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I just got my copy of Soda Stereo’s El Ultimo Concierto DVD in the mail today and I’m quivering in delight. I immediately popped it in my DVD drive here at work and, of course, I got about five applications trying to play it at once! I eventually used my trusty VLC media player to play each VOB file. The DVD playing software on my PC is for crap so I had to view the individual files on the DVD and play each chapter by itself.

This DVD makes my year! I remember when they came to Chicago so long ago, I wasn’t able to go. This DVD at least gives me a small taste of what that concert must have been like. And the extras! Oh, just to look at Cerati sing and listen to him being interviewed (with his sexy Argentinean accent). I truly admire Gustavo as an artist and as a human being. He is my one true favorite artist. Here’s a screen grab I made from the DVD of Gustavo playing guitar, click to view it larger in a new window.

Any time that I’m having a bad day I know I can pop this baby in and it will make me feel a thousand times better. I”m in heaven!

This is a great and hypnotic song, it’s called Planta written by two members of Soda Stereo in their Sueño Stereo album.

Here’s a BoingBoing entry that has links to stories on Sony’s Digital Rights Management software that gets installed on your computer from several of their audio CDs and the hell that came from it:
Sony anti-customer technology roundup and time-line .

Also there’s a Wired article on a man who is trying to find all computers infected by Sony’s crap rootkit:
Sony Numbers Add Up to Trouble .

Boycott! Here’s how to tell which audio CDs are infected:
Are You Infected by Sony-BMG’s Rootkit? .

Update: It turns out that the Tainted Sony CDs Used Open Source which means that Sony/BMG used open-source software to create the copyright protection rootkit which is a contradiction.

Surfing the web I found an article on how to restore your iPod nano to new condition with a $4 can of Brasso . I need to get me some of that.

Here are the lyrics to the song Amo dejarte asi by Gustavo Cerati from his Siempre es Hoy album.

I never realized the lyrics were so simple. They’re very sensuos as they describe a couple either before or during a sex act. Teasing plays a large part in a sexual relationship, in any kind of relationship. He sings about giving just enough to keep his lover wanting more. The deliciousness of having your lover slowly swinging above you like a pendulum but never touching.

Also, I’m sure we’ve all been in situations where “profane words” spill out of our mouths during those heated moments. You simply must listen to the song to get the full effect.