Tag: entertainment
Cyndi Lauper – Girls just wanna have fun
Flight Of The Conchords – Jenny
Bob Dylan – Just like a woman
An evening pause: Bob Dylan, singing “Just Like a Woman,” with George Harrison and Leon Russell providing vocal and guitar support, at the 1971 live concert for Bangladesh.
Genki Sudo [World Order] – Aquarius
Elvis Presley – Suspicious Minds live
Adele – Rolling In The Deep
Band of Horses – The Funeral
Alvino Rey – St. Louis Blues
An evening pause: From the youtube webpage:
Alvino Rey is as important to the development of the electric guitar as Les Paul was, but has been criminally uncredited for it–until now. More and more photos, recordings and film clips like these are coming out of the woodwork to show what a genius Alvino was.
This film clip is from 1944 and shows Alvino demonstrating not only his amazing work on the steel guitar, but also his “singing guitar” effect, similar to the Sonovox, manifested in the persona of “Stringy” the talking guitar puppet! Enjoy this and whatever you do, DO NOT TAKE ACID BEFORE VIEWING….we warned you….
R.I.P. composer Marvin Hamlisch.
R.I.P. composer Marvin Hamlisch.
R.I.P. composer Marvin Hamlisch.
Eagles – Hotel California – New Zealand (Live 1995)
Ry Cooder – He’ll Have To Go – Live 1977
Liz Callaway – It might as well be spring
An evening pause: You might never heard of her, but you will almost certainly recognize Liz Callaway’s voice, as she has been the singer in several of Disney’s animation features, including Anastasia (1997).
A scientific analysis of a database of over a million songs produced since 1955 has found that modern popular music is louder and has less variety or range than the popular music of the past.
A scientific analysis of a database of over a million songs produced since 1955 has found that modern popular music is louder and has less variety or range than the popular music of the past. Key quote:
Lastly, the researchers detected a trend of homogenization of the timbral palette. Timbre is what makes a particular musical sound different from another, even when they have the same pitch and loudness. It is essentially the difference between different instruments playing the same note at the same loudness. They found that, after peaking in the mid 60s, timbral variety has continued to narrow.
This confirms a suspicion of many fans of modern popular music, that it is less interesting and shows far less creativity than the popular music of the 1960s. This result might also explain why 1960s music remains so popular.
A scientific analysis of a database of over a million songs produced since 1955 has found that modern popular music is louder and has less variety or range than the popular music of the past. Key quote:
Lastly, the researchers detected a trend of homogenization of the timbral palette. Timbre is what makes a particular musical sound different from another, even when they have the same pitch and loudness. It is essentially the difference between different instruments playing the same note at the same loudness. They found that, after peaking in the mid 60s, timbral variety has continued to narrow.
This confirms a suspicion of many fans of modern popular music, that it is less interesting and shows far less creativity than the popular music of the 1960s. This result might also explain why 1960s music remains so popular.
John Williams — The Cowboys Overture
An evening pause: John Williams conducting a performance of his overture to the 1972 movie, The Cowboys.
Enya – My! My! Time Flies!
Kitaro – Mercury performed live
Super Mario as surreal art
Bermuda Cliff Jumping
An evening pause: As they say on the webpage, “All shot in one day, one of the last few days of summer.”
Go out and enjoy life. It can be so good.
Twelve Girls Band
The world’s fastest everything
Mumford & Sons – The Cave
An evening pause:
So come out of your cave walking on your hands
And see the world hanging upside down
You can understand dependence
When you know the maker’s hand.So make your sirens call
And sing all you want.
I will not hear what you have to say.
Cause I need freedom now
And I still know how
To live my life as it’s meant to be.
David Lanz – Water from the Moon
An evening pause: Apropos of the on-going scientific debate, how about David Lanz’s beautiful piano piece, “Water from the Moon.”
Archimedes – Marble Roller Coaster
Mitchell and Webb – Moon Landing sketch
An evening pause: A comedy sketch by David Mitchell and Robert Webb, in honor of today’s anniversary of that moment in 1969.
“Wouldn’t it be great to make everyone think we’d landed on the moon?”
“Why don’t we just release the footage of the Mars landings?”
Beauty and the Beast – Little Town
Check out this incredible image of a storm last week that took place over New York City, taken by an amateur photographer.
Check out this incredible image of yesterday’s storm over New York City, taken by an amateur photographer.
Check out this incredible image of yesterday’s storm over New York City, taken by an amateur photographer.
What would happen if a fastball pitcher could throw a baseball at 90% speed of light?
Answering the important questions: What would happen if a fastball pitcher could throw a baseball at 90% speed of light?
Answering the important questions: What would happen if a fastball pitcher could throw a baseball at 90% speed of light?
How Americans sound to British people
Outlining the optimal military tactics for taking the Magic Kingdom’s Cinderella Castle.
Knowledge is power: Outlining the optimal military tactics for taking the Magic Kingdom’s Cinderella Castle.
Above all, we can all agree on this secondary objective:
While in Fantasyland we will have the opportunity to take down the menace of all parents everywhere. The “It’s a Small World” ride will be within our reach. Our secondary objective is to eliminate the ride with extreme prejudice. This isn’t a capture mission like the castle, but one of complete annihilation. Expect heavy casualties as their adorable repetitiveness burns into your skulls like white phosphorous in the jungle. Our sacrifices will be great, but our suffering is in the name of protecting others.
Knowledge is power: Outlining the optimal military tactics for taking the Magic Kingdom’s Cinderella Castle.
Above all, we can all agree on this secondary objective:
While in Fantasyland we will have the opportunity to take down the menace of all parents everywhere. The “It’s a Small World” ride will be within our reach. Our secondary objective is to eliminate the ride with extreme prejudice. This isn’t a capture mission like the castle, but one of complete annihilation. Expect heavy casualties as their adorable repetitiveness burns into your skulls like white phosphorous in the jungle. Our sacrifices will be great, but our suffering is in the name of protecting others.