Monthly Archives: March 2005

MGM v. Grokster

Yesterday the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the record industry’s appeal of a lower court decision that held that Grokster and Streamcast weren’t liable for copyright infringement conducted on their P2P networks. A win for Grokster will hopefully mean … Continue reading

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Ones to Watch (March 2005)

In this recurring feature, we present you with tracks by some of our favorite rising acts. RHAPSODY Link

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Holi Sampler

On March 26th, Hindus all over the world will celebrate the raucous spring festival known as Holi. Get in on the fun with this mix of traditional Holi songs. RHAPSODY Link

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Winter Music Conference/M3 2005

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Nextgen X rendering

Soon Linux will have as much useless eye-candy as OS X.

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The deficit trap

James K. Galbraith tackles Social Security, the deficit, and what the Democrats should do.

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Album of the Week

This is a mega release week and there’s no way I’ll be able to pick just one album, so here’s all the interesting new albums to hit Rhapsody this week: M.I.A. – Arular Moby – Hotel Queens of the Stone … Continue reading

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Martin Denny (1911-2005)

With its fluttering vibraphones and bird calls, Denny’s music defined the term “exotica.” RHAPSODY Link

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Neighblogs

Looks like I used to live right down the street from Steve Garfield, I’m still only a few blocks away.

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SXSW 2005

The South by Southwest music conference runs March 16-20, 2005, in Austin, Texas. Here’s a sampling of the more than 1,200 acts that are playing. RHAPSODY Link

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Album of the Week

The album of the week is Daft Punk’s Human After All.

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Will Wright Presents Spore

Will Wright’s new game sounds a lot like SimUniverse or SimEverything.

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Wing Commander – Privateer Remake

I played around with the Wing Commander – Privateer Remake last night and it brought back many fond memories. Privateer was one of my favorite games of the 90s and the remake is extremely faithful albeit a little buggy.

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Senate votes to allow Arctic oil exploration

Ugh, ANWR drilling passes 49-51. Sounds like the fight isn’t over yet, though: Republican leaders included the drilling provision in the Senate budget resolution, allowing it to pass with the support of a simply majority instead of the 60 votes … Continue reading

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ANWR vote impending

It seems that another vote on drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is impending. Pleas go participate in emergency efforts to oppose the drilling.

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