Lyndhurst Leaves

This one is for Brandon. I think this is actually pretty cool,...

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:14:18 -0500

This one is for Brandon. I think this is actually pretty cool, like a Theme and Variations but in text only.

Caroline Bergvall: VIA (48 Dante Variations) is a compiled list of translations into English of Dante’s opening lines. As archived in the British Library up until May 2000. 700 years after the date set for the start of the journey into Hell. The Journey was timed to start and end in 1300. And Dante’s 35th year or so-called point of mid-life. Recorded and composed with Ciáran Maher (Summer 2000). The full text has been featured in CHAIN’s “Transluccinacion” issue (Autumn 2003).

What do Mormons really believe about the Bible? Find out in this...

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:04:00 -0500

What do Mormons really believe about the Bible? Find out in this talk by Elder M. Russell Ballard, an Apostle from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Run time: 15 min.

"You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself."

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:26:47 -0500

“You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.”

- Galileo Galilei

Good reason to not have a jailbroken iPhone!

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:59:51 -0500

Good reason to not have a jailbroken iPhone!

This took place after Nicholas picked up Madeleine's toys in the back yard.

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:03:36 -0400

M: Thanks for getting my things. You were a super helper. Know what I'm going to give you?
N: A Viking? (Playmobil)
M: No, something even better. Loving! (she then kissed and hugged him.)

Here’s a conversation Nicholas and I had tonight about his...

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:06:49 -0400

Here’s a conversation Nicholas and I had tonight about his school. He’s been in 2nd grade for about a week now. Note that you might want to turn down your speakers a little bit as it recorded kind of high. I tried to fix it for this but it might still be kind of loud. (Nicholas was holding the recorder and kept playing around with the wind guard on the microphone so that’s the swishy noise you hear.)

"By turns our purity inspires and our impurity casts us down. He is blessed who is assured that the..."

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:45:00 -0400

“By turns our purity inspires and our impurity casts us down. He is blessed who is assured that the animal is dying out in him day by day, and the divine being established.”

- Henry Thoreau, Walden

Apple TV Set by 2011? - Mac Rumors

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:53:37 -0400

Apple TV Set by 2011? - Mac Rumors:

I’ve been waiting for this for years.

Wow, I had no idea Yahoo had the answers to life’s...

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:58:37 -0400

Wow, I had no idea Yahoo had the answers to life’s greatest questions! (Click on a picture for a larger size.)

Check out this very funny commercial for the greatest hits of...

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:49:27 -0400

Check out this very funny commercial for the greatest hits of 12-tone music!

(via schoenbergcommercial)

Our friend Oran has a new CD! Check out his website for more...

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:34:16 -0400

Our friend Oran has a new CD! Check out his website for more information and to listen to more tracks. CDs can be found at Amazon or downloaded via iTunes. (YouTube: OranEtkin)

Harry Potter primary style (via adamotchi) A pretty funny video...

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:49:51 -0400

Harry Potter primary style (via adamotchi)

A pretty funny video from our friend Adam in St. Louis.

This is from the July 2009 Percussive Notes. I’m the one...

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:38:05 -0400

This is from the July 2009 Percussive Notes. I’m the one in black.

How Godzilla Affects My Daily Commute (via scarlow)

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:20:56 -0400

How Godzilla Affects My Daily Commute (via scarlow)

I realized at the beginning of this video that I have actually...

Sat, 23 May 2009 13:11:31 -0400

I realized at the beginning of this video that I have actually never seen any video footage of Led Zeppelin. I’ve always loved the bass line at the beginning of this but have never really cared for the whole song since the middle free section on the studio cut always sounds too much like a drug trip to me. I like this version much better and seeing Bonham play is pretty cool, too. It’s really funny to me to see the audience mostly just sitting there but love how much the band really puts into it. How can you not move to this?

I love it! “Take it, Bert!” musicmind: Ray Charles...

Thu, 21 May 2009 17:17:07 -0400

I love it! “Take it, Bert!”

musicmind:

Ray Charles Sings “I Got a Song” With Bert & Ernie

Sunny Sesame Street Sunday, anyone?

The end of the internet

Tue, 05 May 2009 21:29:05 -0400

The end of the internet

Here’s another interesting piece using samples and loops....

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:04:08 -0400

Here’s another interesting piece using samples and loops. It’s only about 2 minutes long so it’s much shorter than the Riley piece. Kind of shows what has and hasn’t changed in the last 40 years. (!!) (Riley made “You’re Nogood” in 1967—see this link for background info.)

via trey:

J Dilla / Lightworks

ander: milesbarger: Terry Riley - “You’re Nogood” (If you...

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:25:44 -0400

ander:

milesbarger:

Terry Riley - “You’re Nogood”

(If you don’t like drone,¹ wait two minutes. It changes.)

You’re missing out. ↩

Seriously missing out.

I’ve never really been in to Terry Riley that much until this piece which I absolutely love! Brandon-this one’s for you. This is infinitely more interesting than Steve Reich’s “Come Out” or “It’s Gonna Rain” but probably came after those since I think Reich’s pieces were the first tape loop pieces. (Someone let me know if I’m wrong, I don’t have the time to look it up right now.) Looped Motown—what’s not to love?

"Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They..."

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:52:57 -0400

“Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end, an end which it was already but too easy to arrive at; as railroads lead to Boston or New York. We are in great haste to construct a magnetic telegraph from Maine to Texas; but Maine and Texas, it may be, have nothing important to communicate…As if the main object were to talk fast and not to talk sensibly.”

- Henry Thoreau, Walden