Lately, for whatever reason, I've been focusing a lot on the music scene on the West Coast in the US, specifically stuff coming out of San Francisco and LA and the surrounding areas. I was thinking tonight that I really like the catchy punk that's come out of there after the hardcore movement (I...

I'm making travel arrangements to go home for the summer, and I decided that at the end of this term, I'm going to do something I've been wanting to do for a while: travel across Canada on the highway. I was originally going to rent a car with a friend and drive from Montreal to Calgary, but he...

So, it's almost that time of the year again, when my mind turns to getting a new iPod. My 5G 60GB was served me faithfully for the past two years, but the newer iPods are really testing my resolve to not break out the credit card. I find myself in times of trouble, though: I'm torn between...

So, who's getting it? I'm going right after class tomorrow to my nearest HMV to get the super-deluxe-2-DVD-kitchen-sink version, and I am ridiculously excited. I saw the movie twice in theatres, and I can only assume I'll watch it a couple of times in the coming weeks, whenever I find some time...

I've been looking for some new music, some high-speed awesome rock. Basically, something like The Last Vegas, Priestess, or if you sped up Slash's playing. I want blistering riffs and energetic vocals, maybe some punk or glam influences, but I don't want it to bleed into the metal genre, even...

It's that glorious time of the year, where everyone freaks out and an unnatural hush falls on campuses everywhere. I currently should be studying, but I fell asleep reading my notes, and now I'm posting on Head-Fi - I loooove to procrastinate. So, this thread is for people to vent, to...

Yay! It's that time of the year again! I am really looking forward to Pop Montreal at the end of the week... it should be awesome. Priestess on Thursday night... that should be an awesome show. The rest of the nights will be spent running from bar to bar listening to random bands I haven't heard...

With the growing ubiquitousness of Cover Flow on the new iPods and iTunes, added to the fact that I like my music collection to be perfectly tagged and I enjoy looking at virtual renditions of my albums, I am faced with a dilemma: I have album artwork for just about every album in my iTunes...

So, I was listening to music today and decided that I would like some good hard rock from France or Quebec. Or anywhere really, as long as the lyrics are in French. Any suggestions? For the record, my top bands are, in no particular order, the Beatles, the Stones, GN'R, Pink Floyd, Van Halen...

I have been waiting for this album foooooorrreeeeeeever. It's streaming in various places on the internet, so I was wondering what people thought of it so far. I've listened to it twice since last night. I definitely like it a lot. It's not as hard rocking as Contraband, but it is definitely...

So, I just got my new MacBook this weekend and I am loving it so much! Upgrading from my aging Dell laptop makes this MacBook seem like everything I've ever wanted and more. In my OSX explorations, I've started playing with Dashboard. Does anyone know of any good iTunes lyrics widget that...

If anyone wants to go to an awesome, free (!), concert this weekend, head out to the Lilac Festival on Sunday (which you should be doing anyways ). The Villains are playing on the main stage on Elbow Drive at 4pm. They are an awesome local band. Note: I am not affiliated with The Villains in any...

Hey guys and girls, So, I just finished a short story I've been writing for a while and am curious as to what people will think of it. It's in a new style I've never really written in before, so this was quite the experiment for me. Anyways, I was wondering if, for those who want to read a...

Has anyone else run into this mind bending set of logic puzzles? I've been playing all evening at I just beat level 22...out of 70+! Anyways, if you want to think and investigate and waste lots of time, head on over: http://www.ouverture-facile.com It may start deceptively easy, but it...

From iLounge: http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/new...d-upgrade/9699 Seems a little expensive for only 20 GB more, but at least it's a good indication that the 6G iPod should have bigger hard drives!

Or I guess, more accurately, length. I was just curious, Head-fi being made up of a primarily male demographic, what kind of hair-length is being sported these days. I myself have long-ish hair - it's really curly so you can't tell, but when I stretch it down, it hits my shoulders in the back -...

So, it's pretty much a consensus that, had GN'R released one UYI instead of two albums, and just chose the very best tracks, they'd have a killer album. But, no one I talk to seems to agree which songs should go on the one album (except, no one would ever put My World on). So, what tracks would...

I've been holding out on this for a while, but I got bored last night (read, I was procrastinating) and decided to create my own. Anybody here have their own blogs as well? What are they about? Mine is Appetite for Deconstruction. Its tag line is "An irreverent look at things that don't...

I'm looking for rock/metal/punk songs with a detective motif for one of my classes in popular culture. So far I have Iron Maiden - Murders in the Rue Morgue, as well as a couple of Alan Parson Project songs. Ideally, the songs would be based on some archetype of the detective genre, like Poe's...

I thought this link was pretty interesting...you could have a 16GB Mini!

What's the first song that pops into your head? Just when someone says the word "rock"? For me, it would have to be Van Halen - Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love or the Rolling Stones - Flip the Switch. I don't know why those do it for me, but the riffs, lyrics, and attitudes on both those tracks just...

So, I overwork my poor laptop waaaaay too much and I'm considering getting a new one in the summer and giving this one to my brother to goof around on. Anyways, I'm pretty set on getting a Mac as I'm curious as well as generally annoyed at Windows. My choices are really either a MacBook, or...

I was wondering if anyone knew of any good bands coming out of the Vancouver indie rock scene? I'm looking for something like along the lines of Stabilo or Lotus Child. Thanks!

According to a report on iLounge, Apple sold about 217,000 iPods a day last fiscal quarter. The article is about a quarter of the way down the page. That is an amazing amount of iPods - comes out to about 20 million in 92 days. Hehe, Microsoft wants to sell 1 million by June - Apple can do...

This is just out of curiosity...I was wondering what were the demographics of Head-Fi. Kind of like a SoundScan online! Anyways, just choose the one genre that you feel typifies your tastes the best. One choice allowed only! Sorry!