You know, I never really gave much thought into radio towers and how they work. I mean, I know the basic principles of it all. But the actually nitty gritty details such as “How do you replace the light at the top?” never really sunk very deep into my brain. I can now consider that ship sunk after watching a video of a radio tower repairman scaling to the top to replace nothing more than a simple light bulb. If you think it’s a simple task, punch...

In the year 2010, with all of the new fangled means of listening to music, radio is dead. Right? Mp3 players, iPods, smartphones, and web equipped cars are quickly eating into the realm that terrestrial radio once played. With so many more efficient means of consuming music, we have to ask: Why even bother with radio? Some people simply like the more “social” or “personal” aspect a human DJ brings. For others, it’s a matter of still not...

In what is another example of major music label’s massive mishandling of their own industry, Billboard has revealed some information tonight that is rather depressing — Spotify’s US ventures “are back to square one”. The cause is as many would guess, money. Specifically, the inability of the labels to agree to a reasonable dollar amount to charge Spotify as well as apprehension with the freemium model Spotify has perfected over seas. Years of...

Fans of Last.fm, soon you’re going to notice a big, big change in how your music streaming service of choice operates. In 2009, you’d type in Last.fm into your browser and go about streaming your music. In 2010 — not anymore. Last.fm announced today that they are aborting all on-demand streaming. Suicide you say? We’ll see… According to the Last.fm team, they’re outsourcing the actual music listening aspect to several outside...

Would you call yourself a music connoisseur? I’ve found that as each year goes by, I’m constantly searching for more and more music. Perhaps that’s the reason I stopped listening to “terrestrial” radio several years ago. The same 50-60 songs get all of the airtime, making each radio station nothing but a cesspool of boredom. Don’t go ending it all just yet. There’s hope for our kind. If you find yourself tired of the radio...