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

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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

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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

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 |

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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.

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Put Your Suit On When You Dance

Funny stuff: Pjotro, the man with the musical suit! (Thanks Stephane!)

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