Три вещи

Первое
Many moons ago, I posted about a website that lets you vote on new music. This week I bring you another, slicker version of the same idea. I feel like this or a site similar to it will take off eventually. It solves a couple problems. The first problem is where [...]

तीन बातें

बात एक

I can’t figure out if that’s a Brooklyn hipster having a laugh or whether it’s a Tamil with a genuine concern. In any event, it goes on for a couple minutes too long.
बात दो
Include fine penmanship among Slash’s attributes.
बात तीन
It will probably surprise nobody that Joe Stack was in a band. If [...]

Trois Choses

Chose Un
The usual internet trawling has brought me to this series at Mix magazine. It’s a series about the way some classic songs were made. One of my favorites was “Stayin’ Alive”, which, because of various problems, features a drum loop from “Night Fever.”
Chose Deux
Hey look, it’s some videos of [...]

Connections

Last week I drove to Austin to see The Residents at Stubb’s. This post is not about that show, but I will say that I expected it to be really lame and was pleasantly surprised at how interestingly creepy it was (and if you’re wondering, there were no eyeball costumes). Instead, this post [...]

Drie Dinge

Eerste Ding

This seems to be some kind of Ali G-like put on. And yet it doesn’t really matter.
Tweede Ding

More musical birds.
Derde Ding

It appears that Men at Work have lost their plagiarism case. I really don’t hear it.

三件事

第一件事
Remember that girl who lip-synched at the Olympics a couple years ago? Well, apparently the Chinese government has made lip synching illegal and is looking to stick her and the actual singer with a $12,000 ex post facto fine.
第二件事
Questlove explains walk on music.
第三件事
Here’s a new cover song. I recorded this one [...]

þrennt

fyrsta
Metallica + Gallagher = Metallagher.
annar
We recently learned that Brian Eno is no longer into electronic instruments. This week we learn that he’s in a gospel choir.
þriðji
I recorded another requested cover song this week. This time it was recorded entirely on my phone, using the MultiTrack iPhone app and the phone’s own microphone. [...]

Drei Dinge

Eins
I’m a sucker for fantastical instruments. Here is a 1939 model Hammond Novachord:

And here is George H.W. Bush’s least favorite instrument:

Zwei
M.I.A. continues her career of insightful music by writing a song about a tech support call. Filipino tech support representatives aren’t exactly Tamil Tigers, so maybe Ms. A should just relax and have [...]

Tres Cosas

Cosa Uno
I want to be upfront here: I don’t understand Lady Gaga. This morning I woke up to somebody outside my window singing along horribly with “Bad Romance,” which is, admittedly, the only song that I could hope to identify as a Lady Gaga song. Which is not to say that I haven’t heard [...]

Death Threats

This week, we have a bouncy ditty recorded by Akmal Shaikh, was executed in China after being duped into smuggling drugs:

And Danny Barnes on how to make a living playing music. My own experience with Mr. Barnes includes threats of physical violence when I informed him that his check would be delayed because of [...]