Here’s someone who has that ubiquitous almost famous look, like he was in a band, or has been there/done that, but nobody can quite spot/identify him. I keep running into him, and then saw him on record store day leafing thru stuff at Sound Fix in the Village. Some fan stared at him a bit …
Month: January 2012
Go here for the Wired magazine coverage of the decision. Here’s a background podcast on the case, made shortly after the oral arguments were heard by the Supreme Court in this case.
1. Why is the pig riding a zip line? 2. Why is the pig enjoying it so much? 3. Why is the pig moving so fast that he overtakes the human on the adjoining zip line?
http://youtu.be/7ezeYJUz-84 Here’s the Youtube description: http://StarWarsUncut.com In 2009, Casey Pugh asked thousands of Internet users to remake “Star Wars: A New Hope” into a fan film, 15 seconds at a time. Contributors were allowed to recreate scenes from Star Wars however they wanted. Within just a few months SWU grew into a wild success. The …
Almost 12 million views and rising:
”You know what? Maybe we all need some space to pull the knife out of the back of the most celebrated Canadian alt-rock band of the mid 90s, you selfish, jaded ass…” – Britta
Video: Finding Oregon Time-Lapse
On Saturday January 21st, 2012, several hundred people from all walks of life joined together in an event sponsored by Occupy Seattle. The occasion was the second anniversary of The Supreme Court of the United States declaring that corporations are people and have the right to free speech, and thus, may now contribute as much …
With the passing of Etta James, many of us egregiously failed to note the passing of Johnny Otis two days earlier:
This is the greatest thing I’ve seen in quite a while. The fitness comedy monologue at the end, delivered by an impossibly young Alan Thicke, is just icing on a dancing beefy cake:
This worked out so well for the violinist that I have to wonder if it was possibly set up in advance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RTNzyxNNm4
Now that she is dead, Etta James is being accorded the respect and acclaim she seldom enjoyed in life. These eulogies link her with other names: Johnny Otis (himself dead last week), who discovered her in the ’40’s; Leonard Chess, who recorded her in the ’60’s; Keith Richards, who helped revive her career in the …
I always liked the Blind Faith studio album, and this song in particular. Here’s Winwood and Clapton live in 2007: http://youtu.be/VT-SFgkVlno Here’s a live version from London’s Hyde Park in 1969. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUW1SGF7bR8 Here’s the album version with mucho acoustico. And here’s an interesting alternate studio take with electric guitar throughout.
When Jerry Wexler was asked to produce Etta James’ CD “The Right Time” he was stuck as to who to have play organ on a couple of tracks. I suggested that he give Steve Winwood a call. Mr. Winwood had only one day available so he flew over from London for the recording session and …
Fleet Foxes drummer quits band, go here.
Army Private Bradley Manning has been charged with aiding the enemy, transmitting defense information in violation of the Espionage Act and more than 20 other crimes. He could face life in a military prison. I viewed three of the files he is accused of illegally transmitting. Two had incident coordinates and basically nothing more in …
Obituaries from the LA Times and NPR.
I read this book 30 years ago, when it was already 30 years old. It’s still a great read and should be one of everyone’s desert island books, given the subject matter. There should always be room in your bunker library for this book, and now the whole text is available gratis on Google: How …
This is fantastic. There’s a pug in it, on the left, and each time I watch the vid I keep an eye on him hoping he’ll bark something out, but he never does. He’s a wise old pug who stays silent when everyone else is barking: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ntDYjS0Y3w
http://youtu.be/NAjr0xyyt0Q I am a producer and an engineer. You would not believe what you can do in the studio to doctor things up. Truly! You would not believe it! I do it the old fashioned way. I sing every chorus, verse and bridge, one at a time. I sing every harmony each and every time. …