music @ www.talios.comhttp://www.talios.com/(music) Copyright 2008 www.talios.comMark DerricuttSun, 20 Jul 2008 13:04:00 GMTmusic @ www.talios.comhttp://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gifhttp://www.talios.com/360http://backend.userland.com/rssThe Music of 2008 - week 29http://www.talios.com/the_music_of_2008__week_29.htmhttp://www.talios.com/the_music_of_2008__week_29.htmSun, 20 Jul 2008 11:27:00 GMThttp://www.talios.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fmusic%5Fof%5F2008%5F%5Fweek%5F29Mark Derricutt
  • Blackfield - Blackfield II
  • Martriden - Unsettling Dark
  • Masterplan - Aeronautics / Mk II
  • Mastodon - Blood Mountain
  • Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction / Hidden Treasures / The System Has Failed / United Abominations
  • Mercenary - Architect of Lies
  • Nachtmystium - Assassins: Black Meddle Pt. 1
  • Raunchy - Wasteland Discotheque
  • The Rotted - Get Dead or Die Trying
  • Sever Your Ties - Safety In The Sea
  • Sonic Syndicate - Only Inhuman
  • Soulfly - Conquer
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  • Demians - Building An Empire
  • Madina Lake - From Them Through Us To You
  • Manitou - No Signs Of Wisdom
  • Manowar - Gods Of War / Gods Of War Live
  • Marillion - Somewhere Else
  • Martriden - Martriden
  • Scar Symmetry - Holographic Universe
  • Shade Empire - Zero Nexus
  • Steve Lukather - In Session
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  • Aborted - Strychnine.213
  • Aletheian - Dying Vine
  • Amaseffer - Slaves For Life
  • Communic - Payment Of Existence
  • Keep of Kalessin - Kolossus
  • Kekal - 1000 Thoughts of Violence
  • Lefties Soul Connection - Hutspot
  • Lengsel - The Kiss - The Hope / Solace
  • Lion's Share - Emotional Coma
  • Liquid Tension Experiment - Liquid Tension Experiment 1 / Liquid Tension Experiment 2
  • Liv Kristine - Enter My Religion
  • Living Sacrifice - Conceived In Fire / The Hammering Process / In Memoriam / Inhabit / Living Sacrifice / Reborn
  • Lo-Ruhamah - The Glory of God
  • Lynch Pilson - Wicked Underground
  • Machine Head - The Blackening / Burn My Eyes / The More Things Change
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  • Lacrimas Profundere - Again It's Over / Ave End / Burning - A Wish / Filthy Notes For Frozen Hearts / Songs For The Last View
  • Lacuna Coil - Karmacode
  • Lamb Of God - Ashes Of The Wake / Sacrament
  • Leatherwolf - World Asylum
  • Leaves' Eyes - Legend Land / Lovelorn / Vinland Saga
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  • Kiuas - The New Dark Age / Reformation / The Spirit Of Ukko
  • KMFDM - Hau Ruck / Tohuvabohu
  • Korn - See You On The Other Side
  • Korpiklaani - Korven Kuningas / Tales Along This Road / Voice Of Wilderness
  • Kristin Hersh - The Grotto / Sunny Border Blue
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  • Angelica - Angelica / Rock, Stock, And Barrel / Time Is All It Takes
  • Cryptopsy - The Unspoken King
  • Galactic Cowboys - Space In Your Face
  • Iced Earth - I Walk Among You EP
  • Katatonia - The Great Cold Distance / Last Fair Deal Gone Down / Tonight's Decision / Viva Emptiness
  • Kevin Prosch - Palanquin
  • Killswitch Engage - As Daylight Dies
  • King Diamond - Abigail II: The Revenge / Give Me Your Soul... Please / House of God / The Puppet Master
  • King's X - Dogman / Ear Candy / King's X / Ogre Tones
  • Moonspell - Night Eternal (Bonus Tracks)
  • Mors Principium Est - Liberation = Termination
  • Planet X - Quantum
  • RPWL - The RPWL Experience
  • Stone Gods - Burn the Witch EP
  • Symphony X - Paradise Lost
  • Veni Domine - Tongues
  • Zero Hour - Dark Deceiver

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  • Bloodbath - The Waken Carnage
  • Bride - Scarecrow Messiah
  • Candlemass - From The 13th Sun / Nightfall
  • Galactic Cowboys - Space In Your Face
  • Junkyard - Sixes, Sevens & Nines
  • Kalmah - For The Revolution
  • Kamelot - Ghost Opera
  • Kari Rueslaaten - Spindelsinn
  • Karmakanic - Entering The Spectra
  • Kataklysm - Prevail
  • Moonspell - Night Eternal
  • Paradise Lost - The Anatomy of Melancholy

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    iTunes rip-off

    NZ$1.79 for a four second 'untitled' track.... but hey - its DRM free and a high bit-rate mp3... and based on the sample on the iTunes music store it's pure silence...

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  • AP2 - Suspension of Disbelief
  • Argyle Park - Misguided
  • Celldweller - FiXT Remix Compilation v1.0
  • Circle of Dust - Circle of Dust '92 / Circle of Dust '95
  • The Famine - The Raven And The Reaping
  • Ihsahn - AngL
  • Iron Maiden - Brave New World / Seventh Son of a Seventh Son / Virtual XI / The X Factor
  • Jorn - The Duke / Out To Every Nation
  • Judas Priest - Angel of Retribution / Jugulator / Painkiller / Ram It Down / Turbo
  • Juggernautz - Juggernautz
  • Project 86 - The Kane Mutiny EP
  • Russell Allen - Russell Allen's Atomic Soul
  • Ty Tabor - Rock Garden

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  • Borknagar - Origin
  • Jerry Gaskill - Come Somewhere
  • Joe Satriani - Is There Love in Space?
  • John Arch - Twist of Fate
  • John Petrucci - Suspended Animation
  • Jon Oliva's Pain - Maniacal Renderings / 'Tage Mahal
  • King's X - XV
  • Silent Force - Walk The Earth
  • The Tangent - Not As Good As The Book / A Place In The Queue

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  • Eden Bridge - My Dream Earth
  • Jaded Heart - Sinister Mind
  • Jag Panzer - Casting the Stones / Thane To The Throne
  • Jake E. Lee - Retraced
  • James Labrie - Elements of Persuasion
  • Jars of Clay - Good Monsters / Redemption Songs
  • The Jelly Jam - 2
  • Jon Oliva's Pain - Global Warming
  • Steve Stevens - Memory Crash
  • Warrel Dane - Praises To The War Machine

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  • HB - Frozen Inside
  • Iron Maiden - Dance of Death / A Matter Of Life And Death / No Prayer For The Dying
  • Iron Saviour - Megatropolis
  • Isis - In The Absence of Truth
  • Nine Inch Nails - The Slip
  • Rob Rock - Garden of Chaos

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    ]]>    musicitunes    Cold As Ice - New Music Video from Edwin Derricutthttp://www.talios.com/cold_as_ice__new_music_video_from_edwin_derricutt.htmhttp://www.talios.com/cold_as_ice__new_music_video_from_edwin_derricutt.htmFri, 09 May 2008 00:27:00 GMThttp://www.talios.com/console/comments/popup/?f=cold%5Fas%5Fice%5F%5Fnew%5Fmusic%5Fvideo%5Ffrom%5Fedwin%5FderricuttMark DerricuttLooks like my bro recently posted the new Cold As Ice music video to YouTube without telling anyone:


    Like the song? Why not buy the album off iTunes or CDBaby? - go on - you know you want to.


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    • Arsis - We Are The Nightware
    • Incrave - Dead End
    • In Flames - Reroute To Remain / Soundtrack To Your Escape / Trigger EP
    • Into Eternity - The Scattering of Ashes
    • Iron Fire - Blade Of Triumph
    • Power Quest - Master of Illusion
    • Soul Embraced - Dead Alive
    • Testament - The Formation of Damnation
    • Tiamat - Amanethes

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  • August Burns Red - Messengers
  • Ihsahn - The Adversary
  • Impellitteri - Eye Of The Hurricane / Screaming Symphony
  • In Flames - Clayman / Colony / Come Clarity
  • Meshuggah - obZen
  • Secret & Whisper - Great White Whale
  • Seventh Avenue - Terium

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    • Children of Bodom - Blood Drunk
    • Descend To Rise - Standing At This Safe Place
    • Destroy The Runner - I, Lucifer
    • Iced Earth - Framing Armageddon / The Glorious Burden / Horror Show / Something Wicked This Way Comes / Tribute to the Gods
    • In Flames - A Sense Of Purpose
    • Johansson - The Last Viking
    • Kingdom of Sorrow - Kingdom of Sorrow
    • Lauren Thomson - Our Love Is Due
    • Midnattsol - Nordlys
    • Moonspell - Under Satanae
    • MyChildren MyBride - Unbreakable
    • Novembre - The Blue
    • Oh, Sleeper - When I Am God
    • Rage - Carved In Stone
    • Saving Grace - Between Enemy Lines
    • Soilent Green - The Inevitable Collapse In the Presence of Conviction
    • Solitude Aeturnus - Alone
    • Tarja - My Winter Storm
    • To-Mera - Delusions / Transcendental
    • Tom Waits - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards

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    ]]>    musicitunes    Alpine IDA-X001http://www.talios.com/alpine_idax001.htmhttp://www.talios.com/alpine_idax001.htmSun, 20 Apr 2008 07:12:00 GMThttp://www.talios.com/console/comments/popup/?f=alpine%5Fidax001Mark DerricuttLast week I picked up an Alpine IDA-X001 "built for iPod" head unit for the car. Previously I'd been using a mixed variation of FM transmitters, tape adapters, or simply driving with headphones - the later sounds the best, but I find it seriously impaired my spacial awareness (no - I didn't crash into any thing or any one, but I could see how it could easily happen).

    I knew it was time to hunt out a head unit that supported iPod's and since the car already had a great sounding Alpine unit I thought I'd start there - and I didn't need to look long before I found the IDA-X001:

    After a week of using the head unit I can safely say I'm in love with it. Finally I have killer sounds once more in the car, I'd forgotten how well the stock speakers sounded when blasted loudly. So what are the key things that make me love this unit so much, beyond the sound?


    • No cables - the lack of cables dangling around the gears and/or hand break would have to be the best non-music feature hands down. Safety is of course somewhat important and having a plethora of cables dangling is a major safety risk.
    • Song title display - It's surprising how many songs I've either forgotten the names of, or just never actually knew in the first place. When the modern music workflow tends to be "buy cd, rip cd, store cd case, listen with iPod in pocket" it's easy to never actually know the name (or full name) of a song.
    • Radio aerial only extends when using the radio - as shockingly obvious as this might seem, one thing that really annoyed me with the original head unit was that even when using CDs, or tapes the radio's aerial would be deployed. Finally I can sit in an automated car wash and listen to my music!
    • Protected/unprotected AAC music files play! As someone whose purchased a fair amount of music from the iTunes music store being able to play said music was a key requirement of the head unit. I'm glad to say the play flawlessly.

    It's a fairly small list really, but the effect of those small things makes the purchase worth it. However, with every positives there's a few negatives:


    • The stock Alpine CD changer doesn't work with the IDA-X001. I knew this going in, and I rarely use the changer so it's no major problem. You can get adapters/converters which can connect older Alpine gear to the new AI-NET interface, however it seems this didn't work with my changer ;(
    • Song title display doesn't always change properly - I've noticed a few times that the song information gets "stuck" and doesn't update properly when a song changes. So far this has only happened 3-4 times and only when transitioning between iTMS purchased AAC songs (maybe a bug in the AAC support?), simply cycling the units inputs to FM/USB/iPod seems to clear the confusion.
    • Changing the head unit to play in shuffled mode sets the iPod to also be in shuffle mode - I'm not entirely sure how content is played via the head unit, but I suspect it simply operates as a remote control/speaker dock and relies on the iPod to actually play its music. Only - I want the car on shuffle, but the iPod itself :(

    All in all nothing to shake a stick at, it's a wonderful head unit and I couldn't be more pleased.





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  • Hammerfall - Crimson Thunder / I Want Out / Legacy of Kings / Renegade / Threshold
  • Haste The Day - Pressure The Hinges / When Everything Falls
  • Hate Eternal - Fury & Flames
  • Head Control System - Murder Nature
  • Heathen - Victims of Deception / 2005 Demo
  • Hell Yeah - Hell Yeah
  • Helloween - The Dark Ride / Gambling With The Devil / Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II / Keeper Of The Seven Keys: The Legacy / Rabit Don't Come Easy
  • Henning Pauly - Credit Where Credit Is Due
  • Hevein - Sound Over Matter
  • Hillsong - Savior King
  • Holy Soldier - Holy Soldier / Last Train
  • HTP - Hughes Turner Project
  • I - Between Two Worlds
  • Iced Earth - Days of Purgatory

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    ]]>    musicitunes    Keep On Galloping by Korpiklaanihttp://www.talios.com/keep_on_galloping_by_korpiklaani_1.htmhttp://www.talios.com/keep_on_galloping_by_korpiklaani_1.htmSun, 13 Apr 2008 05:01:00 GMThttp://www.talios.com/console/comments/popup/?f=keep%5Fon%5Fgalloping%5Fby%5Fkorpiklaani%5F1Mark DerricuttI thought Eluveitie had a great video for Inis Mona, but Korpiklaani continue to rule the finish folk metal scene for me:

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  • Dream Theater - Greatest Hit... and 21 other pretty cool songs
  • Glass Casket - We Are Gathered Here Today...
  • Glass Hammer - Culture of Ascent / On To Evermore
  • Glenn Hughes - Music for the Divine / Soul Mover
  • God Forbid - IV: Constitution of Treason
  • Grant Green - Green Street
  • Grave Digger - The Last Support / Liberty or Death
  • Great Sorrow - New Day Comes
  • Green Day - American Idiot
  • His Infernal Majesty (HIM) - Dark Light / Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights / Greatest Love Songs Vol. 666 / Love Metal / Razorblade Romance / Venus Doom
  • Haji's Kitchen - Haji's Kitchen
  • Hammerfall - Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken
  • In Flames - The Mirror's Truth EP

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