peter Gabriel - Hit
• Peter Gabriel - Miss
• The Trews - Den Of Thieves
• INXS - The Best of INXS
• 54-40 - Radio Love Songs: The Singles Collection
• Bryan Adams - The Best of Me
• Earth Wind & Fire - Greatest Hits
• Bob Segar & The Silver Bullet Band - Greatest Hits
• Peter Frampton - Anthology: The History of Peter Frampton
• Paul McCartney & Wings - Wingspan: Hits And History (Discs 1 & 2)
• Chicago - The Very Best Of Chicago - Only The Beginning (Discs 1 & 2)
• George Michael - Ladies And Gentlemen: The Best Of George Michael (Discs 1 & 2)
• John Denver - Definitive All-Time Greatest Hits (Discs 1 & 2)
• Dave Brubeck - The Essential Dave Brubeck (Discs 1 & 2)
• Scorpions - Best Of Rockers 'N' Ballads
• Scorpions - The Best Of Scorpions
• Cher - The Very Best Of Cher (Discs 1 & 2)

That's 1013 complete albums, 14,817 songs and 40 days of tunage. Check it out.

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Official Bootleg Download Experiment
Published September 26, 2005 @ 15:28 in My MP3 Collection, Pearl Jam

I had a blast at the Pearl Jam concert and was lucky enough to witness first hand "Rockin' in the Free World" with Ed and Bono taking turns on the mic. It truly was one of those moments.

Back in August I wrote about Pearl Jam's decision to release 192 kbps non-DRM digital downloads of their live shows for $9.99 USD. Today, I decided to give this process a whirl and download a copy of my show.

I had to download an application that runs in Java, but it was very easy to use and it took me seconds to order the show from September 19, enter my credit card info and begin the download. The entire 259 MB download only took a few minutes and along with my 192 kbps non-DRM MP3s I got a number of high quality pictures like this one and liner notes / covers in PDF.

Had these not been DRM-free, high quality MP3s, I'd have taken a pass. The Tragically Hip offered a similar deal but they opted to make their MP3s available as 128 kbps MP3s. Close, but no cigar. Pearl Jam just seems to get it.

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