Category Archives: Music

Reactable

Posted on Friday, 11/17/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Is this how we’ll be making music, 20 years from now? The reactable, is a multi-user electronic music instrument with a tabletop tangible user interface. Several simultaneous performers share complete control over the instrument by moving physical objects on a … Continue reading →

Posted in Geek, Music | 4 Comments

How Tonedeaf Are You?

Posted on Tuesday, 11/14/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

While working at the music and neuroimaging lab at Beth Israel/Harvard Medical School in Boston, I developed a quick online way to screen for the tonedeafness. It actually turned out to be a pretty good test to check for overall … Continue reading →

Posted in Amusing, Music | 18 Comments

Lizard Queen

Posted on Tuesday, 11/14/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Meet Patricia Kennealy: author, Celtic priestess, retired rock critic, wife of Jim Morrison. She had a brief relationship with David Walley — “probably the closest friend I have ever had“.

Posted in Books, Music, Pop Cult, Zappa Misc | 2 Comments

77 Million Paintings

Posted on Monday, 11/13/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Brian Eno, Light Painter: The multidisciplinary artist, with the help of a few technical experts, has created a computer program that continually fuses his translucent light paintings to create an ever-evolving artistic display on your computer screen. The piece is … Continue reading →

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Lee Evans Trio

Posted on Friday, 11/10/06 by Balint
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Flip! Flop!

Posted on Friday, 11/03/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

To our American friends: vote early, vote often, next Tuesday.

Posted in In The News, Music, Politics | 19 Comments

No Music Day

Posted on Monday, 10/16/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

No Music Day is next November 21st. Because “all music is shite.“

Posted in Music, Pop Cult, Silly | 13 Comments

Manipulating The Medium

Posted on Friday, 10/13/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Fun with unintended record speeds: The day I bought Frank Zappa’s “Joe’s Garage Parts 2 & 3” I listened to the first three sides at 45 RPM before I realized I had it on the wrong speed. For forty minutes, … Continue reading →

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Gods Of Guitar

Posted on Thursday, 10/12/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

… and why we need them: Passion and creative freedom directly threaten the executive’s grip on airplay and record sales. The music biz marginalizes any trend that doesn’t lead directly to merchandising profits, big money. What do you think they’ll … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Politics | 6 Comments

Six Degrees of Separation

Posted on Tuesday, 10/10/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Coudal asks: How do you get from Jackson Pollock to Bob Dylan in as few degrees as possible? I’d like to ask the same question, replacing Dylan with Zappa. :)

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The GTO’s: Permanent Damage

Posted on Tuesday, 10/10/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

WFMU has the GTO’s Permanent Damage album available for download, along with “The Groupies” (previously hot-pooped) and an audio version of Pamela Des Barres’ book “I’m With The Band”. Plenty to keep you occupied…

Posted in Frank Zappa, Music, Pop Cult, Zappa Audio/Video | 1 Comment

Reich@70

Posted on Sunday, 10/08/06 by Balint

Steve Reich’s 70th birthday will be marked by festivals and features in several countries under the rubric “Steve Reich @ 70” – concerts from New York to Budapest this year. Congratulations! (I’m sure you already know 18 Musicians, one of … Continue reading →

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Professor Flo

Posted on Friday, 10/06/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

While we’re on the topic of Phlorescent Leeches: Mark Volman has recently launched a new website called Ask Professor Flo that is “proving to be a valuable tool for struggling and misguided musicians everywhere”. “For every successful story, there are … Continue reading →

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Zappa On Crossfire, 1987 Edition

Posted on Thursday, 10/05/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

This might be a re-post, but any video where Frank talks is worth watching more than once! (Part two continues here).

Posted in Music, Politics, Zappa Audio/Video | 15 Comments

What Is Music?

Posted on Thursday, 10/05/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

The super-stimulus theory: The main idea of the theory is that music is a super-stimulus for the perception of musicality, where “musicality” is actually a perceived property of speech. “Musicality” refers to the property of music that determines how “good” … Continue reading →

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