Archive for April, 2009
April 19th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Amateur – Lasse Gjertsen
An absolutely incredible achievement in video editing.
Phil Spector Mug Shot
How could a face like that be guilty?
Obama Depressed, Distant Since ‘Battlestar Galactica’ Series Finale
I feel your pain, Mr. President
South Park creators given signed photo of Saddam Hussein
I wonder if Saddam found “Uncle Fucka” as catchy as I did.
Wikipedia Entry on CAPTCHA
At my job, we had to integrate a CAPTCHA with one of our web applications. Curious about its etymology, I LOL’d when I discovered it was an acronym.
“Let It Whip” on Soul Train
I know I included a link to this in my recent Musical Cousins blog post, but I just can’t stop watching it.
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April 16th, 2009 | No Comments »
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Nostalgia 77 (w/Alice Russell)
Seven Nation Army
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Tender Forever
My Love
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B.Cause (w/The Whitefield Brothers & The Dazz Band)
Let It Whip
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I’m gonna switch things up on Musical Cousins. Usually, I do a modernish song that contains a sample from a slightly less modern song. Not this time. The tracks offered up in this post are all cover versions that sound as if they were released before the original. Allow me to demonstrate.
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April 13th, 2009 | No Comments »
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You Make Me Feel So Young
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All Of Me (Instrumental)
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Angel Eyes
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Album: Sinatra At The Sands (1966)
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It’s been awhile since I’ve spotlighted my collection of recorded live albums, so I’ve dug up a killer LP from the legendary Frank Sinatra. As if that wasn’t enough of a draw, he’s accompanied by Count Basie and his orchestra, with songs arranged and conducted by Quincy Jones. Wow, that’s a lot of talent in one room.
Recorded in early 1966 at Las Vegas’s Sands Hotel (Sinatra had an ownership stake in the Sands until Howard Hughes bought it a year later), this was Sinatra’s first live album. Sinatra, Basie, and Jones had previously collaborated on the studio album, It Might As Well Be Swing, which produced the huge hit, “Fly Me To The Moon.
As you can imagine, Sinatra in Vegas was a huge event, and the packed crowd is ecstatic. As expressed by Stan Cornyn in the liner notes for Sinatra At The Sands, “Two thousand knees with nowhere to go.”
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April 2nd, 2009 | No Comments »
The Daft Punk Console
So simple, totally addictive
In Austin, Vinyl Is Still Vital
It’s been many years since I last visited Austin, that’s my kind of town
Is a Food Revolution Now in Season?
I planned my vegetable garden before Michelle Obama told me to do it
Huffington Post Launches Investigative Journalism Venture
Newspapers may be dying, but the truth will find a path
Digital Changes For News Corp
I have a new boss… well… to be precise, a new boss’s boss’s boss (great-grandboss?)
Mr. Magoo Creator Millard Kaufman on Being a First-Time Novelist at 90
Brief, fascinating interview with writer Millard Kaufman (RIP)
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