eMusic is planning to add 200,000+ songs to the catalog from a few major labels. This is good news, however it’s coming with a price increase.

I used to be able to get 65 track downloads per month for $14.99. Now, as you can see above, they are drastically cutting the number of downloads I get for the same price, starting next month.

65 downloads for $14.99 comes out to $0.23 per track. That’s a lot less than iTunes.

37 downloads for $14.99 comes out to $0.41 per download. Still less than iTunes.

So, I’m getting 57% of the music for a 78% increase in cost per track.

I really hope the new selections are a really, really good.

This, however, is the eMusic thing. I’m honestly surprised that any major labes are getting in on this. It’s not as good of a money maker as iTunes is on a per track basis. But I guess the labels are at the point where they’ll take what they can get.

The Cougar Label sells Up The Empire tracks  on eMusic and we don’t see much from there (especially compared to iTunes). Maybe that’s why Tzadik took their catalog off of eMusic a few months back. They just didn’t think it was worth it.

Central Floral Supply, originally uploaded by Dan Hewins.

Taken on a (one of the many) rainy day(s) this Spring.

Here are more of my shop windows.

Lyndhurst 3 with Hillary, originally uploaded by Dan Hewins.

This was taken the day that Hillary and I got engaged! We went to Lyndhurst, an old mansion on the Hudson River. After that, we checked out the river near Cold Spring and then the town of Cold Spring, where we stayed.

bridge from roof, originally uploaded by Dan Hewins.

After being burglarized, I climbed up to the roof via the fire escape ladder and saw that the reason I couldn’t open the hatch from the ladder inside the building was because it had been sealed closed. I don’t know if this constitutes a fire hazard or not but it makes it harder to get on the roof of the building (which we’re not supposed to do anyway). While I was up there at dusk, I took a few photos.

It’s beautiful, isn’t it?, originally uploaded by Dan Hewins.

Is what the driver of the car you see said out the window as I took
this in a really douchey way.

Prospect Park Tree 8, originally uploaded by Dan Hewins.

For my friend’s Liz’s birthday, we went ice skating at the rink in Prospect Park. As Hillary and I walked around that day, I took some photos of trees in the park that I think turned out great.

Hollyhock House 3, originally uploaded by Dan Hewins.

In LA, a few weeks back, we visited the Hollyhock House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. This is the base of a lamppost that was on the complex. Here are the rest of the photos: HERE They Are

Nurse Shark, originally uploaded by Dan Hewins.

Four years ago today was a good day. Hillary and I were in Belize and we went on an awesome snorkeling trip that day. Here’s a photo of a shark we took underwater. I’d rather be there right now than at work. But I think that goes without saying.

Take me, originally uploaded by Dan Hewins.

I just found this cd taped to the sign here at 34th street. On the
back is a printed message: "We Are Anonymous./We Are Legion./We Do Not
Forgive./We Do Not Forget./Expect Us." The little happy face takes the
ominous edge off, though.

I’ll update later what I find on it.

Guesses: a computer virus, bad music, porn.

I think the pickles failed. There was some weird stuff going on in there. Some cucumbers got soft and fell apart. Others held together and didn’t get soft. Can one get sick by eating them? Is it dangerous to try? I’m scared.