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GNC-2010-09-24 #613 Alien Conspiracy!

Big Alien Conspiracy announcement on Monday that truly could shake up the government. Listen for details. The better half, told me to lighten up she said I have become robotic. I truly hope you enjoy the show and thanks for staying subscribed. I give you all a little insider look on today's show on how I get a bit wrapped

Cool Music Sites You May Not Know

Being a big fan of music I seek out sites that let me sample, experiment and just plain play around with all sorts of music.  And, having an HTPC that feeds audio though my Yamaha A/V Receiver, I am very anxious to find the best music online. You are all probably familiar with the big names such as Pandora, Last.FM,

Coolest Earbuds Ever

Move over Apple, Panasonic has the coolest earbuds ever.  Meet the RP-HJE 130s. More pictures over at Fubiz. What a great idea beautifully executed.

Garageband.com shutting down

It's a sad day for Podcasters and podcast listeners who enjoyed the podsafe music from GarageBand.com. I got this email this morning: It’s been over ten years since we started helping discover independent music on the ol’ interwebs. Things have changed a lot since then. Most of those changes have been good and some of them have been bad. Some

Music Downloads for Linux

Last night, I downloaded some music from Amazon for the first time and I was both irritated and pleasantly surprised by the experience.  I'd gone to Amazon because I'm not an iPod owner and wanted to get some DRM-free music for playing via a DLNA media server and also my Palm Pre. (I know this is a tech site but just

Music Sales Down in 2009

The IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry) has published its annual review of the music industry and there's some pretty interesting stuff.  The headline figure is that music sales fell 7.2% in 2009, mainly in USA and Japan but many other countries, such as Australia and the UK, saw growth.  Overall, the industry was worth US$ 17billion.  The larger

On-line Royalties Exceed CD Shortfall

The UK's Performing Rights Society (PRS) announced their financial results for 2009 today and for the first time, the growth in royalties from on-line music exceeded the fall in revenue from the sales of CDs and DVDs. The PRS reports that on-line revenues in 2009 grew to a little over £30m, which was an increase of just under £13m, but