Robert Dicus » Music

Pop Radio

Robert — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:37:30 +0000

Do you listen to top 40 or pop radio? Notice I didn’t say do you listen to music on the radio… The noise we hear on the radio these days is almost un-listenable. When there is music playing, it’s the same song you’ve heard 25 times that day and after that, you are treated with commercial after commercial which seem to be created specifically to annoy the listeners.

I channel surf on the television bad, but when I’m listening to the radio, I’m spinning the knob as fast as a merry go round in search of something that doesn’t make my ears bleed.

Well, since the radio waves inundate us with garbage, I plug my handy iPod in and listen to music I KNOW I will enjoy and hardly ever face the willy nilly commercialized drivel top 40 or pop radio pushes to our ears.

Jewel Cases

Robert — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:28:20 +0000

When I buy CD’s, I throw the plastic jewel cases away and put the CD booklet and CD into a standard carrying case. I used to keep all of the CD’s stored in a nice rack but it seemed like they always liked to stay there and I rarely got to listen to them… out of sight, out of mind.

But now, I have every CD available in a carrying case within easy reach to listen to. I’ve also imported every CD I have into my iTunes library and now have them in digital format.

Just think how much money we could save if we didn’t need the jewel cases in the first place. Think how much we could save environmentally without the plastics involved. Remember, plastic is made with oil products…

iTunes Downloads

Robert — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:22:05 +0000

I’ve been an iTunes Music Store user for quite some time. I will buy an album off iTunes if the physical CD cost is higher than the digital price online. If I want a physical copy, I can easily burn my own CD at a very minimal cost.

With the most every major label under the record label sun signed up with Apple and iTunes, it’s very easy to find almost any song you would like. Throw in access to television and movie video and high definition video and you have a one stop shop for your entertainment needs.

All in all, iTunes is a great tool and marketplace to extend your music collection and at a reasonable price.

Metallica – Death Magnetic

Robert — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:29:37 +0000

My alltime favorite band Metallica recently released their 9th studio album Death Magnetic. Coming off a hugely disappointing 8th album, St. Anger, there was quite a bit of nervousness surrounding their latest release. As the due date came, Metallica eased and mostly erased the fear that many fans were experiencing. Song snippets and full length song pre-releases settled the fact that Metallica was in fact, back.

I’m glad Metallica was able to reinvent themselves this far into the game… they formed in 1981. I’ll even be attending my 2nd Metallica concert in November. I’m excited to see them again. Last time, and the first time I saw them, was during the Summer Sanitarium tour in 2003. That was at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis along with other bands, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, and a few other smaller bands. Their current concert tour is an Arena tour so we’ll be seeing them at the Scottrade Center (formerly Savvis Center). I’m not too excited about the introduction bands, Down and The Sword, but oh well, I’m sure the 2 hour Metallica portion will more than make up for that!