Tag Archives: spotify

Using Spotify to sync music to iPod from GNU/Linux

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Andrew Hickey

Just a very quick tip for Linux users with iPods – you can use Spotify to sync music between your desktop and the iPod. The reason I mention this is that my wife’s well-meaning parents got her an iPod for … Continue reading →

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While waiting for Smile, some contemporary albums on Spotify

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Andrew Hickey

My Smile Sessions box set is in the post right now. It should be arriving tomorrow. If, like me, you are getting incredibly excited for this box set’s release tomorrow, here’s a dozen or so albums from 1966 through 1968 … Continue reading →

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Spotify Monkees Playlists

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Andrew Hickey

I finished the draft of the Monkees book yesterday, and sent it out to my proof-readers, so I’ve not posted much here for a few days because I’ve been working on that. To celebrate completing it, and to show I … Continue reading →

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In Praise Of The Future

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Andrew Hickey

One of the things it’s very easy to do – and something I do a lot myself – is to romanticise scarcity. I used to be a record collector, because being a record collector and being a music lover were, … Continue reading →

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New Spotify Playlist: In Memoriam Arthur Lee

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Andrew Hickey

I’ve still got quite a bit of writer’s block, and am working on a book and on the Mindless Ones stuff, but didn’t want to let this anniversary pass unmarked. Five years ago today, Arthur Lee died. I still find … Continue reading →

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