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Given the enormous trouble I’ve had upgrading Sony’s SonicStage in the past I was rather nervous when an email arrived suggesting an upgrade to SonicStage 3.3. Given all the justifiably bad press Sony have had recently with the whole rootkit thing I wondered what sort of havoc
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Pat Metheny, in New Zealand! Nothing more to say other than see you in Wellington! Pat Metheny Trio - NZ International Arts Festival 2006 Pat Metheny with Christian McBride and Antonio Sanchez, United States 12 Mar, 8:00pm, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington
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This is great… WFMU's Beware of the Blog: Van Morrison's Contractual Obligation Album In order to fulfill his obligation to his early solo label Bang Records,Van Morrison sat down in 1967 or so and cranked out 31 songs on the spot, on topics ranging from
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Are Sony are finally getting serious about the attack of the iPod? Probably too little too late but their latest line of Hard-drive/Network Walkman look nice. I went to a “My Sony” preview hosted by Sony New Zealand last month. A, previously dealer only, product preview was opened to
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Electronic music pioneer Robert Moog, RIP. Bob's Body Leaves Us :::::: MOOG MUSIC ::::::
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A review of Pat Metheny Group’s outdoor performance of The Way Up at the Montreal Jazz Festival. It was filmed, hopefully there will be a DVD of this. Festival International de Jazz de Montreal 2005, Day 11, July 10, 2005
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Thanks to Amazon U.K. I received Jean Michel Jarre's latest DVD “JARRE IN CHINA“ only a few days after it’s release in Europe. I first posted about it when I placed the order in November last year. The release was delayed and at one stage there
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c h a n d r a s u t r a found this interview with Pat Metheny in which he discusses the creative process and “The Way Up”: “It's a reaction, he says, to a world where things are getting shorter, dumber, less interesting, less detailed and
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I found another review of PMG’s The Way Up tour, this time from Houston, which I hadn’t seen listed on the PMG.com site. After reading Chandrasutra’s review of the Toronto performance and now this one I’m almost tempted to max out the credit card and
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It sounds like a nightmare; a 5 hour solo drive and only one CD. Recently I drove from Auckland to New Plymouth, about 360km (220m), and for the entire trip listened to only one disc – Pat Metheny Group’s new CD “The Way Up” As I left Auckland it provided
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Everyone I spoke to before going to New Plymouth said the Bowl of Brooklands was a wonderful venue. I hadn't been before but after a stunning day walking up through the park and into the venue I found that the descriptions were no exaggeration. In a natural bowl
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From Greg’s newsletter today: Indirect from New Zealand to New York One of the most celebrated songsmiths from down-under comes up-over ..after 3 years in LA, we need some culture like a monkey needs bananas. Live @ The Bitter End this Friday 25th 7pm 147 Bleecker Street (between Thompson and
