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Rhapsody: Perfecting the Pitch

The Netflix of music is celebrating 10 years of being the next big thing. Is it primed to finally turn that prophecy into reality?

Today's Most Convincing Argument for Why You Don't Actually Own the MP3s You Buy

​Some of us have been preaching for years that a person never owns mp3s the way you own CDs, cassettes, vinyl, etc. And in an age when you can stream digital music to your smart phone, PC, or TV, and pay just $10 a month for access to millions of songs (MOG, Rhapsody, Rdio, etc.), there are fe ... More >>

Because Dad Needs a Home Karaoke System for Christmas ...

You know that dad wants nothing better than to sing karaoke in the privacy of his living room.​Yesterday I was thinking of what to get my dad for Christmas. The game plan for buying gifts for my family has always been to find something I'd enjoy as well, like my favorite CDs or DVDs. I spend a ... More >>

Melinda Gates: My Kids Aren't Allowed to Have iPods

​Bill and Melissa Gates kids have it made. Their parents are rich, beloved the world over for their philanthropic largesse and, even if most of the family money will be spent curing malaria and other third-world diseases, there will still be enough cash left over to buy a small Mediterranean i ... More >>

Thriller App

The iPad is opening up new worlds for autistic children.

Rhapsody in Zune

The best feature of Microsoft's underrated mp3 player just lost some of its shimmer.

If You Have an iPhone and You Listen to Music You'll Want to Know About Rhapsody's Updated App

Let's assume for a minute that you have either an iPhone. The following is now an option: 1. Fork over $10 a month to Rhapsody, the Seattle-based music subscription service. This will give you access to their entire collection of 9 million songs on your computer. 2. Download the updated Rhapsody ... More >>

Reverb Questionnaire: NPR's Michele Norris On The Jackson 5, Steely Dan, and the Other "Stairway to Heaven"

2007 NPR by Stephen VossMichele Norris appears with Rosanne Cash at 8 p.m., Saturday, May 1, at The Moore. Tickets are $35 and $45 via STGPresents.org.​Michele Norris' may be the most popular voice in the city of Seattle. If there are radios in this town that her soothing voice doesn't inhabit ... More >>

Do You Suffer From iPod Dependency?

​Life as I know it is over. I woke up this morning to discover my car had been ransacked. My glove compartment was empty, the backseat strewn with registration and insurance papers. I knew the damage before I even took a closer look. The asshole stole my precious pink Nano iPod. (No thanks, I ... More >>

I've Been Listening to Joy Division, Lou Reed, and Kelis

Lou ReedDuff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. He writes about what's circulating through his iPod every Monday.​Joy Division, "Atmosphere" (Permanent): This song and this record as a whole always has held a spooky -- while beautiful -- and very honest place with me. Atmosphere ... More >>

Food Tangent: Walkman's 30th Anniversary & Coffeecake

This week marks the 30th anniversary of the first Sony Walkman. Cleaning out my closet last night, listening to a TBTL segment about a 13 year old who gives up his iPod for a 1st generation Walkman (high-larious story HERE), I found my first Walkman. The WM-F5, you know the one--yellow, waterproof, ... More >>

NYT Lauds Seattle E-Waste Efforts

Americans are scrapping their pre-digital TV sets in astonishing numbers, and Seattle is at the vanguard of the e-waste movement. As The New York Times reports, local companies like tech salvage shop RE-PC and commercial recycling operation Total Reclaim are doing booming business. We reported on th ... More >>

Low-Cost Digital TV Converters Available Friday

You may recall how, despite the imminent shift to digital TV, many stores aren't carrying low-cost digital TV converters. Well, if you're among those in possession of a government coupon for a converter, Friday's your chance to get hooked up. Local group Reclaim the Media is teaming up with several ... More >>

EMP's Museum-Grade Technology

I really didn't think much of it until I got comfortable before the keynote situation. But, when I asked the fellow to my left what he thought about the panel discussion we'd just experienced, he hit the nail right on the head: What is going on with the technology around here? This gentleman, who ... More >>

The Long, Slow Death of the Zune

Bill Gates eulogizing the Zune at a Redmond campus burial ceremony in 2011.There are a lot of benefits to living in the same town as Microsoft. For one, it employs a ton of people. And local papers do things like devote entire blogs to the company, so that we can hear the entertaining excuses of its ... More >>

Download a Free MP3 From Each of the 64 Local Bands Playing REVERBfest!

Bill Gates eulogizing the Zune at a Redmond campus burial ceremony in 2011.There are a lot of benefits to living in the same town as Microsoft. For one, it employs a ton of people. And local papers do things like devote entire blogs to the company, so that we can hear the entertaining excuses of its ... More >>

If You Think The Show Is Good, You Should See the DVD Menu!

Bill Gates eulogizing the Zune at a Redmond campus burial ceremony in 2011.There are a lot of benefits to living in the same town as Microsoft. For one, it employs a ton of people. And local papers do things like devote entire blogs to the company, so that we can hear the entertaining excuses of its ... More >>

Roll Away the Zoo

Inside, it's 1978 again.

DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist, the Hard Sell, Kid Koala

Don’t sweat the Technics--There’s only eight of them to be manhandled

IPod Backlash

And the hidden costs of your portable security blanket.

RIAA to Music Fans: You Are All Guilty!

And the hidden costs of your portable security blanket.

Last Chance to Bid: Ethics Auction

And the hidden costs of your portable security blanket.

OMG! Some Old Dude's on My iPod!

And the hidden costs of your portable security blanket.

John Healy of the Hands: Salesman, Web Manager of Hawthorne Stereo

A new series about paying the bills.

Metal Meditation Music

A new series about paying the bills.

Weekend Review: Modest Mouse, Stephen Marley, The Long Winters

A new series about paying the bills.

Apple's Not the Bad Guy

A new series about paying the bills.

Rage Against the Reunion

A new series about paying the bills.

Welcome to Voracious

A new series about paying the bills.

Coming Zune

Once again, Microsoft is chasing Apple in the hipster hardware game. Will it make sweet music this time?

Guarding Jobs

Once again, Microsoft is chasing Apple in the hipster hardware game. Will it make sweet music this time?

Apple's New Tiny TV

Video programming is limited at the iTunes store, but with know-how and Quicktime Pro, you can load anything onto the V-iPod.

Five Ways the Music Industry Is Changing in Seattle (and Everywhere Else)

Starbucks is selling nearly as many records as it is lattes, but not for long, because the CD is almost dead. And you can hear it all by tuning in to KEXP-FM—from anywhere on the planet. Here's a brief survey of where the music business is now and may be heading in 2005.

Pocket Jukebox

iPod might be the best known, maybe even the best, but it's not the only digital-music option.

The Plasma Set

If you're going to replace the family TV, it's time to consider HD.

iPod As iGod

Michaelangelo Matos

Fry's Guys

When you want to get a geek his Christmas toys, there's only one place to go.

Mass Appeal

Exploring Cuban hip-hop.

What's Wrong with Channel 9?

Big ambitions, expanding overhead, shrinking local programming . . . does Channel 9 know what it's doing?

Raving in Klickitat

Black lights and naked yoga.

Days of our nights

Black lights and naked yoga.

Revisionist reggae?

EMP's latest exhibit downplays Bob Marley's role as it celebrates Jamaica's music.

Spin doctors

Seattle DJ crew the Spinnovators treat turntablism as serious business.

Turning the turntables

A young Canadian DJ zooms from the underground with a playful perspective.

A clear advantage?

Everyone's declared DVD the great leap forward in home theater, but it hasn't buried VHS just yet.

Old master

Rakim's second solo disc aims to keep him in hip-hop's vanguard.

Columnist's Corner

The Metro Gnome

Talkin' 'Bout a Revolution

Look out, Walkman! MP3 players represent the future of portable music

Stereo types

Audiophiles will do just about anything that sounds good.