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Category Archives: Music
All Music Videos on YouTube?
“What we really want to do is in six to 12 months, maybe 18 months, to have every music video ever created up on YouTube,” co-founder Steve Chen told Reuters. “We’re trying to bring in as much of this content … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Pop Cult
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Hype Machine
Cool beans: The Hype Machine, an “audio blog aggregator” which allows you to track down audio within blog-entries that mention any band/artist you enter and lets you play the audio in the player of your choice, or subscribe to the … Continue reading
Posted in Music
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A A A – D D – E E E *
Are online guitar tabs soon to be a thing of the past? The US Music Publishers’ Association is doing all it can to make that happen. Already, the Online Guitar Archive and Guitar Tab Universe sites have gone black. “It … Continue reading
Posted in In The News, Music
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Sweet Dreams
Ha! Lullaby renditions of rock songs — from Led Zeppelin to Pink Floyd to Metallica. I can hardly wait for the Beefheart Edition! (via)
Dunbar’s Blue Whale
Plucked from an RSS-feed that wishes to remain anonymous: Aynsley Dunbar’s 1970 album “Blue Whale”, available for download. It features four jazzy progressive pieces, and a 16 minute version of Zappa’s Willie The Pimp. I’m only posting this because I … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Music, Zappa Audio/Video
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Shawn’s Watermelon In Easter Hay
Here’s video of the late great Shawn “The Memphis Monster” Lane playing Watermelon In Easter Hay in some noisy bar. Why he’s applauded at the end is a mystery to me (though he plays a very nice version of the … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Music, Zappa Audio/Video
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Mission: Unlistenable
Getting to appreciate the music of Cpt. Beefheart (and Trout Mask Replica in particular) can be a daunting task, as this article demonstrates: Playing it – or rather, attempting to – is a bit like being in one of those … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Music, Pop Cult
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Jim Whips It Out
Jim, KUR-commenter and compulsive Thing-Fish speaker, says: Got a Webcam & am thus performing my “music†on YouTube – y’can hunt me there under “jamesmorgandavies†if yer ears’ve been extra-bad & deserve a good sound spanking. Well: we did Jim, … Continue reading
Posted in Amusing, Music, Randamonium
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BlunderPop
I’ll be keeping an eye on this one: BlunderPop: This blog is dedicated to the horror or real-life Spinal Tap that a music festival can become. It doesn’t matter whether you’re an artist, an organiser, a volunteer or a visitor. … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Personal, Pop Cult
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Nonmusicians
Using a Nelson Riddle orchestral arrangement of “You Make Me Feel So Young” […], Wolpert had a professional singer perform the melody. Then she used a digital multi-effect processor to create two bitonal versions of the accompaniment: one a full … Continue reading
Another Very Important List
The Guardian: 50 albums that changed music. I was reading down this suppressing a yawn when suddenly: 19 Mary J Blige Without this … no R&B/soul divide, which means no TLC, Beyonce, or Ashanti, to name just three. Um… so … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Pop Cult
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Graham’s Vault
Remember Wolfgang’s Vault? Owner Bill Sagan, a ‘health company executive turned rock entrepreneur’, had bought the rights to Bill Graham‘s “vault” — everything from ticket stubs and backstage passes to psychedelic Jefferson Airplane posters and surplus Duran Duran T-shirts. Now, … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Music
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Syd Barrett Gone
It is with great sadness that I must report the passing of Roger “Syd” Barrett, founder of Pink Floyd. Update – some great videos: |1 | 2 | 3 |
Posted in Music, Pop Cult
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Vai & Dweezil In August Guitar Player
It says that this one (the august issue) is on the newsstands now. In July? Wow.
Posted in Music, Zappa Plays Zappa
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Put Your Suit On When You Dance
Funny stuff: Pjotro, the man with the musical suit! (Thanks Stephane!)