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Category Archives: Music
Tap That Song
And another fun diversion: Song Tapper! Use your keyboard’s spacebar to tap the (lyrical) rhythm of a song, and have the site guess that song. Amazingly accurate, I might add — I tapped “Close To You” by B. Bacharach and … Continue reading
Live Plasma
Fun little diversion: Live Plasma. Feed it with the name of a band or musician and it’ll show you their relationship with other bands/musicians. The results for Frank Zappa were a bit weird though, as Neil Young appears right next … Continue reading
The Wisdom Of Crowds
As with many things, our appreciation of a given piece of music is largely influenced by what others think of it, New Scientist reports: …participants [in the study] who could see how often a song had been downloaded tended to … Continue reading
The Idea Of The North
Reading some writings of Glenn Gould, I realised that he did not only made musical recordings, but some documentaries, too. Now finally I’ve found some: The Idea of North (1967) The Latecomers (1969) The Quiet In The Land – that … Continue reading
Posted in Amusing, Music
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Knebworth Valentine
Valentine’s day is rapidly approaching, gentlemen. So I was thinking: what can I possibly get my girl that will amaze everyone? Hold on people, I think I’ve come up with the answer — check out the Frank Zappa at Knebworth … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Personal
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Magnatune
Magnatune: the future of record labels? Haven’t been able to listen to any of the albums available yet, but I’m intrigued by the concept: It’s the shareware model applied to music. Listen to 427 complete MP3 albums from musicians we … Continue reading
Posted in Music
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Gimme Gimme
I am going to do the unthinkable on this weblog and admit that I am an Abba fan. Isn’t it about time you got out of the closet as well?
Posted in Music, Pop Cult
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The Groupies
For those with an appetite for bizarre recordings, here’s mp3s of the entirety of “the astounding, disquieting” 60s record ‘The Groupies,’ a collection of actual interviews with Manhattan groupies discussing their depraved post-gig activities. It’s not quite what you would … Continue reading
Music Biz Lament
Rolling Stone reports on a very bad year for the music industry. Overall, consumers bought 48 million fewer albums than in 2004, marking a disastrous twenty-one percent slide from the industry’s peak in 2000, according to Nielsen SoundScan. “It was … Continue reading
Posted in In The News, Music
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Ponty Talks
Interview with Jean-Luc Ponty in which he talks, among other things, about Frank Zappa: Some of his pieces were a total musical patchwork; a few measures of basic rock suddenly moving into jazz then into a Stravinsky like written section. … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Music, Zappa Misc
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RIP Alex St Clair
Some rather sad news for Cpt. Beefheart fans: Alex St Clair passed away last January 5th. St Clair – real name Alex Snouffer – was one of the original guitarists with the group and helped shape their sound from their … Continue reading
Posted in In The News, Music
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Top 50 Music Videos Of 2005
Had no time to check them all. Did you, maybe?
Posted in Music, Pop Cult, Visual Arts
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Longplayer
Longplayer is a 1000 year long piece of music which started to play on the 1st January 2000 and will continue to play, without repetition, until the 31st December 2999, when it will come back to the point at which … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre, Music
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Click Me There
Would you rather see Jimmy Hendrix play Wind Cries Mary, or click here you idiot? Just askin’.
Watermelon In Easter Hay?
He (FZ) did does and will not want anyone to play Watermelon In Easter Hay, Zoot Allures or Black Napkins – other than Dweezil. This is from www.zappa.com, and – well, this may or may not be true, but it … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Music, Zappa Audio/Video
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