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New Broader Format At Kurt’s Alt Music Repository

When I launched Kurt’s Alt Music Repository on August 5, 2009, it was an effort to simply catalog my favorite live video performances from the alternative music genre spanning the period from the 1970s to today. KAMR now hosts over fifty such videos and has enjoyed many more visitors than I expected. But, the initial focus [...]
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Farewell To Echo And The Bunnymen Keyboard Player Jake Brockman

| | It’s a better thing that we do now forgetting everything the whys and hows While you reminisce about the things you miss you won’t be ready to kiss…goodbye. TRIBUTES were paid today to Echo and the Bunnymen keyboard player Jake Brockman who died in a motorcycle accident on the Isle of Man. Mr Brockman, 53, joined the cult Liverpool band as a full-time member [...]
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Bob Dylan’s Charity Christmas Album Due October 12

Bob Dylan has confirmed the release of a charity Christmas album to be released this October. ‘Christmas In The Heart’ features covers including ‘Winter Wonderland’, and is released on October 12. Dylan is donating all of his royalties from the album to charities including Feeding America. Other songs featured include ‘Here Comes Santa Claus’, ‘Little Drummer Boy’ [...]
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New Live Music Video Repository At Posterous

Today I established a site at Posterous and decided it would serve as a repository for my favorite music videos.  It has become more fun than I expected and the Posterous blog platform is simple, powerful and simple. Posterous is a good example of what the so-called Web 2.0 is about.  It meshes with networks like [...]
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