Mercury Rev’s sixth album proves to be a march toward electronic sounds, which might be a blessing in disguise. The opening track “Secret For A Song” reflects the possible influence that The Postal Service might have on bands nowadays, although Mercury Rev has existed for a long time. Maybe MR …

The Stereophonics’ new album is a big departure from the band’s earlier albums and sounds. Language. Sex. Violence. Other? shows flashes of edge to combine with the band’s already defined alternative sound. What results is a reminiscing feeling of listening to 80s glam rock. The opening track “Superman” is the …

President Bush will sign a new energy bill today that will extend Daylight Savings by four weeks – it will start three weeks earlier and end one week later – in an attempt to save energy and money. The problem is that most consumer electronics rely on the daylight savings …

Later this month, Japanese moviegoers will be able to see male genitalia on a movie screen without any cuts or edits for the Japanese premiere of Kinsey. Films that have previously tried to push the boundary of censorship were not saved for artistic merits and instead were regarded as pornography. …

Apple has had tremendous success involving its iTunes Music Store and its iPods. However, next year might be different because the license agreements that Apple has with the major music label expire. Many of the labels have wanted to raise the prices of each track, which Apple has resisted. But …

Last Friday, July 29, 2005, the Canadian Supreme Court ruled that posting and selling instructions for illegal activity such as “breaking into houses, making bombs, and creating false credit card numbers” is legal – as long as you don’t do the illegal activity yourself. Story here. This hearing was called …

Wal-Mart employees have reportedly leaked the price for the new Xbox 360 due to come out November 4. Story here. Please remember that this may or may not be true since Microsoft has not yet officially announced the price for the Xbox 360. But if anyone else would know the …

Story here from The Movie Blog. The great Sean Connery, the original James Bond, might be finished making films. Sir Sean Connery is fed up with Hollywood and all the crap that gets greenlit and made. “I’m fed up with the idiots, the ever-widening gap between people who know how …

There are countless peer directories that exist in order for people to meet new people and connect with their own friends. Friendster was the first real popular one. TheFaceBook supplanted it for a while as it publicized itself to the college crowd. Now MySpace has supplanted them all to create …

One of the first things that Steve Jobs wanted to do when he first opened the iTunes Music Store was get the indie labels aboard. Jobs wanted to offer a whole range of music on iTunes; but with the major labels so powerful as it is, the indie labels wouldn’t …