Geeks & Beats

Music industry veteran Eric Alper drops by the Geeks & Beats Studios to talk about where he gets those crazy isolated audio tracks he posts online.

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Grant from Brampton, ON called (323) 319-NERD to ask: Where the heck are all these isolated vocals and rhythm tracks coming from?

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Alan and I debate yet another (disappointing) offering from Cupertino. We also bring you an offering from Manchester: unwashed urinals stained with British rock history. Ever thought of making a music pilgrimage? Alan and I run down the list of must-see destinations, including one guaranteed to give you the creeps. @ThatEricAlper joins us to talk […]

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After a month-long hiatus, Michael Hainsworth and I are back with season two of Beats & Geeks. It's available now through iTunes or you can download/stream it here. Here's what you can expect this week. The dumbest town in Alabama and their local radio station. What the hell is going to happen with the iconic Sam the Record Man sign now […]

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…asks Scott from Kuala Lumpur. No, seriously. We really have 14 listeners in Malaysia. That's 14,795.55 kilometers from the G&B studios high atop The Marconi Tower in downtown Toronto. Thank you, Internet!

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This is the last G&B show for our inaugural season. We'll be back in September with more shows and a brand new website (or so Michael says) as the result of a major FUBAR database corruption incident this past weekend.

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A first in music history – Google Glass on stage gives the fan a rock-star view. It only took 18 years, but Alanis Morissette has a new jagged little pill to swallow in the form of a viral video correction. How to derail a radio station contest. We'll tell you about the Internet force behind […]

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Boy, it's hot. My office windows face southwest so I get blazing sunshine from about 11am until…well, until I can't take it anymore. And no matter how much I water the ficus tree that I have blocking the windows, it keeps going "Are you kdding me, man? Can't you see my leaves are burning up?" […]

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I think I have alligators in my backyard. Not only have we had a ton of rain, but I stupidly left the irrigation system on automatic. As did all my neighbours. Consequently, a good portion of my yard seems to be sinking. If I'm not around for next week's podcast, it's because (a) the alligators […]

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I learned a valuable lesson this past week: don't pre-judge when it comes to the whole Google Glass thing. I was prepared to hate the things and whinged endlessly about the end of personal privacy and the inevitable transformation of humanity into ultra-connected Borg-like beings. "Hideous!" I said. "Treacherous dehumanization!" Then I tried on a […]

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