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Nice use of censorship bars: The BPA (a.k.a. Fatboy Slim), “Toe Jam,” featuring David Byrne and Dizzee Rascal. Directed by Keith Schofield. gulfstream/2451
Some exceptionally beautiful shots in this trailer for Heima, some sort of Sigur Rós tour documentary. (Hard to tell if Sigur Rós are pretentious, or … gulfstream/2329
Very NYC: young Guyanese and Trinidadian who kit their bicycles out with thousand-dollar stereos. The slide show is also nice. gulfstream/2357
Dean Wareham of Luna’s personal, thoughtful, account of the end of his marriage. gulfstream/2386
Not a situation puzzle: mystery man (found a month ago clad in a soaking wet suit and tie) can’t/won’t speak, but plays the piano … gulfstream/1760
“Video Games Live”: orchestra plays video game music live. There’s some audio samples on the right-hand side. gulfstream/1798
Curious: Cory Doctorow endorses ISP’s plan to monitor network traffic, report what songs are being traded (via audio-analysis software) back … gulfstream/1825
Leonard Cohen possibly broke. gulfstream/1832
Stupidly expensive “audiophile” products … like the $485 volume knob and the $1500 power cord (“apparently the miles of lowly aluminium high … gulfstream/1873
Captivating “interactive essay” (photos plus commentary from the photographer) on London’s inner-city housing estates. Towards the end there … gulfstream/1900
Adam L. Penenberg proposes that Apple run iTunes like a stock market, with price determined by demand. “The more people who download the … gulfstream/1901
Surreal ad for German hardware store. More: 1, 2, 3. gulfstream/1902
iTunes 6.0.2 phones home to Apple with your listening history? Turns out that it only does this if the “MiniStore” pane is open, but the fact … gulfstream/1935
Awesome: some guy’s list of the best 65 music videos of 2005. A lot of bands I’ve never heard of, but good descriptions, and every single … gulfstream/1948
Where map geeks and music geeks intersect… Map superimposes 20th Century musicians over London’s tube map; musicians at intersections … gulfstream/1965
Snowboarders love their iPods, listening even when they’re competing in the Olympics. gulfstream/1990
Um, is it not really weird that the purchaser of the 1 billionth song on iTunes gets (as well as Apple goodies) a scholarship at Julliard established in … gulfstream/1997
Surprisingly dull and ill-fitting video for Gnarls Barkley’s “Crazy.” gulfstream/2050
On Muzak, the company who make mix tapes for retailers. Former Muzak executive Alvin Collis: “I walked into a store and understood: this is just like … gulfstream/2052
The Apple II-style website of The Raconteurs, Jack White’s solo project. All Flash, and using the keyboard is mandatory! (“H for Home,” etc.) gulfstream/2082
How to make a playlist for a girl: “First of all, making a mix for a girl you don’t know that well or for a girl that dumped you is the worst thing … gulfstream/2100
Remarkably honest and straightforward (feelingless?) autobiographical account of Robert Hughes’s first marriage. “We met at a drinks party in Notting … gulfstream/2142
Ruminations on Gnarls Barkley’s Crazy: why has it become such a popular cover, why is it so popular with mashup artists? Includes a link to Jack White’s … gulfstream/2155
“Little Superstar.” (Sorry, haven’t been able to post for a while, Ruby on Rails messed with something and I’m now posting via RAW SQL STATEMENTS.) gulfstream/2164
Loving review of Zidane a documentary that follows Zinedine Zine over a single football match. (Lots of stills.) gulfstream/2252
Music video: Fujiya & Miyagi’s “Ankle Injuries” in dice-style pixellation. gulfstream/2290
Really cute teeny cardboard models of synthesisers. gulfstream/2299
Lowercase sound: small sounds made lounder pose as music. Pretty! gulfstream/810
Wonderful Mousetrap-style ad for the Accord. (Nice work with the music, too.) gulfstream/1106
Three teenagers who teach FBI agents how to IM like 13-year-old girls receive a letter of commendation from the FBI: “One agent kept insisting … gulfstream/1172
Among the “fun facts”: the 2nd edition takes up 540 megabytes. (A life’s work, when expressed in an efficient form (e.g. for music, it would … gulfstream/1240
“Hello. I just downloaded some illegal MP3s and my friend told me that the RAII is going to sue everyone who downloads music. What should I do?” … gulfstream/1279
“So you don’t care if the recording industry tanks?” “No, we need a new model … A post-pop star model, where music is free, and performers … gulfstream/1699
Scene from the Miami Vice pilot, uses Phil Collins’s “In the Air Tonight.” Bill Simmons, in his pretty useful YouTube Hall of Fame, says: “Two … gulfstream/2116
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I know this: a good song is deeper than a tattoo. It'll remind you of the car you're driving and the girl you're going around with and the streets you're … quotes/429
TJ: You caution your students to not become overly involved in the beauty of the music, to not lose control their emotions. Why? BG: I have to be careful … quotes/223
Up, and John, a hackney coachman whom of late I have much used, as being formerly Sir W. Penn's coachman, coming to me by my direction to see whether … pepys/279
Here we saw /Macbeth/, which though I have seen it often, yet it is one of the best plays for a stage, and a variety of dancing and music, that ever I … pepys/278
Then to the office a little, and so to Lumberd street to borrow a little money upon a tally, but cannot. Thence to Exchequer, and there after much wrangling … pepys/206
Here the best company for Musique I ever was in in my life, and wish I could live and die in it, both for music and the face of Mrs. Pierce and my wife … pepys/175
So to Whitehall, where I stayed to hear the trumpets and kettle-drums---and then the other drums; which is much cried up, though I think it dull, vulgar … pepys/35
I think it a pity to hear a man say that things do not look their best at night. Indeed it is only at night that brilliance and colour are pleasing. … kenko/24
Of a man's abilities first comes knowledge of the teachings of the sages, by a clear understanding of literature. Next is hand-writing, which should … kenko/15
My two favorite bands in those pre-punk years were the Grateful Dead and the Moody Blues. (My enthusiasm for the latter survived until I read, in a Rolling … franzen/5
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celemony_ :: Direct Note Access
separate out individual notes from a chord
Naxos.com, Your World of Classical Music
Guardian Unlimited | Arts features | Misfits that fit
Pause Online: Music Videos
files are of the form http://www.submarinechannel.com/content/pause/musicvideos/videos/DaFunk.mov
The New Yorker: The Critics: Musical Events
Rolling Stone : Steve Jobs: The Rolling Stone Interview
Tunatic: free music identification software
'A sponsorship waiting to happen' - baltimoresun.com
The Seattle Times: Local News: Keeping deaf fans rockin'
Vice magazine: NEW YORK – HOW TO MAKE A PLAYLIST FOR A GIRL
"You can only make a playlist for a girl that you have fucked more than twice and she has to have thoroughly enjoyed herself both times (so, if you had trouble getting it up the first time then it doesn’t count and your “two times” has to start on t
JazzOasis.com - Pat Metheny on Kenny G
tourb.us - Find Local, Live Music
[indiecentre] :: Info
steve albini explains why bands don't make any money
The Village Voice fires a famous music critic. By Jody Rosen - Slate Magazine
on Robert Christgau, including nice analysis of his tight review of radiohead's kid a
Kick Ass Classical - Classical Music's Top 100 Greatest Hits
floola.com - Wiwi - Home
apparently is able to manage the music on an ipod (put it on, take it off)
FM3 BUDDHA MACHINE
the buddha machine's loops, in .wav format (not as good as the real thing, but ...)
Good Weather for Airstrikes » Blog Archive »
Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music
has graph, samples
Rick Rubin - Recording Industry - Rock Music - New York Times
"Beginning in 1984, when he started Def Jam Recordings, until his more recent occupation as a career-transforming, chart-topping, Grammy Award-winning producer for dozens of artists, as diverse as the Dixie Chicks, Slayer, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Neil D
