Life on the Nerd Side

the Allman bros and Cheap Trick are suing Sony over this. Chalk up another smooth move by sony. Dee, Dee-dee!

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“An interesting article over at C|Net claims that playing DRMed music can reduce battery life up to 25 percent. Yet another reason to stick with plain old MP3 files.” From the article: “Those who belong to subscription services such as Napster or Rhapsody have it worse. Music rented from these services arrive in the WMA DRM 10 format, and it takes extra processing power to ensure that the licenses making the tracks work are still valid and match up to the device itself. Heavy DRM not only slows down an MP3 player but also sucks the very life out of them.”

Don’t buy DRM.

I thought it would be a good idea to share some of my music with you people, so I am starting a series of posts that showcase albums that don’t suck. If you didn’t catch it, the title is a knock on the dismal “NOW That’s What I Call Music!” pop-crap albums. It happens to be the only CD series you can listen to without any kind of CD player. (If you put your ear next to the CD you can hear a sucking noise)

Moving along, the first album I recommend is:

The Strokes: First Impression of Earth

Although I’m not impressed with the first single release “Juicebox”, the remainder of the album kept close to the original Strokes formula. These are the songs I truly appreciate:

• Ize of the World
• Razorblade
• You Only Live Once
• Electricityscape
• 15 Minutes
• Red Light

I’m sure we’ll see most of these on the radio and even a few unfortunate tracks will find their way to MTV.  If you are interested in buying the album, please do not download from iTunes or any other download service.  The short reason: RIAA members make a higher profit margin and the artists won’t see a dime of the extra profit.

I recommend buying this album used from half.com. It’s $10.00 plus S&H compared to $12.99 plus S&H at FYE / Amazon.