Year: 2006

Arcade Fire – Intervention

I was so enthralled with The Arcade Fire when the Funeral album in late 2004 came out, that I bought the physical album, which was something I hadn’t done in years.  I’d always buy my music online.  Now with their new album, Neon Bible, right around the corner (March-April 2007), I’m getting excited again. A couple of…


Visiontek Radeon X1950 Pro AGP Review

Instead of spending up to or over $1,000 to upgrade my motherboard, processor, and power supply in order to buy the latest generation of PCI-e cards, I decided to stay with my current system and get the latest and fastest AGP solution available. Since ATI just released their new Radeon X1950 Pro cards which supports…


Radio 1 Mentions This Site

I’ve been getting a lot of emails from visitors to the site telling me that they heard about this site, thanks to a mention on Colin Murray’s “The Black Hole” show on the BBC’s Radio 1 radio station.  Colin’s show features internet music submitted by listeners, and according to him, this site’s Tunes page was the best submission for the show….


Wendy’s Jalapeno Cheddar Double Melt

After seeing commercials for this hamburger from Wendy’s, I thought it looked good — keyword:  looked good.  In this day and age, we all know that what we order at fast food restaurants will look nowhere near the same as what you see on the menu, on commercials, and other forms of advertising.  It is…