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Music from SxSW 2009

In Music on 21 April 2009 with 1 comment

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I attended SxSW Interactive for the 6th consecutive year. At the same time, I also had the pleasure of attending the much more well known music portion of the festival for the first time. The Music Festival features hundreds of bands across just about every genre. I thought [...]

How to Convert Music to MP3, AAC, AIFF or WAV With iTunes

In Music, Technology on 30 November 2008 with 7 comments

I was trying to create an iPhone ringtone using Rogue Amoeba’s MakeiPhoneRingTone application. This applicaiton requires AAC files to be dragged in. “No problem,” I thought, “iTunes does AAC conversions.” And it does but apparently, the interface to get there has become really obfuscated so I thought I’d document how to do it. Everything else [...]

For Your Ears: The Little Ones and Goh Nakamura

In Music on 2 November 2008 tagged goh nakamura, the little ones with Comments Off

I’ve got two artists that I’d like to recommend, both of whom happened to feature Asian-American roots. The first is a friend and fellow San Franciscan Goh Nakamura. In his words, Goh Nakamura is a San Francisco Bay Area based musician who writes ditties about parking tickets, impossible crushes and faraway dreamlands. Goh’s music is [...]

Most Awesome Upcoming.org Exchange Evar

In Music on 20 April 2006 tagged agendacide, bon jovi, courtney patubo, karaoke, lamia, limbo, min jung kim, upcoming.org with 1 comment

In response to MJ’s birthday party upcoming event, which is being held at Lamia, a Korean karaoke bar … glenda wrote: I’m breaking out the Bon Jovi for this momentous occasion. Betta recognize! Fri 14 Apr 2006 at 08:25 PM kevnull wrote: darling, you give love a bad name Sat 15 Apr 2006 at 01:03 [...]