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The Pirate Bay is purchased, all booty thrown overboard immediately

Ruth Loose88 — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:48:34 +0000

The Pirate Bay was once referred to as the most well-known Bit Torrent tracker website in the world. Everyone from member of the Pirate Party to anarchists to hippies to cheapskates filled their hard drives with every known reincarnation of Mega Man X3. Times were golden as stealing involved a quick search and a tiny download. But like all good things in life it was not meant to be.

Other Bit Torrent tracker websites such as the UK's OiNK and US's Suprnova bit the dust after government server raids. The fact that The Pirate Bay continued to exist this long is nothing short of a miracle - The Netherlands' law almost completely ignored torrent tracker sites

My take on a legend

Ruth Loose88 — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:38:48 +0000

The news of Michael Jackson’s death didn’t hit me at all yesterday. I was too busy being down in the dumps after not receiving $1,000 scholarship grant from H&R Block (not that big of a deal in the long run). So how do I feel 24 hours later? Different. This afternoon I re-listened to Michael Jackson’s Thriller, Dangerous and parts of Off The Wall at work. Michael Jackson left a considerable dent on my childhood but in retrospect I’m not sure I enjoy what I remember of him.

It’s hard to hate Michael Jackson, well, it is hard to hate Michael Jackson if you knew him before the mid-1990s. I can clearly remember a VHS recording my

Free Coldplay Album – Left Right Left Right Left

Ruth Loose88 — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:35:04 +0000

Saw this one on Entertainment Weekly's "Must List."

Free 9 song live album Left Right Left Right Left by Coldplay as a gift to fans.

Album Highlights (after multiple listen sessions yesterday between my sister's baccalaureate church services):

I: Glass of Water - Loved this one since it was released on Prospect's March EP. Heavenly.

IV: Strawberry Swing - Clearest link to late-Beatles Harrison. Makes me want to stomach a Prius commercial.

VI: Viva La Vida (crowd goes rightfully nuts) - This needs to be next World Cup anthem. OOOOOHHHH AAAAHHH OOOOHH AAAHH

XIII: Fix You - Oh, Coldplay, you know how to give fans exactly

The Queen’s English – Rock Band Beatles at E3

Ruth Loose88 — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:12:52 +0000

I've been updating and fixing family computers and selling my stuff on eBay among other trivial stuff this week (I also started jogging again. Yay!). You know it has been a long time since your last update when you see that there are 5 plugin updates upon logging in. Whew. I assure you I am alright and will post more often (the beach took it out of me).

Big news this week in the video game world with Rock Band Beatles. The game is shaping up to truly capture the band's dynamic range. Two videos have popped up thanks to E3. Check both out and try to fight back those feelings rushing back to you. Yeah

Her Morning Elegance by Oren Lavie

Ruth Loose88 — Thu, 28 May 2009 04:52:34 +0000

Working hard here tonight to bring you yet another post. This one is actually pretty artsy so prepared to be "wowed" in the most positive sense of that word.

For those who haven't been on YouTube in the past month or two there is a certain music video that has been making a bit of a splash. Uploaded on January 19, 2009 Oren Lavie's Her Morning Elegance has gained over 5 million hits. The silky smooth voiced singer is of Israeli-descent and has a new album out now called The Opposite Side of the Sea. Lavie cites his influences as Tom Waits and Leonard Cohen. He is also a talented pianist and his recordings include guitar and

Music you should like, but don’t

Ruth Loose88 — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:09:52 +0000

Canada's Of Montreal

I've been following NPR's music blog for a while now and despite their typical unflappable love of the Indie music scene they just posed a great question in their most recent post. In this huge world of music there are many talented acts. Who do you know is loaded with talent but you just can't quite sync with their musical direction?

A few bands came to my mind when I posted on NPR's music blog:

A few bands come to mind.

Namely, Muse and Of Montreal. Muse has often been compared to Radiohead. I once tried to listen to a couple of their albums and Continue reading

Long time no blog – Silversun Pickups, jobs, graduation & more

Ruth Loose88 — Wed, 13 May 2009 00:00:06 +0000

It's all over. My time at UNC is over that is. My general graduation and departmental graduation for my journalism degree was Sunday, May 10. I spent the better part of yesterday unpacking, organizing clothes and finishing out the last episodes of Californication and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. I already admit that I am a huge James Cameron nerd so I am hoping [praying] that this summer's Terminator Salvation doesn't completely blow.

Driving back from Chapel Hill I had the strange desire to open my senior year high school yearbook. I remembered that I had a senior quote that was "bad ass," but I couldn't quite remember what it was. After opening the dusty tome I found that I selected

Phoenix – 1901 – Remix by DLID

Ruth Loose88 — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:10:44 +0000

If you haven't already listened to Phoenix's new single "1901" check below: There are more than a few remixes on Hype Machine, my favorite being DLID's. Check it out for yourself --> Phoenix - 1901 (Customised by DLID) Continue reading