January 2010
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Ridiculous iTunes genres
I hate the default iTunes genres. I have over 100 genres (22,644 tracks). Here are a few.
Rock: Classic (Rock music that you’d hear on WMMR) - 1307 songs
Rock: Punk (Cacophonous music from roughly 1976-1980) - 508 songs
Rock: Post-Punk (1978-1980, all non-American) - 190 songs
Rock: New Wave (1980-1990, all non-American) - 256 songs
Rock: Hardcore (all American) - 223 songs
Rock:...
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Everton's squad: Run to Europe
A year ago, Everton finished fifth in the Premiership and made it to the FA Cup final. This year, they have stayed in the Europa League, but have been wretched for the first half of the Premier League season, and on Saturday were eliminated from the FA Cup. Nevertheless, with the return of Mikel Arteta from injury, the Everton roster looks far better than it did at the end of last season, when...
Updated my academic web page. Someday I’ll have more there but for now that will have to do. Tried to make it look like a LaTeX paper.
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What iTunes tells me about the music I like
I am a somewhat obsessive rater of songs in iTunes, and I use four stars (★★★★). Based upon how many four- or five-star ratings a given artist received in my iTunes, here are my favorite artists:
Bob Dylan
The Beatles
Uncle Tupelo
REM
Bob Marley
Ted Leo/Pharmacists
Minutemen
Will Oldham
The Clash
Magnetic Fields
Hüsker Dü
Wilco
Freakwater
Fugazi
Beck
Belle and Sebastian
Neil...