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December 1, 2004

Canada's iTunes Music Store now open...

After endless bitching from Canadians far and wide (well, fruity Mac cats, anyway), the Canadian iTunes Music Store is finally up and running. I spent quite some time trying to decide what I'd spend my hard earned $0.99 on. After all, I could just steal it, so I try to throw my meager coin at bands that deserve my money.

First tune to receive Freyburg's love? Public Enemy's "Welcome to the Terrordome."
Ohhhhhh yeeaaaaaaaah.

10 comment(s) so far (Post your own)

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On December 1, 2004 10:42 PM, cam c. said:

Surprisingly, it wasn't U2... :)

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On December 1, 2004 10:57 PM, Warren Frey said:

Any of the rest of you Mac brothas made purchases? If so, what?

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On December 2, 2004 6:43 AM, lillerant said:

While I don't doubt iTunes is the cat's ass on mac, it blows donkey balls on the PC. Bloated and slow as hell. I suppose that's the only way to buy this music?

Can I use foobar to play these AAC files back? What software is there to stip the restrictions from the files?

I don't mind paying for good tunes--but not if I'm forced to use iTunes or Quicktime to listen to them...

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On December 2, 2004 7:37 AM, Warren Frey said:

Foobar? I think they have "anti audiophile" protection on the files, so you guys won't email in arcane complaints about bitrates, timbre and...whatever else it is you freaky audiophiles go on about. :)

Have they updated the iTunes for PC yet? Or is it still bloaty poop?

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On December 2, 2004 7:42 AM, Warren Frey said:

One thing that bugs me about the Canadian store is there's less stuff (not surprisingly) than the Yankee store.

I've also started diddling around on that pitchforkmedia site I referenced a couple of days ago, and it goes without saying most of that indie stuff ain't on the ITMS yet. So I've taken to plugging the band names into p2p, which is full to brimming. My conclusions? Hipster guitar rock all sounds about the same, though I've found a couple of decent tunes amongst the bad haircuts and moping.

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On December 2, 2004 10:43 AM, Warren Frey said:

And just to put some soothing satiric balm on the open wound of hipsterdom that is Pitchfork Media, here's Something Awful's take on the site:

http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=2102

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On December 2, 2004 5:34 PM, lillerant said:

Damn it Apple.

iTunes *still* runs like shit. After typing about 20 artists I like into that thing it gave some pretty sad results. If you want U2 or Britney Spears, iTunes looks like the shit--but just for singles. Buying albums through them is a bad move. Unless you're bed ridden I guess.

$9.99 for your low bitrate AAC files? With no packaging--and *I* provide the CD? Gee--and I get to pay you for the pleasure EH?

I think I'll stick to my method of obtaining LOSSLESS audio for free. And legal I might add (ripping original physical CDs).

At least they changed the install process to allow you to control how it deals with your music. Their previous wording didn't really make it clear that Apple would MOVE AND RENAME all your shit however it saw fit.

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On December 2, 2004 7:19 PM, Warren Frey said:

MOVE and RENAME? I can see how that's irksome generally speaking, but for an organization ninja like Lillerant, that's tantamount to a war crime. :)

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On December 2, 2004 10:46 PM, lillerant said:

I'm of the mind that the computer works for me--not the other way around. ;)

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On December 3, 2004 10:09 AM, Warren Frey said:

Hmm, an odd statement from a Windows user....(lights cross, watches it burn....:) )

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