Jan 09 2008
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas has certainly been generating lots of news over the last few days. I’ve got a couple of posts lined with my opinions on some of the more interesting items, starting with the news that Sony have released news that they will be joining the rest of the […]
May 23 2007
Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ) announced today that the NZ music charts will include statistics from the various online music stores available in NZ. This includes iTunes Music Store, Digirama, Amplifier, and the Telecom and Vodafone mobile stores. I’d also like to see a separate chart for downloaded music as it would be […]
May 16 2007
PC World NZ has the details (via Public Address | Hard News) on the pricing for individual DRM-free tracks from Apple’s iTunes Music Store. Turns out NZ’ers will be paying $2.49 per track, which is a 39% premium over the DRM-crippled tracks that currently sell for $1.79. This is also 9% more than US and […]
Feb 07 2007
Biggest news around the blogosphere today was about Steve Jobs’s memo about DRM and why we shouldn’t put up with it. I won’t go in too deep on his thoughts as there is already lots being said out there (check TechMeme, Technorati, or Google BlogSearch for details.) My brief thoughts are that although I agree […]
Jul 13 2006
The second week of Rockstar: Supernova has just been on and I am LOVING it. The quality of talent seems so much better than last season and the band members are way more tougher! Favourite so far has to be Dilana Robichaux, and not just because of her South African roots – she is by […]
Apr 19 2006
We went to see the Rolling Stones in Wellington yesterday, and what a concert it was!!! They are definitely still the greatest rock band ever – the concert rocked from Jumping Jack Flash opening track, right through to the encore of Satisfaction. I first saw them in 1995 on their Voodoo Lounge tour and I […]
Jan 21 2006
My brother just started up his own blog recently hosted on blogger: maxxhouse.blogspot.com. He’s just published a cool post about vinyl and how some under-18’s have never even seen a record before. He’s a DJ over in Amsterdam so he uses vinyal all the time and he’s just bought himself a pair of excellent Technics […]