Don Xml's Grok This

The folks over at IMHOTEP have gathered together THE BEST OF 2006 ACCORDING TO 155 MUSICIANS.  The musicians are mostly metal and hard rock, but there are some real oddballs thrown in there too.  One thing you can gather from that list is that there isn't one or two clear winners this year.  Iron Maiden's A Matter Of Life And Death ...

Peter Provost and Steve Pavlina both have mentioned the Pandora Music Service which will allow you to create a customized streaming radio channel based on artists and songs that you enter into the system.  I have to admit that the Pandora user interface is pretty slick, but having to enter in your ...

I’ve had a MySpace account for a while, and have a link from there to here, but I never did the inverse.  So here it is.  And I’ll add a link to it on my site.  MySpace has a “friends” list, and if you are a friend, a band I like, or a band that I give a good review, I’ll add you as a ...

I’ve been in a musical funk for the last couple months, and haven’t been able to really get into any of the new CDs I bought over that time.  Here’s a few of what I bought, and really couldn’t get into (even though some of these are really good CDs): Lit – Lit –  Probably one of the best real ...

A number of folks have asked me to post what I’ve been listening to, so in addition to the reviews, I’m going to keep an on going playlist.  This way I can get the word out a bit faster, and not as forma as a review.  I’ll create a blog entry for each update, but I’m also going to create an article and update that ...

I’m not as talented (or as bold) as Rory, and record myself and then release it on the web, so I’ll just have to settle for promoting my friends.  And if you should also  check out a pretty cool new tune by my friends in 40 Ft. Ringo called Rockin’ Christmas Time.  I haven’t got around to publishing my review of 40 Ft. Ringo’s first CD, Funny ...