Tag archive for ‘Music’
Reviewing Chinese Democracy
Chuck Klosterman reviews Chinese Democracy, the 15 year in the making… album? from what’s left of Guns ‘n Roses.
Reviewing Chinese Democracy is not like reviewing music. It’s more like reviewing a unicorn. Should I primarily be blown away that it exists at all? Am I supposed to compare it to conventional horses? To a rhinoceros? [...]
Tagged as 80s, Music, rock, roll + Categorized as Multimedia/Music
Apple Releases New iPod nanos, touchs, classic and iTunes Update
Earlier today, Apple announced new iPods and a new version of iTunes to go with them. You can watch the event via Quicktime here. The iPod updates are just your regular updates (bigger sizes, new colors for the nanos, iPod touch gets a little speaker, etc) that they do each year [...]
Tagged as Apple, iPod, itunes, keynote, Music + Categorized as Technology/Apple
Catchy Tunes in Church Today
It’s always nice to see the church trying to connect to the youth and really speak their language:
Direct link / Via BoingBoing
Tagged as 70s, christian, Music, ska + Categorized as Life/God, Multimedia/Music, Multimedia/Video, Nerds/Web Gems
Radiohead Overdub
For people who don’t actually listen to Radiohead, I’d imagine this isn’t too far off from what they think Radiohead typically would sound like.
Direct link
Tagged as Music, overdub, radiohead, Video + Categorized as Multimedia/Music, Multimedia/Video
A Review of a Concert by a band called “Radiohead”
Great little review of a recent Radiohead concert by the folks at The Hour, including this intro:
On Friday, August 15 2008, I was asked to review a band called “Radiohead”. Their name is a fusion of the words “radio” and “head”, with no spaces or punctuation in between.
Although it was a Friday night and I [...]
Tagged as concert, Music, radiohead, review + Categorized as Multimedia/Music
How Old Does This Make You Feel?
Kurt Cobain’s daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, is 16 this year.
Someone, somewhere on the internets posted/tweeted about this but I can’t find where I saw it - whoever you are, you get all the credit for this amazing post. Be proud!
Tagged as age, Life, Music, old + Categorized as Life, Multimedia/Music
Bono on Boy
U2’s Bono writes in to comment on a Rolling Stone review of their first album ‘Boy’ that was recently re-released. If you can get past his verbal diaharea style of writing, there’s a few little gems to be found:
Entering the blogosphere, a review of BOY from the singer who was one at the time [...]
Tagged as bono, comment, Music, review, U2 + Categorized as Multimedia/Music
Radiohead - Making of House of Cards Video
Direct link
You can see the actual video itself here on a code repository on Google. You can download the actual data set and make your own “remix” of the video - if you’re geeky enough to understand it all.
Tagged as data, Google, Music, radiohead, Video + Categorized as Multimedia/Music, Multimedia/Video
New Coldplay Single Free for a Week
You can grab a free copy of Coldplay’s new single, Violet Hill, off their website for the cost of your email address. The album, Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends, comes out later this year.
Tagged as art, coldplay, free, Music, single + Categorized as Multimedia/Music
Where I Got My Start
People often ask when I started playing guitar and so I thought I’d pull out an old video I took of myself back when I was 11 and first started. I really like U2, even back then, and so this is my rendition of With or Without You. It’s a little rough but [...]
Tagged as accoustic, guitar, Music, U2 + Categorized as Multimedia/Music