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Sunday, July 18
Happy Birthday To Me!
by
Jason
on Sun 18 Jul 2010 12:00 AM CST
It's my dyslexic birthday today (I was born in '73 and am turning 37) and I know they didn't do it for me but what a great gift to stumble across a clip of a quasi-Beatles reunion as Sir Paul recently took to the stage to celebrate his old bandmate at the conclusion of an All-Starr Band concert in New York. It was Ringo's 70th birthday and the drummer had no idea this was in the works.
From the YouTube comments: "He says that when Ringo came off stage after "With a Little Help From My
Friends," Wright was standing beside Ringo and Barbara in the wings.
She asked Ringo if he was ready for his surprise. When Ringo heard
McCartney start "Birthday," Wright said, "His jaw just absolutely
dropped!" And then in seconds, he was running on stage for his drums.
(In the video below, you can see Ringo racing for the drums.) Wright
also said Ringo had tears in his eyes!" Monday, July 12
Music Monday - "But hell, I'm just a blind man on the plains/I drink my water when it rains/And live by chance among the lightning strikes"
by
Jason
on Mon 12 Jul 2010 10:00 PM CST
I'm about as far from a Pitchfork following, Fleet Iver Weekend-listening hipster as you'll find.
But I do have friends who fit that category and a recent visit to Vancouver where I got to catch up with one of those friends also introduced me to a new singer-songwriter who I think is probably very much in that mode of music listening. (Oh-oh, I see that his first album was #47 in Pitchfork's list of 2008's Best Albums of the Year list. That makes Kristian Matsson *way* past his stale-by date for the scenesters!  ) Friday, June 11
Friday, May 21
Friday Fun Link - It Don't Mean A Thing, If It Ain't Got That Swing (May 22, 2010)
by
Jason
on Fri 21 May 2010 11:29 PM CST
"The Swinger is a bit of python code that takes any song and makes it
swing. It does this be taking each beat and time-stretching the first
half of each beat while time-shrinking the second half. It has quite a
magical effect."
The Swinger (via MetaFilter) Sunday, May 9
Betty White on SNL and Six Other Victories of the Internet That Influenced Pop Culture
by
Jason
on Sun 09 May 2010 07:24 PM CST
Former Golden Girl and definitely not-the-typical Saturday Night Live host, Betty White actually *was* the host of last night's show, mainly because of an Internet campaign that started on Facebook. Here's an article that details some other examples of Internet campaigns affecting pop culture.
Sunday, April 25
The Ultimate Chill-Out Vibe On A Crappy Sunday Morning When You're Trapped Inside...
by
Jason
on Sun 25 Apr 2010 11:27 AM CST
Sunday, April 4
The Single Coolest Piece of News to Hit Librarianship Ever
by
Jason
on Sun 04 Apr 2010 02:59 PM CST
As a profession, librarians constantly struggle with the fact that we aren't exactly regarded as a "cool" profession. (Man, there are times I miss working in publishing - a life full of wine & cheese parties and awards banquets, I tell you!)
Sure, librarians are trying to update their image - getting articles in the NYT about how cutting-edge we are with technology, how kick-ass we are about social justice and just how hip we are in general. But really, that's the New York Times. They're about as far from defining trends as your great aunt Martha. Who better to validate the profession if you want to be truly cool then perhaps the coolest motherfucker to ever live? Quoth the Keef: "He has declared: “When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you. The public library is a great equaliser.”" (via Steph H. on Facebook) Friday, March 19
Friday Fun Link - "Happy New Year Luie!" (March 19, 2010)
by
Jason
on Fri 19 Mar 2010 11:40 PM CST
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) Friday, February 26
FTRW 2010 - Friday Fun Link - "Straight Outta Compton" Edited to *Only* The Profanity
by
Jason
on Fri 26 Feb 2010 11:22 PM CST
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, February 19
Friday Fun Link - Code Organ (February 19, 2010)
by
Jason
on Fri 19 Feb 2010 09:17 PM CST
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 page content. Firstly, the CodeOrgan scans the page content and removes all characters not found in the musical scale (A to G), and then analyses the remaining characters to find the most commonly used "note". If this is an even number the page is translated into the major pentatonic scale of that particular note, it becomes minor if there is an uneven number. Secondly, the CodeOrgan defines which synthesizer to use. This is based upon the total number characters used on the webpage - there are currently 10 synthesizer effects and the one chosen is picked based upon the percentage of content. Lastly, the CodeOrgan selects a drum loop based upon the ratio of characters on the page versus the number of characters that are actually musical notes - there are currently 10 different drum loops to pick from. Here's my blog. Here's the RPL web site. Here's Google (which sounds like something you might hear if Lawrence Welk provided the soundtrack for your dad's old 8mm home movies.) [Edit: And I had to see if this sounded like bow-chikka-bow-bow (pretty close!)] (via MetaFilter) |
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