Posts Tagged “music”

The Political Spectrum of Country Artists

By | November 3, 2009

Surprise surprise, not all country singers are “red state” die-hards (although there are plenty who are).  I’ll do my my best to re-create a political spectrum based on select song lyrics. What’s even more interesting is that Toby Keith is a pretty well known democrat, but you’d never know it from his songs. I guess [...]

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“I Go Back” Songs

By | October 14, 2009

I have these songs that for some reason strike a pretty vivid memory of a particular time and place.  In Kenny Chesney’s song “I Go Back,” he sings about the different memories of places and stages of his life triggered by certain songs — Jack and Diane, Rock ‘n Me, and Only the Good Die [...]

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iTunes Fail

By | October 1, 2009

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First rule in business: Make it easy for your customers to pay. I’ve been an iTunes customer for a long time.  When I first set up my account, I had the option of creating an Apple ID or using my AIM login information.  Not sure what the relationship was between Apple and AOL, but I [...]

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Best Fake Band Names

By | September 3, 2009

While I have no musical talent to speak of, I do have a gift for coming up with great fake band names.  All of these are way better than many real band names such as Tool, Bush, Destiny’s Child, The Mamas and the Papas, etc.  Here’s a short list of cool fake band names I [...]

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YouTube Viral Hit + iTunes “Genius”

By | June 4, 2009

By now everybody’s probably already seen this video with a cute 4-year-old kid rocking out to the song “Boots On” by Randy Houser: The reason I bring it up is because, having already seen the video, I bought the song on iTunes yesterday after their “Genius” tool recommended it for me.  I wonder how many [...]

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Country Music Has The Best Lyrics

By | June 3, 2009

There are talented artists in every genre, but can anyone top these profound songwriting gems?  You can use the players to hear samples of each of the tracks. In the Redneck category: “My eyebrows ain’t plucked / there’s a gun in my truck.” –Brad Paisley “Granny’s getting lit / she’s headed out to bingo.” –Jason [...]

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