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Category Archives: Music
Musical-Visual Intelligence
By way of Music Thing: a test that determines how well you can relate sounds to shapes. My result: Not too shabby for a guy who’s been suffering from a hearing disability since the mid ’80s, I’d say! How are … Continue reading
120 Years Of Music Chart History
Also known as The Whitburn Project: For the last ten years, obsessive record collectors in Usenet have been working on the Whitburn Project — a huge undertaking to preserve and share high-quality recordings of every popular song since the 1890s. … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Pop Cult, Science
Tagged data mining, history, music charts, one hit wonders, whitburn project
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Lindsey Buckingham – Under the Skin
Continuing on with the theme of great, underrated guitarists is this video of Lindsey Buckingham performing “Shut Us Down” from his 2006 solo album, Under the Skin. This album features Buckingham on almost all instruments, with the exception of two … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellany, Music, Pop Cult, YouTubery
Tagged guitarists, lindsey buckingham, solo albums, video
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Meet The Über-Fans
Chuck Klosterman has a look at those kooks who attempt to physically resemble their musical idol, and comes to a conclusion which I think reaches beyond just that phenomenon: My suspicion is that highly prolific artists – especially ones slagged … Continue reading
The Real Thing
Long before there were air guitarists, there was the real thing: Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Buddy Guy, Johnny “Guitar” Watson, Guitar Slim, Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, Peter Green, Eric Clapton, Frank Zappa, Jimi Hendrix, and of course, … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellany, Music, Pop Cult, YouTubery
Tagged audio remix, blues, brian may, guitarists, Queen, rock, video mix
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Air Guitar Nation
Got an hour and 20 minutes to spend? Here you go:
Jean-Luc Ponty – Live & New
In this video, Jean-Luc Ponty and his Band perform “No Absolute Time.” In June of last year, Ponty released his latest studio album entitled, The Atacama Experience, from Koch Records. Check out Ponty’s webpage for samples.
Posted in In The News, Jean-Luc Ponty, Music, YouTubery
Tagged Jean-Luc Ponty, live, new release, video
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Jordan Zevon – Insides Out
Jordan Zevon, son of the late Warren Zevon, has just released his debut album entitled, Insides Out, from New West Records. Sure, there are bound to be comparisons with the old man. Especially with his cover of the song, “Studebaker”, … Continue reading
Posted in In The News, Miscellany, Music
Tagged debut albums, jordan zevon, review, singer songwriters, warren zevon
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Orion Reborn!
Yes: it’s time for another episode of “Sucky Album Covers“! Neil Diamond’s brother has a thing for plastic Venetian masks. Lots of love, peace, oh and some inbreeding as well. Manager: “Manfred, you really have to get rid of that … Continue reading