So, I am just sitting down to write this now, and it’s already Sunday evening. The fact is, I’ve had several delays this week in getting content posted on the site, so there hasn’t been as much as I would have liked. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t things worth talking about:
- First, there was the review of Bielebny’s Punxsutawney, a release that I thought was okay, but it was a bit challenging to listen to. This was a first time issue for me: the artist was soliciting reviews, and I felt that what I had to say wasn’t exactly positive. Well, as it turned out, on the whole I had more positive things to say than negative. Which is always a good thing. (I personally would like to keep the reviews mostly positive. There is so much material out there to listen to that’s worth highlighting the material I think is worthy, rather than spending time on the stuff that isn’t worth it.)
- Next I reviewed graphicsgroove’s graphiqsgroove2009 a recording that I really loved. This is one that will end up on my playlists for years to come.
- And then came the “long quiet” until I published an article about the San Diego School and Local Authorities over reacting to a kids science project, and in the process Viloated the Parents Privacy when it was known there was no issue. This was a story that caught my eye yesterday, and something I just had to write about.
And that’s all that was published on the site this week… The reason being I’ve run into some technical issues that left me in a position of not wanting to make too many changes to site in the event that something broke. (I have one of two issues resolved now, so I know there won’t be any major issues that would cause the loss of anything.)
Despite the technical issues, there have been several other events and things going on:
- Space Weirdo has published my review on their website in English and Spanish. This was a real honor. This is the first time that anyone has approached me to re-publish any of my writings, and a double honor to have it translated into Spanish.
- I received the Cowon iAudio 7 and iAudio 9 to replace my currently non-functional iAudio U5. I will write an article, there’s been plenty of reviews of these devices, but getting the pair of them together was quite an interesting experience, and even has one or two common points between them
- I recieved a new box set of Grieg Songs & Lieder. To be honest, this isn’t my normal area of musical interest or expertise, but given that the works are by Grieg I felt the need to give them a run.
- I’ve been listening to a lot of new material. I’ve plowed through something along the lines of 30-40 hours worth of music. There will definitely be some articles about my listening this week, some of which may be formal reviews.
- I’ve started several more articles, which will also be published this week. There are two editorials, and another Shoestring Classical Collection.
- During the week I started considering some new columns or series to start writing. Hopefully I will get to start one of them this week. (Part of the expanding line of ideas I’ve been working on for the site.)
- I’ve started working on my other website – a more geeky linux thing called LinuxTweakers. That site is not ready for prime time just yet, but it should be up and running pretty well within a day or two.
- The final event of the week: I got a new phone. I got a Droid. I mention it here becuase I am looking at some of the music apps that are available for it, and am impressed thus far. I will be writing something up about that in the near future once I get some more time to play with it.
So, that’s about it for now. Hopefully I can overcome my last technical issue, and I will get to start adding some new and different things to the website.
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