I know I've been MIA for nearly 2 months now. No elaborate excuse(s). It's been the same for me as it's been for nearly everyone. Busy weeks at work, travel, holidays, etc. And now I'm back at work during the last week of the year, a week when nearly everyone else is still sleeping in, eating breakfast in pajamas without watching the clock, and ( Read more... )

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In honor of Umbrea's demand that I post 5 random facts about myself, I will do so. Now ( Read more... )

If it's true that 1 human year is 10 internet years, then Insound.com is a proud, card-carrying member of AARW. We're nearly 7 human years old. And while we've experimented with botox and we occasionally wear "slimming pants," the truth is that we need some cosmetic work. Listen, it's OK. Don't feel bad. We know it. We've known it for a while. We ( Read more... )

Ahhh, a weekend drive up to Philadelphia to visit Cristin knocks another (albeit tiny) state off the map. I know, I know, I didn't actually stop or set foot in Delaware proper (I suppose I could have at the toll gate). But you know what, I smelled Delaware. That's right, SMELLED it. The factories along the Delaware river, the bridge near the ( Read more... )

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Welcome back to This Week in the IRW (Indie Release World). Stepping up to the plate, Broken Social Scene. I tell you what, you can just feel the electricity on this one, can’t you? It’s obvious this Canadian collective came out to play and gave 110% to this record. Franz Ferdinand also goes between the lines again and serves up a new album. And ( Read more... )

As the leaves get tired of being green, and the arid air goes crisp, our stereos seriously start getting excited. The new weather brings suggestive proposals and promises for our players. The first day below 65 degrees, and our CD tray feels the powerful need to thrust forward with automatic ejection, and our record needle gets the lustful itch for ( Read more... )

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This is it. This is the best time of your life. Don't blow this one. It's perfect late summer in New York. It's CMJ week. You're young. You're healthy. You're a Program Director, for chrissakes. And that actually matters to the DJ from Vassar. You know 80% of the bands playing CMJ. Better still, you know their labels' names. Haircut? Check. Hot ( Read more... )