I was going to save this for Music Monday but it's too good to not share right away. As one YouTube commenter observes, is this like looking at the roots of the delta slide blues guitar style?(via MetaFilter)
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FTRW 2010 – Friday Fun Link – "Straight Outta Compton" Edited to *Only* The Profanity
For how demonized some albums are, when you cut it down to just the “bad” parts, it really puts things in perspective. 19 seconds. 42 seconds. 29 seconds. 0 seconds. 10 seconds.(via MetaFilter)
Friday Fun Link – Code Organ (February 19, 2010)
A web site that allows you to “play” the HTML of any web site. This isn't as straight-forward as it sounds…The CodeOrgan analyses the “body” content of any web page and translates that content into music. The CodeOrgan uses a complex algorithm to define the key, synth style and drum pattern most appropriate to the […]
FTRW 2010 – Music Monday – "I guess there's gotta be a break in the monotony/But jesus when it rains, how it pours."
It's February which means Freedom to Read Week is coming at the end of the month. Every year, I try to do a few posts during that week to celebrate and draw attention to this important subject. For the past year, I've been bookmarking various stories I've come across that I thought had potential for […]
Bono's Ten Ideas For the Next Ten Years
The Messiah Bono, leader of the band, Four Wise Men U2 moonlights as an op-ed columnist for the New York Times among other things. Here's his latest contribution adding to the various Top Ten Lists that have proliferated at year end. And here's a response from Gawker. (My own feelings on Bono have already been […]
Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis – Neko Case Covers Tom Waits
Merry Christmas everyone!
Music Monday – "Whoo-whoot!"
This video is called “A Glorious Dawn” – Carl Sagan ft. Stephen Hawking (Cosmos Remix) and if that doesn't hint at how much coolness is in store for you when you click play below, I have only one word – auto-tune!(found via a Reddit thread on songs that were so awesome you played them at […]
My iTunes Library Is My "Pending" List – I'll Pay Everybody Eventually…
…when I win the lottery or become a multi-billion dollar corporation, whichever comes first. (And why is the Alanis song, “Ironic” an ear worm that just burrowed into my brain?)(via MetaFilter)
"A Master's Degree in Archive Management? What does that even mean?"
Last night, Jon Stewart had some fun discussing the Master of Library Science's sister degree, the Master of Archival Studies. (Fast forward to 1:40).
A Couple R.E.M. Links
The Pop Songs blog was set-up for the author to do an analysis of every song in the R.E.M. catalogue. This led to Michael Stipe himself contacting the site and ending up answering numerous reader questions about R.E.M.'s songs and their genesis – how cool is that?MetaFilter has a thread titled “What is 'Try Not […]