Nothing beats a good, head-banging, rock and roll rave up. Wasting Light won Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song at the 2012 Grammys. Continue reading
Rise Against’s video of The Ballad of Hollis Brown shouts the anger of the poverty in America. Dylan understated the message. Rise Against hits you in the face.
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OK I’m not a Miley Cyrus fan but she does acquit herself nicely on the 4 CD set honoring Dylan and Amnesty International. The 4-CD set of Dylan covers grows on you.
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Blackberry Playbook (image RIM)
Last May, the media was calling Apple’s iPad the unbeatable market leader. In less than a year Apple has lost major market share to Android and RIM.
RIM quietly gained 15% of the tablet market in Canada by dropping the entry-level price to $199 and aggressively selling through its own channel. Top corporate and government accounts could purchase Blackberry Playbooks at Christmas for as little as $99. Continue reading
Windows 8 main screen
The computer world is abuzz with Windows 8 preview news. You can get the last beta release today by downloading the developer preview at no cost.
That will give you a two week jump on the crowd in learning about Windows 8 and how it works on your computer. Continue reading
Paul McCartney and Diana Krall in Capital Studio for Kisses on the Bottom sessions (image from iTunes)
Sir Paul McCartney’s new Kisses on the Bottom CD makes a happy and enjoyable addition to the recorded works of one of the world’s greatest song-smiths.
He sings some of the songs, mostly old, that influenced his musical tastes. Continue reading
UPDATED – the video is back! The Grammy Awards 2012 went out with a bang as Sir Paul McCartney sang The Beatles Medley from the famous album Abbey Road. It’s the set piece of his road tours lately. He was joined on stage by Bruce Springsteen, Joe Walsh of The Eagles and just Joe Walsh, and Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters. Continue reading
Mean by Taylor Swift
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Proving that Bob Lefsetz was dead wrong, Taylor Swift wowed the audience and this viewer with spot-on sassy singing, banjo strumming, and choreography on Mean. She’s just so darn good at her performance and good looking to boot. Continue reading
DNT+, short for Do Not Track, is free browser plugin that stops advertising and online behavioral sites from tracking your every move on the web.
The software is from Abine The Online Privacy Company. You can download it free. If you use several browsers like Firefox and Internet Explorer 9, visit the site with each browser and a browser specific version is downloaded and installed. Continue reading
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