Geeks & Beats

The Love Boat — not for atheists? The Captain of the television show classic makes a hard turn to starboard. Nothing says Christmas quite like AC/DC. Why British bookies are placing the odds of a holiday to hell at 3 to 1. Microsoft's new XBox is X-Rated? We'll tell you why you might want to […]

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$300 could turn your next party into the worst party ever — or the best, depending on your opinion of Karaoke. We'll introduce you to Singtrix. Here's a cool idea for Google Glass: Watch the orchestra from the perspective of the Conductor (there's a problem with that, but a sexy Cornell professor has a solution). […]

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Headphones two-point-oh. We'll introduce you to the replacement for your mini-jack. Meantime, Take the headphones off your belly, Moms-to-be. The latest numbers show there's no benefit to playing music in utero. Worst. Year. Ever – at least for as long as Soundscan has been monitoring album sales. We'll find out why. Canadian Songstress Michael Buble croons for Delta – and we pine for a better in-flight safety video. Plus: proof that bad news comes in threes. Lou Reed's last photo. And why fish sex can drive you crazy.

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Lawrence from Edmonton, AB, asks what's the deal with Lou Reed's 1976 album Metal Machine Music? "I've heard people have gone crazy listening to the album while on drugs."

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The Poet of Punk takes his final walk on the wild side. Lou Reed's career hit the musical sweet spot, if the latest data on digital sales is any indication. The Connected Car. I'll run down the top ten things I learned at a Motor City conference. Big Schmaltz from the Big Bang Theory -- and we'll play you a version of Rick Astley's namesake song that's light years better than the original. Plus -- the winner of our Best Concert Story Ever contest and a Halloween bed time story that's not for the kiddies.

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Congrats to Paul Alan of Charlottetown, PEI, who won a fabulous SuperTooth Disco soundbar for his concert story.

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The kind of music Wade makes has never been my cuppa tea. But divides can be bridged, and in this case, it's courtesy of the kids in Cupertino, California

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Ever noticed that Radiohead seems to put so much effort into its tracks, it's like a Foley artist is engineering their albums? A G&B listener noticed that, too.

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Someone can't count. By my reckoning, this is Episode 28. Michael insists that it's 27. We need some forensic accounting in the office, apparently. Meanwhile, it appears my house has a Stuxnet infection. First my M-BOX malfunctioned (it developed some kind of ground-loop issue that I've been unable to fix), which explains the distant whine […]

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Why the world may not be ready yet for his latest invention: earbuds that don't require cords — or a smartphone — to play music.

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