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Cheap Tunes Tuesday: Boston

by on February 17, 2015 2 comments
During the time when disco reigned, very few industry insiders thought a guitar heavy rock album would make any waves. Boy were they wrong. After just two months, the album had sold 500,000 copies and five months later, it sold over 2 million copies. Today, you can get your own for $5.
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Friday tech news roundup for February 13

by on February 13, 2015 0 comments
New View-Master for the 21st century, your car may be more of a security risk than you think, Dr. Google is in and will see you now, and Dell Venue 8 tablet reviews are in. Also, fitness wearables are as good as smartphones at tracking steps, Apple makes some good App Store updates, and set a "legacy contact" for your Facebook page. And, just for fun, check out a Severus Snape "mini-movie."
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Cheap Tunes Tuesday: Dominoes

by on February 10, 2015 0 comments
Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs has ended up being praised as Clapton’s greatest work of his career. If you look the album up on Wikipedia, you’ll find nothing but 5 star and A+ ratings. It’s that good. And for $5 bucks, how can you pass that up? It’s music history and this album is an icon.
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Cheap Tunes Tuesday: Gorillaz

by on February 3, 2015 0 comments
The Gorillaz are a band with real musicians making music, but their stage presence is strictly virtual. The self-titled Gorillaz album dropped in March of 2001 and it’s been featured on lists like "albums to listen to before you die" and “best albums of all time,” and “best albums of 2001.” It has a different sound, but it's also has an irresistible quality to it. If you go into it with an open mind, I think you’ll come away wondering what you just heard, but also wanting to hear it again.
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Weekly tech news roundup for Friday, January 30

by on January 30, 2015 0 comments
This week: Reviews of Amazon's Echo are in, compare the best password managers, and check out Prynt—a photo printer for your phone (modern day Polaroids!). All this in and more in today's tech news roundup. The Apple Watch is coming in April (not March), 3D printing could help fix damaged windpipes, and BMW has an awesome ad you need to see. All this and more in this week's tech news roundup.    
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Cheap Tunes Tuesday: Pearl Jam

by on January 27, 2015 1 comment
Pearl Jam exemplifies the Seattle grunge movement. Some may argue Nirvana was the poster child for the era, but Pearl Jam certainly was essential in their own right. Pearl Jam has sold nearly 25 million albums since their debut, with today’s album, Vs., coming in at over 6 million sold.
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