For Jilli, Rasputina covering "Barracuda"
While we're at it 1816 the Year Without a Summer - video by Dame Darcy.
We gotta go to the crappy town where I'm the hero!
Wash ,'Jaynestown'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
DavidS - Aug 30, 2007 10:18:31 am PDT #6361 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Atropa - Aug 30, 2007 10:54:00 am PDT #6362 of 10003
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
For Jilli, Rasputina covering "Barracuda"
I've seen them perform that at shows. It's always a lot of fun.
While we're at it 1816 the Year Without a Summer - video by Dame Darcy.
Why do I not have this on my iPod yet? I know it's sitting on my laptop at home, I just haven't transfered it into iTunes yet.
DavidS - Aug 30, 2007 11:05:58 am PDT #6363 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Really fantastic live version of Mathilde by Jacques Brel.
Tom Scola - Aug 30, 2007 11:42:51 am PDT #6364 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Look who's trying out for next season's Flavor of Love.
Jon B. - Aug 30, 2007 11:58:43 am PDT #6365 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Ha! I just voted for her. Why not?
tommyrot - Aug 30, 2007 12:09:17 pm PDT #6366 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
All the youngfolk may not realize it, but back in the olden days, playing an audio cassette in your car was fraught with peril.
Seems that back in 1986, this guy's sports car went over a cliff, pinning him under the wreckage. But wait - it gets worse, as this newspaper headline shows: 6 Hours of Wham! Worse Than Broken Arm
Yep - the dangers of auto-reverse tape decks....
lisah - Aug 30, 2007 12:14:19 pm PDT #6367 of 10003
Punishingly Intricate
Tom, that is HILARIOUS!!! I am telling all my friends to vote for her.
ETA it has been b'logged
Also, randomly, a friend ran into Flava Flav at a burger king in the Las Vegas airport a couple of weeks ago. Best. Celebrity. Sighting. Ever.
sumi - Aug 30, 2007 12:17:34 pm PDT #6368 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
Okay, but he owned that tape, right?
Clearly, his own fault.
Tom Scola - Aug 31, 2007 8:13:33 am PDT #6369 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
The smoking gun of the loudness war is the difference between the waveforms of songs 20 years ago and now. Here is an example:
Hayden - Aug 31, 2007 8:30:53 am PDT #6370 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
My friend and neighbor Joe has written on the same issue, although his use of Mastodon as an example of overcompression leads me to believe that his ears are more finely tuned than mine. I can hear it on many CDs, but Mastodon is too fuzzy for me to hear the overcompression.