dudes.

it's totally snowing! what happened to the pretty?

in other news, if you're a music writer than you know all about the hassle of receiving an advance copy of a CD that's copy-protected. copy-protecting makes sense in theory, but the CDs are a total pain in the ass for would-be reviewers who don't have stereos, because they don't play in computers.

this week, i got a copy of an album that i didn't realize was copy-protected until i sat down to listen to it. when it wouldn't play in my computer i flew into a total panic (as i'm wont to do) because my review was due at 10am the next day (NOOOOOO!). at which point, my genius boyfriend set up finding ways to make it play. after failing to do so for about an hour, the skies suddenly opened and my computer starting blasting the new ll!

how'd he do it? by using this little sucker. you still can't copy the album, but at least you can HEAR it. so, just sharing the wealth.

happy (miserable) wednesday.