Monday, March 28, 2011

Concussion Indiophones: Beer Bottles-(1979 Film The Warriors)

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Concussion idiophones: sub-group of idiophones that consists of two or more similar non-flexible objects that are struck together to make so...
Friday, March 18, 2011

Akira Miyagawa's Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 and Mambo No.5 Combination 宮川彬良

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Symphonic mash-up!
Thursday, March 17, 2011

Earth, Wind & Fire in the late 1970s

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Bought this photo back in the day, I am assuming it was in San Diego in the late 1970s. Verdine White (L) is the reason i eventually became ...
Saturday, March 12, 2011

"Beat Deafness": Study on Inability to hear beats correctly

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Science News A man lost in musical time Researchers document the first case of ‘beat deafness’ By Bruce Bower March 26th, 2011; Vol.179 #7 (...
Wednesday, March 09, 2011

NYT on Commercialism and Conflict in the Carnival of Trinidad

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NYT March 9, 2011 Carnival’s Louder Commercial Beat Adds Dissonance By JOHN ELIGON PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago — To some people here,...
Tuesday, March 08, 2011

Music Therapy Helping Congresswoman Gabby giffords

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A nice little article about how music therapy is helping Congresswoman and gunshot victim Gabby Giffords to recover (plus there is a nice li...
Monday, March 07, 2011

Carnival 2011

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The Atlantic has a wonderful set of carnival photos from around the world. See it HERE. There's also one by MSNBC HERE.

NYT article on the early music performance movement

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Nice NYT article on the early music performance movement in academia. March 4, 2011 Early Music Is Enjoying Its Moment By NICHOLAS KENYON AR...
Thursday, March 03, 2011

Tom Hanks Toddlers & tiaras video

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It's gone viral but the reason I'm posting it is because I've always loathed the sexy toddler/kid stuff. It's a ripe target ...

Adya & Geisha Do Mozart Aria Europop Style

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Cherubino's Aria - Non So Piu Cosa Son Cosa Faccio; From the Opera "Le Nozze di Figaro" (The Marriage of Figaro) by Wolfgang...
Tuesday, March 01, 2011

Social Segregation Pie Chart

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Saturday, February 26, 2011

Behold the horror of the 1973 Sears Catalog

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Ever hear a nice tune from the early 70s and imagine or feel nostalgia for that era? Well, this will cure you of that nonsense. Behold the h...
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

"Never Go Full Retard"

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In honor of the upcoming academy awards comes this bit of role selection advice4 from legendary [fictional] actor Kirk Lazarus in Tropic Thu...
Thursday, February 17, 2011

Adorno Haiku

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Culture industry Negative Dialectics Now get off my lawn.
Wednesday, February 09, 2011

Guitar Hero Discontinued

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The music dies for once popular 'Guitar Hero' video game By Michael Martinez, CNN February 9, 2011 8:36 p.m. EST Los Angeles (CNN) -...