Category: music

I’m trying YouTube Premium

On By Rick McIn Google, movies, music, TVLeave a comment

CAD $12 / month if I continue after the first free month.

💛  No ads  💛 

I’m tempted.  I hate YouTube ads, particularly the ones mid-video.

Subscription includes a short list of YouTube Original shows and movies.

In fact, I tried the service to watch the Gymnastics series Defying Gravity.

Better is YouTube Music.

I downloaded the YouTube Music app for my iPhone, as well.  I can play almost anything with or without video.  Offline if I download.

It does NOT include YouTube TV.   That’s OK as it’s only available in the USA and costs $64.99/mo. 

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Prince – Sign ‘O The Times remastered

On By Rick McIn music1 Comment

If I could go back in time … for just one concert … I think I’d go for Prince Sign o’ the Times Tour 1987.

Sheila E on drums. Awesome.

The Sign o’ the Times double album was superb, too.  Prince at his most over-the-top.

Rolling Stone magazine ranks it the #45 best album all time.

That album will be released as a Remastered, Deluxe and Super Deluxe edition on September 25, 2020.

It includes 45 previously unreleased songs from Prince’s vault.

Click PLAY or watch U Got the Look on YouTube w Sheena Easton.

Love On Top (from the cast of Pitch Perfect)

On By Rick McIn ethics, movies, musicLeave a comment

In support of UNICEF

The Bella’s are back together.

Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Brittany Snow, Anna Camp, Elizabeth Banks, John Michael Higgins, Alexis Knapp, Kelley Jakle, Shelley Regner, Hana Mae Lee and Chrissie Fit

Whomever did the audio and video editing is a genius.
Support/Donation Link: http://uni.cf/love-on-top
Song Buy Link: https://backlotmusic.ffm.to/loveontop

2020 USA – What’s Going On?

On By Rick McIn ethics, government, musicLeave a comment

I was offline cycling for 6 days of the protests and riots, folks angered about American police brutality against African Americans.

Happy to miss so much of that pain and anger. Actually.

It’s not easy to see any way the USA will be less divided anytime soon. If 40% of Americans still support Trump after his gross incompetence, they’ll go to the grave believing he was some kind of genius.

Marvin Gaye:

Mother, mother
There’s too many of you crying
Brother, brother, brother
There’s far too many of you dying
You know we’ve got to find a way
To bring some lovin’ here today, yeah

Father, father
We don’t need to escalate
You see, war is not the answer
For only love can conquer hate …

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Thanks Jane.

why I switched to the BREAKER podcasting app

On By Rick McIn Apple, audiocasts, music4 Comments

Apple popularized podcasting. But they’ve never been very keen. Not enough profit. Most podcasts are free, you see.

The default Apple podcast app has never been one of the best.  For years it was iTunes. Then they finally spun off a dedicated Podcasts app.

In 2015 I tried and failed to switch to better alternatives:

• Downcast
• Instacast

Sadly, I couldn’t see enough advantage over the default Apple software.

Happily, I’ve now switched to the Breaker app on IOS.  It has a more confusing interface, but it’s well worth switching.

  • improved sleep timer
  • speed up podcasts by 1.2x or 1.4x.  The apple default only offers 1.5x.
  • easier to share a specific episode in many ways

Click PLAY or watch a review on YouTube.