Category: Music
25 July, 2008 (03:58) | Music, TV, Video | No comments
Rockin’ with the Muppets on Sesame Street
Feist, counting to four
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R.E.M. singing “Furry Happy Monsters”
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via Madam Lamb
23 July, 2008 (03:48) | Music, Physics | No comments
Musical Relativity at the ArXiv blog
From the paper:
It is known that certain triads sound “happy”, while others sound “sad”.
Why this is so has been a question on minds of many musicologists, composers, musicians and
music lovers for a very long time and theories have been put forward. References to some works in
this area can be found [...]
24 June, 2008 (03:29) | Music, Silly, Tech, Video | No comments
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14 June, 2008 (04:27) | Music, Other science | No comments
Name that tune in three elements
Best song of the 80s? Gold by Spandau Ballet. But it seems that the frilly-collared Spandau boys were far from original in their lyrical choice. According to a survey undertaken by Santiago Alvarez, in the department of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Barcelona, the most popular elements referred to [...]
3 June, 2008 (05:36) | Music | No comments
Guitarist Bo Diddley dies at 79
“This distinctive, African-based … rhythm pattern (which goes bomp-bomp-bomp bomp-bomp) was picked up by other artists and has been a distinctive and recurring element in rock ‘n’ roll through the decades,” according to the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame.
Guitarist George Thorogood, a Diddley disciple, put it more bluntly.
“[Chuck Berry’s] [...]
30 May, 2008 (11:25) | Misc, Music | 2 comments
On the vagaries of random playlists on the iPod:
The transition from Bobby Darin’s “Mack the Knife” to RHCP’s “Funky Monks” at oh-dark-thirty in the morning, before caffeine and not really fully awake, is a little harsh.
I’m just sayin’
30 May, 2008 (03:54) | Humor, Music, Physics, Video | 1 comment
Physics Floundering saved by Disco Parody
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And just like that when I had given up all hope,
I said nope, there’s just one way to find that slope.
And so now I, I will derive.
Find the derivative of x position with respect to time.
It’s as easy as [...]
26 May, 2008 (05:05) | Music | 1 comment
Pat Metheny on Kenny G
I first heard him a number of years ago playing as a sideman with Jeff Lorber when they opened a concert for my band. My impression was that he was someone who had spent a fair amount of time listening to the more pop oriented sax players of that time, like [...]
17 May, 2008 (18:41) | Cool stuff, Music, Tech | No comments
Cool musical step sequencers that use optical input.
8 May, 2008 (17:06) | Humor, Music, Quotes | No comments
Joan Jett’s “Do You Wanna Touch Me” came up on the exercise playlist this afternoon, and it reminded me of this quote about music:
“All pop music is about sex. Rock is about wanting to do it, jazz is about doing it, and country and western is about feeling guilty after you’ve done it.” - [...]