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Music Monday – Stanford Mobile Phone Orchestra

This is a bit outside my normal Music Monday posts but when I heard about this “orchestra” which plays music using only iPhone apps, I just had to pass it along.  The iPhone truly is amazing and the App Store which makes the iPhone the “swiss army knife of the digital age” is a big […]

Posted 08 December 2009 § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – ThruYou – The YouTube Remix

ThruYou is a project that took clips of amateur musicians that were uploaded to YouTube and remixed them to create new music.  Very cool! 

Posted 01 December 2009 § Internet § Main Page § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – "Twelve drummers drumming like Olympus on the Serengeti"

One month until Christmas so to help get you in the mood…

Posted 24 November 2009 § Main Page § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – "I got chills/They're multiplyin'/And I'm losin' control"

The easiest way to make a cover version sound unique is to slow down a quick song.  Dozens of artists use this trick on their own hits and on the hits of others (and some artists seem to specialize using this trick on all kinds of songs).  This week, I thought I'd feature a particulary […]

Posted 17 November 2009 § Main Page § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – "I saw the decade end/When it seemed the world could change/In the blink of an eye"

Does anybody know why a company would prevent embedding of their YouTube clips?  Just to maintain control of how their content is presented I guess?  (This is also the first YouTube clip I've seen with a short ad embedded in front of it as well – hmmm, is that a new Google initiative or did […]

Posted 10 November 2009 § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – "You coulda had a heart of gold/But I don't think you even knew you had one/I don't think you were ever told."

This song always reminds me of one of my all-time Top Ten favourite movies “Stand By Me” – a young middle class type with an artistic bent writes about hanging with the town lowlife(es).

Posted 03 November 2009 § Main Page § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – UTwo-be

Is there any other link today than the archive of the live U2 concert that was broadcast on YouTube last night?  I haven't seen any final figures yet but some media outlets were reporting that there was likely an audience of  hundreds of thousands of viewers watching live around the world and that figure will […]

Posted 26 October 2009 § Internet § LibrarySchool § Main Page § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – "Walking around on a broken leg/But I can't get you outta my head" – January 26, 2009

How'd I know there'd be a song by the title “Broken Leg” on YouTube???  Catchy little tune too…

Posted 19 October 2009 § Main Page § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – "Death may come invisible, or in the holy wall of fire/In the breath between the markers, on some black I-80 mile."

A fan-made video for a haunting Conor Oberst song (warning: there are a couple graphic images near the end)…

Posted 13 October 2009 § Main Page § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – "You know I've been drunk a thousand times/And these should be the best days of our lives"

Another in the never-ending series – Jason's fond memories of his semester in England…  Sometimes you just need a song that makes you get up and dance and this one fits the bill perfectly (especially when you're 22 and have a couple pints in you!)(Sorry – embedding disabled by request.  I'd link to a live […]

Posted 06 October 2009 § Main Page § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) °