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Yesterday Amazon.com sent me an email that I might be interested in a reissue of Norah Jones’ album Come Away With Me: Green Box (Eco).  Now I don’t know what they mean by a green box.  Maybe it’s just the color green.  Maybe it’s recycled.  But clearly they are trying to cache in on the [...]

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My Funny Valentine – Keith Jarrett Trio, Keith Jarrett Piano Gary Peacock Double Bass Jack DeJohnette Drums addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fttrumble.com%2Fhappy-valentines-day%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Happy+Valentines+Day’; addthis_pub = ‘TTrumble’;

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Amazon.com WidgetsSo you may have gotten a new mp3 player yesterday that you need to fill or an iTunes gift card that is now burning a hole in your pocket.  Here are my top albums from the last year to give you some ideas.  These are probably not the most “important” albums of the year [...]

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To my mind, one of the best albums of 2009 was The Gossips “Music for Men”, which I loved in part for Beth Ditto’s Blondie’esque mix of punk and disco (Heart of Glass has been one of my favorite songs since the moment I heard it back in the 70′s).  If it had been recorded [...]

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I love the All Songs Considered podcast and it’s time for their listeners poll on the best music of 2009.  All Songs is an admittedly indy-centric and you won’t find top 40 hits, electronic, heavy metal, etc. um, considered.  But I urge you to check them out, find some great new music, vote and then [...]

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It’s Halloween.  Put on your costume, have a box of Jujyfruits, enjoy the smell of dead leaves and relish some childhood memories; sounds of Disney’s Haunted Mansion and The Great Pumpkin. mp3s of the album are available for download from RebuiltTrannyRecords.com Disneyland Record – Chilling, Thrilling Sounds Of The Haunted House (1964) addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fttrumble.com%2Fhappy-halloween-haunted-mansion-sounds-and-the-great-pumpkin%2F’; addthis_title [...]

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Becuase it’s Friday, here’s a fun post in the form of a tip for walking with attitude. I find it perfect for airports, New York City streets, and anywhere else that you feel you need a little extra attitude to glide through the gaping tourists and in the same flow as the other pedestrians with [...]

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A few years back I had some disposable income and bought myself an mp3 player. Note that I did not say an iPod.  An iPod was the last thing that I wanted. I didn’t want to be locked into iTunes. I didn’t want what everyone else had.  I wanted something cooler, something better. And I [...]

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David Byrne and Brian Eno’s album Everything That Happens Will Happen Today is out and available for download or pre-order of the physical copy if that’s what you’re into these days.  There’s also an embeddable player on the site that is below, because, well I can.  This will be on heavy rotation in the Trumble [...]

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MicroSoft announced on Wednesday that there are exploring options for ad supported music. The situation that they proposed and demoed at Advance ’08 is that a company or brand sponsors a concert. The Zune Social profiles for the artists performing at that concert would then have an ad for that company or brand on it [...]

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