That is a fabulous, fabulous blog entry. Evocative and perfect.
She's funny! Who knew? Well, I kind of suspected but it's not what I associate with her music.
Kaylee: So how many fell madly in love with you and wanted to take you away from all this? Inara: Just the one. I think I'm slipping.
'Serenity'
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 - Oct 02, 2007 2:14:25 pm PDT #6559 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
tommyrot - Oct 02, 2007 4:52:12 pm PDT #6560 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.
A blog devoted to retro electronic instruments. [link]
Digital and analog - from cheap toys to $200,000 syhths. And a theremin.
There was a piece on Matrixsynth a couple of days ago about his favorite digital retro synth, the Con Brio ADS 200. This stunningly weird $30,000 monster was created in 1978 and only two were actually built. According to creator Tim Ryan, an earlier version -- the ADS 100 -- was used to generate sound effects for Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
The enormous ADS 200 required five microprocessors to perform 64 oscillator "additive synthesis, phase modulation, frequency modulation, nested phase and frequency modulation, and combinations of all modes." Unfortunately, users required a PhD or airline pilot's license to figure out the multicolored control panel.
Kate P. - Oct 02, 2007 6:21:20 pm PDT #6561 of 10003
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Jonathan Coulton [snip] performing in Somerville on Friday.
Where in Somerville? I don't know if I can go, but I know a few other local people who dig him.
BigDuluth - Oct 02, 2007 6:39:42 pm PDT #6562 of 10003
"I am the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world"
Jonathan Coulton [snip] performing in Somerville on Friday.
I'm playing an accoustic show next month and have toyed around with covering Re: Your Brains
Liese S. - Oct 02, 2007 6:57:14 pm PDT #6563 of 10003
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
not what I associate with her music.
I know, right? I loved her snarky dialogue bits.
Jon B. - Oct 03, 2007 2:36:19 am PDT #6564 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
tommyrot - Oct 03, 2007 4:17:49 am PDT #6565 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.
Cutest. Theremin. Ever: [link] WHO'S my widdle thewemin!!!
It's cute! Not just because it's tiny, but because it's a miniature version of a big theremin. Like it could be a theremin in a doll house.
Barbie's Malibu Dream Theremin!
Glamcookie - Oct 03, 2007 5:56:01 am PDT #6566 of 10003
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Kristin H. is really funny. She always tells these weird little stories between songs when she does acoustic sets. She has a blog on her Web site, too - throwingmusic.com. She's a fantastic writer. What can't that woman do???
Hayden - Oct 03, 2007 5:58:35 am PDT #6567 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Is BigDuluth a new poster or someone who changed names?
lisah - Oct 03, 2007 6:00:22 am PDT #6568 of 10003
Punishingly Intricate
Is BigDuluth a new poster or someone who changed names?
New, I think. Brought here by Allyson's book.