Review: Cygnett GroovePlatinum Earphones.

June 24th, 2009 -- Posted in Houston Ipod | No Comments »

Overview:Why is it that when you buy a MP3 player, they give you headphones that look as if they came from a Christmas cracker? Even the mighty iPods headphones are a bit basic, and the availability of even nattier headphones would indicate that Apple feel there is room for improvement.Of course, for your average teenager, who intravenously stream their music through these less capable instruments at 100db straight into the brain there is no issue. For your more discerning listener, there are a

New Release Addendum

June 23rd, 2009 -- Posted in Houston Ipod | No Comments »

When I was running through my new release list earlier today, I managed to leave out one of the biggest releases! The Gossip are back with their first album since 2006’s Standing in the Way of Control , as well as their major label debut. Music For Men is out today in digital formats, but will not see a physical release until October 6th. I think that staggered release schedule is what threw me off and resulted in my sin of omission! ;) I’ve only had a short time to get acquainted with this

iLuv iMM153 Dual Alarm Clock with Bed Shaker revealed

June 23rd, 2009 -- Posted in Houston Ipod | No Comments »

iLuv is known for releasing all sorts of iPod accessories, however, they have a special fondness for the alarm clock/iPod dock combo. Now, you can add bed shaker to that list as well with the iMM153 Dual Alarm Clock with Bed Shaker . This gizmo is meant for the deep sleepers among us–the ones for which a standard buzzing alarm won’t do. Instead, this thing will shake your bed with vibration while it buzzes or plays music to wake you up. It has an LCD screen, a 3.5mm jack, an iPod/iPho

You Light Up My Life

June 23rd, 2009 -- Posted in Houston Ipod | No Comments »

NY Daily News The nominally talented hack and Oscar-winning composer of Debbie Boone’s only hit song, Joeseph Brooks, has been indicted today on multiple sexual assault charges. The 70 year old Brooks used his “celebrity” to lure his victims (whom he culled from Craig’s List postings) and lured them to his upper East Side apartment with with promises of parts in his next movie, sources said. The last movie he produced the music for, incidentally, was 2003’s “Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry

So, where’s the music?

June 23rd, 2009 -- Posted in Houston Ipod | No Comments »

I couldn’t take the time to log on and fight for a slot to watch Phil’s speech at the start of SL6B (i have this silly thing called a “dayjob” that gets in the way of everything but 1:05PM Astros games), so I watched the feed from Treet.tv fed through Ustream. There was a peak of 185 concurrent viewers towards the end, far more than can witness an event without major issues, crash-out turnover of the audience, and a sim loss or two. Wiz and the crew came through with flying colors, the sound w

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