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By John L. Hawkins J. River Media Center and a compressor plugin provide the music sound you've always wanted. It's obvious that music played on the radio sounds different than when you play the same music from a CD or download. Radio station music is stronger, fuller, more consistent, more powerful. And it flows smoothly (segues) from song to song. The affect can be magical. After first getting to know a song on the radio, it's often disappointing to hear it directly from CD or download; the music feels weak, lethargic, empty. The unique 'radio station sound' comes from a combination of track transitioning and complex audio processing. Radio stations do this to create consistency in volume, tone, performance and audience impact. I love it. But radio station audio processing gear is expensive, complex, bulky, and by some standards, ugly. I used to run broadcast radio stations, and I still have exotic gear in my garage. But it is far fr...

The lyrics to the new song "Preachers Of LA" sound like they are aimed at the pastors in the infamous TV show that have Christians fired up over the flamboyancy of the show's "stars". What do YOU think? PREACHERS OF LA – QUADEER "MC SPICE" SHAKUR © 2013 I aint tryin’ to judge you, homey / I aint got a grudge, homey I’m just keepin’ it solid / cuz the people is tired Of the brainwashin’ / lame talkin’ / B.S. walkin’ The pulpit / ain’t the place for the bull – hold up Pardon my language / excuse my French But I must come at you / I smell the stench And I’m speakin’ for the voiceless / Understand we got choices You sold your sold to TV / but see, we Brothers and sister down in the trenches / ain’t about that You got some anointin’ / I don’t doubt that/ it’s ‘bout that Boastin’ and postin’ up in yo’ Lambo’ / Live on TV Totin’ guns like Rambo / Well, look at Sambo New and improved / with some suckers followin’ Thieves...

By Steve Almasy and Susan Candiotti, CNN New York (CNN) -- A 29-year-old motorcyclist has been charged with gang assault and other charges in connection with the beating of an SUV driver in a high-profile case caught on video last week, a law enforcement source told CNN on Monday. Craig Wright "hit (driver Alexian) Lien numerous times with his fists, feet, and helmet after forcibly removing Lien from his SUV," the source added. He is the latest person to be charged in the case that involved a group of motorcyclists on Manhattan's West Side Highway and Lien, who was driving a Range Rover along with his wife and small child. Wright, who was arrested at his home in Brooklyn, also was charged with assault and unlawful imprisonment and was to be arraigned Monday night. He is also seen on a video punching through the window of the SUV, the source said. The video was taken with an iPad by someone who was at the scene of the attack. ...

By Daily Mail Reporter Her love of marijuana is well documented. But Miley Cyrus loves a theme; so she's spoken to Rolling Stone about how a bit of weed and a smattering of MDMA (the active ingredient in ecstasy pills, known as 'Molly') create happiness. But the 20-year-old blasts the use of cocaine, branding it 'dark' and 'gross' then oddly - given her love of '90s fashion - she slates the white powder as a throwback to that era. Scroll down to hear Miley's stylist discuss her new look... Unrepentant: Miley Cyrus poses defiantly topless and with tongue out on the cover of Rolling Stone, she shared her views on drugs in outtakes from the inventive shoot within She told the magazine's contributing editor Josh Eells: 'One time I smoked a joint with peyote in it, and I saw a wolf howling at the moon.' Miley added: 'Hollywood is a coke town, but weed is so much better. And Molly, too. Those are happy drugs - s...