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March 26, 2009
topic: artsy krautrock
You can't get much artsier than having Josephy Beuys as your lead singer.
March 20, 2009
Paul Ford's 7,812 words about 1,302 SXSW band demos: 2009 edition
Six-Word Reviews of 1,302 SXSW Mp3s. On local hometown faves Parachute, formerly Sparky's Flaw: "Wants so much to be infectious."
(Another great review: "ELO, I must be going. (Kazoo?)."
March 17, 2009
Bernard Purdie drum lesson
First I was thinking "imagine the mashups you could do with the audio from this." Then I realized that it should be left alone and just played as-is on a dance floor, with him playing and explaining the beats and nothing else, especially if you start at 0:25.
YouTube has several clips of him explaining things.
March 13, 2009
2000 people each paid 6 cents to sing backup
Via Mechanical Turk. Bicycle Built for 2000. The little video is worth watching.
March 11, 2009
random bandname/album title/album cover generator
March 4, 2009
field recordings of 80s video arcades
These kids took their Sony cassette recorder with them to video arcades from 1982 to 1988: Classic Arcade Sounds
