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iPhone Earphone Mashup
26 March 08 | Permalink | 3 Comments

In a previous post, I dissed the standard Apple earphones in favor of the Etymotic ER-6is, which (to recap) sound awesome, but have a flimsy, too-long cord that dangles to my knees. In fact, I wrapped them around my iPod so many times that the cord broke and I had to send it back to get it fixed. After that, [...]
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Justice Is So Metal
16 February 08 | Permalink | Comment?

Bands without creative names shouldn’t be playing music in the first place. The Goo Goo Dolls is not a creative name. Justice is a creative name. In fact, Wikipedia lists only two bands in the world named Justice. One’s a German thrash-metal outfit from the early 90’s, and the other, of which I’m a fan, [...]
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Best Earphones For City Living
10 December 07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

I like to think of my iPod as a coat of armor. I use it to block out sounds that make living in NY a more draining experience than it has to be: the squeal of the subway, the crazy dude yelling at me about twinkies and the apocalypse, etc.
The problem is that the earphones [...]
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The Whitest Boy Alive
03 December 07 | Permalink | Comment?

No, not him. (you’re incorrigible!) It’s the name of a band based in Berlin, and though I’m more than a full year late on their album, Dreams (Link: iTunes), I feel the need to sing its praises anyway. Headed by Erlend Øye (also the winner of the world’s most Google-able name contest), TWBA is a [...]

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