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got nothing. Music bloggy wise.

Let’s attempt to at least do something technical to expand my learning. Yes, let’s attempt embedation of a video.

Dinner is served…

Happy New Year

It was a New Year’s tradition in our house to play ABBA’s “Happy New Year”, from 1980, just after midnight.

For a few years I also liked to put on radio station WWV, broadcasting on internationally allocated standard carrier frequencies of 2.5, 5, 10, 15, and 20 MHz in the shortwave [...]

The way out

Writing exercise

Rules:1 keep your hand moving2 lose control3 be specific4 don’t think5 don’t worry about spelling, punctuation, or grammar

Write for 15 minutes starting with “i see”

Result (unedited)I see a way out, but it’s on the ground and I’m on a merry go round. It’s a matter of perspective, what’s moving and [...]

Right way / Wrong way: Songs about Bob

This year I heard what has to be one of the best Bob songs ever, and it nearly washed away the memory of one of the worst songs I’ve ever heard—about Bob or anyone else.

Right way

Bob – Drive-By Truckers

Let’s start with the good Bob song, from the Drive-By Truckers’ universally [...]

Another Three

I don’t have much this week, but here are three videos which you may or may not enjoy.

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Week 113: Johnny Cash y El Gran Combo

A friend sent me this saying it was not only good for christmas, but required watching. I agree.

And here’s El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, a national institution, singing a song called, No Hay Cama Pa Tanta Gente (not enough beds for so many people). It’s a song about a Christmas party. [...]

Natural Selection

Three pairs of hands outstretched for Clara; she’s only 350 days old still she must make a choice. Slice of carrot, Slice of carrot, chunk of cheese, Slice of carrot, chunk of cheese, piece of bread. Slice of carrot, chunk of cheese, piece of bread. List, Slice of carrot, chunk of cheese, piece of [...]

New Napcast

This is just a funny collection of songs that I thought I’d try and put a theme to, with pictures and other songs that matched the mood. The reggae ones were the first inspiration and the best songs, but I thought I’d find others to add to it to extend the theme. They [...]

No Guru, No Method, No Top Ten List

I’ve always found top ten lists, or top anything lists for that matter, a bit suspect. For one thing, the title seems to presume a wider purview (the year in music, for example) than could possibly be surveyed by one individual, or even one organization. Even for the music you do hear in one [...]

musical interfaces and how to make almost anything

inventing invention

aww, i was looking forward all week to writing this blog post about all the final projects from two awesome classes at the media lab: musical interfaces and how to make almost anything. then i realized that i probably shouldn’t post photos of peoples’ ideas without asking them, so i will just [...]