Posts Tagged ‘music’
“Punk,” says a Wuhan ******** band member, “is a way to help me keep my mind fresh.”
The wonderful Aaron Stewart-Ahn tweeted today, “Something you haven’t been told about Wuhan during this outbreak is that it is China’s punk music capital.”
And he's right.
Excerpt from “In Wuhan, Punk's Not Dead,” a fascinating 2016 archival ...
The Psychedelic Furs have just announced a spring release for their eight studio album entitled "Made of Rain." It's been a 29 year wait. The first single off of the record, "Don't Believe," has been posted to YouTube.
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Paul Barton (previously at Boing Boing) plays the piano for elephants and has been at it for many years. Here he is performing Beethoven's Quasi una fantasia, the Moonlight Sonata, for an old one who's led a rough life.
Mongkol is a 61-year-old former logging elephant. His captive-held life was spent hauling trees in ...
My old pal Greg Dulli of The Afghan Whigs will release his first proper solo album, Random Desire, on February 21. Above is "Pantomima," the first single/video for the album, and it's a beaut. Directed by and starring Greg's longtime collaborator Philip Harder, this magnificent short film is a take on the "All ...
LISTEN: 'Heavyweight Reggae.' Yep, the name is right, and the channel delivers.
My old pal Rusty Hodge from SomaFM, a longtime independent internet hero and early blogger and NASA space shuttle fanatic -- such a cool guy! -- ah, focus, Xeni!
Okay, so Rusty and SomaFM just launched an awesome new SomaFM ...
I'm glad he came prepared with a hand towel to ensure a good grip on the railing.
I can't help but imagine him in a dance-off with the footloose and fancy-free fellow made famous by this classic clip:
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Remember when ambient music was Enya and the X-Files theme song, and you could get your favorite mood music from a 1-800 number, instead of streaming it straight to your phone? Remember when my mom actually listened to this on a semi-regular basis, but always skipped the X-Files song, even though it was the only one ...
On Good Morning America today, Ozzy Osbourne described 2019 as the "worst, longest, most painful, miserable year of my life" and revealed that he is suffering from a type of Parkinson's disease. From Gil Kaufman's report in Billboard:
"It wasn't really a problem for a long while," Osbourne says of why he waited so ...
You may think you haven't heard The Typewriter, but I bet you have! Wikipedia:
The typewriter was modified so that only two keys work to prevent the keys from jamming. According to the composer himself, as well as other musicians, the typewriter part is difficult because of how fast the typing speed is: even professional stenographers ...
Never out of my rotation, I love The Wild Tchoupitoulas.
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