4.24.2012
Michael Hedges covering Neil Young
off one of my favourite NY albums
4.04.2012
vinyl
googled em image record.
found what i was looking for on the first hit
4.03.2012
3.31.2012
3.30.2012
Eminem and the Louvin Brothers
Some Louvin Brothers lyrics (considering the time) make Eminem look like a children's artist
3.29.2012
3.27.2012
3.21.2012
Ed Sullivan and the Beatles
Notes on first two appearances (Ed Sullivan Theatre and Miami Beach):
- really feels like John is in the background compared to other three - although he is amused
- seems like Paul sings lead on *every* song until second song (This Boy) in their second performance in Miami
- Lots of crowd reactions to Ringo closeups
- Great guitar work (and harmonizing) by George
- Never knew Davy Jones appeared as a kid on first episode
- In second show, although he pronounces it right in first show, Ed keeps referring to Miami as Miama
- Mitzi Gaynor absoutely KILLS in her appearance on the second show. She is like a 1964 Madonna (attire, dancing, appeal, etc, except with a much stronger voice).
3.20.2012
3.19.2012
3.18.2012
3.15.2012
3.12.2012
3.08.2012
2.15.2012
Lennon humour
Anthology version of A Day in the Life
It seems it's only me who realizes he is saying "sugarbum fairy"
2.08.2012
crazy jam recorded a few days ago streaming along with video at neil young dot com
2.07.2012
1.21.2012
1.11.2012
1.05.2012
12.13.2011
David Comes to Life
Been meaning to get it
Saw them at Osheaga with the drummer from Death from Above 1979 and Pink Eyes crowd surfing and singing a show closer.
12.01.2011
guitar man
jerry reed and tom jones
and baby what you want me to do which is cool when tom switches to high harmony
and baby what you want me to do which is cool when tom switches to high harmony
11.29.2011
Elliott Smith
I was at this in store performance - C and I decided to stick around until the end even though we were late for a Buffalo Tom show at the Bowery Ballroom. When we finally got to the Bowery - we left after a few songs anyways. Still haven't found a live recording of the Dec 31, 1999 New Year's eve show we attended - Elliott rang in 2000. It exists as it is listed on trade sites.
11.28.2011
finger stylin' dylan
some musings on who plays guitar on don't think twice. i assume same person for moonshiner
11.23.2011
uni
sherwin has made me reconsider my own hostility towards unilingial anglophones
11.22.2011
Major email hack?
Two people have sent emails with links ending in "com_ag_google_analytics2/www. php?html129" The first had to change their password - and spamming stopped. I just called the second to let them know. First was on hotmail - second on yahoo.
11.02.2011
I'm Straight
I just realized in the Modern Lover's song Jonathan rhymes the word "place" over and over with itself....sometimes with "straight".
10.25.2011
10.24.2011
10.11.2011
nardwuar the human serviette
nardwuar is astoundingly the best interviewer i have ever seen
10.06.2011
9.27.2011
9.21.2011
9.20.2011
hotmail hack
i never knew at the time when this crazy vulnerability hapenned
9.12.2011
Rumer - like Karen Carpenter backed by Lambchop...or maybe backed by Karen's brother....or maybe Karen herself.
8.28.2011
8.21.2011
is the theremin so close to a human voice because the freeform hand is good at being like a vocal cord?
8.19.2011
8.18.2011
roots of sweetheart of the rodeo
8.10.2011
i had this idea in 1998 - never followed through (although I saw someone making it in 2000)
8.09.2011
Couldn't (quickly) find research on why squinting deblurs an image (theories of restricting light on the periphery of the lens as well as actually changing lens shape are proposed but I didn't see any research proving these theories) - I've always wondered if it has something to do with edge-map alignment a-la-Marr....
7.29.2011
TAL episode on patent trollshttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
I am going on the record as saying there should be an "Intellectual Ventures" style open source equivalent. I don't know where funding would come from to pay for the patents....but people should start contributing these frivolous patents into a common pool so that the software community can't be strongarmed by the likes of these big patent trolls who own the rights to similar frivolous patents.
I am going on the record as saying there should be an "Intellectual Ventures" style open source equivalent. I don't know where funding would come from to pay for the patents....but people should start contributing these frivolous patents into a common pool so that the software community can't be strongarmed by the likes of these big patent trolls who own the rights to similar frivolous patents.
7.28.2011
i was very skeptical going into last night's paul mccartney show. it turned out to be absolutely incredible. to my surprise - i was pretty much verklempt the whole night
7.22.2011
7.15.2011
Google broke its promise to me. It told me I would never need to delete another email using gmail. But over the last few months I have been constantly coming up to the limit and needing to delete emails....I finally caved and bought their first level surplus storage plan. It REALLY pains me - not because I think it's expensive or not worth it...but because Google made me change my emailing habits with a promise and now they broke that promise. I am going to start thinking of alternatives....I'm no longer exclusive Google.
7.07.2011
aol touring this summer and live on nprhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
6.29.2011
i thought the 1992 episode of star trek the next generation "the outcast" was groundbreaking - no idea that it had been done in 1955 in playboy magazine by charles beaumont.
6.07.2011
amazing song built up from (tape) sampling of shortwave radio by one of the founders of can. one of my favourite tracks from the WOMAD music and rhythm lp from 1982.
6.04.2011
i never realized how john mclaughlin achieved the bends he does with shakti...explaned here
6.02.2011
goose caught her second mouse in 3 days....but she keeps losing them while playing
6.01.2011
5.30.2011
BEST sweet yogurt (mishti doi) in the world. no question.
5.23.2011
5.19.2011
5.14.2011
5.13.2011
I played this over and over and remember Australian visitors (profs) my dad had in town being bemused....then fascinated.
5.12.2011
5.10.2011
5.06.2011
4.21.2011
working man slowed down
approaching the reason why the first album is one of my favourites - to the confusion of other fans
approaching the reason why the first album is one of my favourites - to the confusion of other fans
4.16.2011
i wonder if musicians (and others) receiving botox injections to the face actually lose some of their musical expression ability. ie. since the feedback loop within emotional expression has been interrupted. that being said - i wonder if studies have been done on a reduction in emotional expression for botox injectees.
4.15.2011
4.07.2011
4.06.2011
4.05.2011
4.04.2011
3.27.2011
3.23.2011
What apparently inspired Elvis Costello to pull his stunt on SNL.
Noel Redding looks like Geddy Lee. Or maybe vice versa.
3.18.2011
3.10.2011
3.02.2011
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