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Monthly Archives: November 2005
Two Fifty
How many movies of IMDb‘s top 250 have you seen? twofifty.org allows you to create and track your list. As for me:
Posted in Film
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Teen Repellant
Aah the endless possibilities of disturbing air molecules: The device, called the Mosquito (“It’s small and annoying,” Mr. Stapleton said), emits a high-frequency pulsing sound that, he says, can be heard by most people younger than 20 and almost no … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre
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Air Guitar
Be very, very afraid: Aspiring rock gods can at last create their own guitar solos – without ever having to pick up a real instrument, thanks to a group of Finnish computer science students. The Virtual Air Guitar project, developed … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Pop Cult
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Pandora
Pandora is a fun little project that creates a radiostation for you based on the artist/song you initially gave it. I typed in Frank Zappa upon which it started to play what it thinks is Zappa-related music and informed me … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Music, Zappa Audio/Video
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Ween
What’s the closest thing to Zappa these days? I would say Ween comes close. These guys fondly take the piss out of just about any musical genre — and they do so with admirable flamboyance. Case in point: 12 Golden … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Music
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Begging The Question
Paul Sempschi says: “Begs the question†is a logical phallacy whereby someone has created an argument based on his thesis (Eg. God has created the universe because the universe was created by God). “Begs the question†is not to cause … Continue reading
Posted in Randamonium
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Stuttgart ’88 (1)
So we went to see the insanely talented Rufus Wainwright at the AB yesterday and a mighty grand time was had. Since I’m seriously lacking in caffeine at this time of the morning, I won’t go into the details — … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Friday Boots
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RIP Chris Whitley
It’s turning out to be a sad week for rock ‘n roll: Chris Whitley has died of lung cancer at age 45. Having seen him live a couple of times, Whitley’s feverous onstage energy never failed to amaze me — … Continue reading
Posted in In The News, Music
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Help Michael Brecker: Get Tested
Back in August KUR reported how Michael Brecker had been diagnosed with MDS. Now it seems the initial search for a donor, including Michael’s siblings and children, has not resulted in a suitable match. In a remarkable effort, M-Audio is … Continue reading
Posted in In The News, Music
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Bands And Authors
61 Bands and their corresponding Authors. Some good ones: Kate Bush — James Joyce The Beatles — Roald Dahl Captain Beefheart — Allen Ginsburg Green Day — Dan Brown Steely Dan — Raymond Chandler Yes — H.P. Lovecraft … which … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Music
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Engrish Yes
Plastic models of Rick Wakeman’s keyboards, accompanied by some mysterious commentary: Mini-Moog Synthsizer is a favorite of Rick. Rick uses this Synthsizer very much as musical instruments. It has had the modulation lamp that favor has it from the lamp … Continue reading
Couple More
More Zappa related doodles from last Sunday — kudos if you can tell who they are. :)
Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Imagery
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Tip Of The Day
1. Obtain Belgian nationality. 2. Write obscure song about rape. 3. Wait for 25 years. 4. Profit!
RIP Link Wray
Link Wray has died earlier this month in Denmark at age 76. Wray (homepage, currently unavailable), hailed as the inventor of the power chord and the “fuzz” guitar sound, was a big influence to the likes of Pete Townsend, David … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Pop Cult
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