Category: Music

Let ‘er Auto Rip

I’m still working out the implications of an announcement that came across my virtual transom this morning, but Amazon announced today that they are implementing a service called AutoRip for certain audio CD purchases. The basic idea is, buy an audio CD (at Amazon obviously) and instantly get it “ripped” to your Amazon Cloud account

Hey Bulldog

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57jdgNKwdRs Have I ever mentioned that my favorite Beatles song is the one above – Hey Bulldog? I was prompted to remind everyone of this because of a ping I received on Facebook, of all places, from a high school classmate. The video that the Beatles performed for the song is up on YouTube. It

Let the HTML5 Party Begin

I have a feeling that I am going to be writing a few articles/posts about HTML5 in the next few weeks and months. Mostly because we’re starting to see some real cool stuff being built with it. I, of course, will concentrate on the new video capabilities, but if you want to Dive Into HTML5,

Sesame Street – That’s Where I Will Be

I wonder if kids would have the attention span to make it through this today, but this is a little gem, and worth watching to the end. Besides the absolute joy that Stevie exudes while he is playing, there are lots of little bits to look for in the background. One is a little kid

Monkey Magic

UPDATE: It has been announced that Monkey: Journey to the West will open the 2013 Lincoln Center Festival in July (July 6-28) It’s about time I blogged this, so why not go with New Year’s Day, 2009. This post could also be titled, “What to do while waiting for a Blur Reunion”. I had every

Blur Reunion!

This is just extra special news for me personally. I’ve known about the possibility of this reunion for a few weeks now, but seeing others in my Twitter network tweet about it makes it very much more real. Blur, one of my recently discovered favorite bands, are getting back together and doing at least one

The Love You Make

Have I ever told you how fortunate I am (we are) to have a colleague like Gardner Campbell here at Mary Washington? There are many examples of sparks that have fired from my head after listening to a Gardner talk, or speech, or riff, or even watching him in a jam session. However, the one

R A D I O H E A D

Thanks to an intrepid UMW Blogger, it was brought to my attention that one of my favorite bands is releasing their new album as a download on October 10. How much will it cost. Well, you name the price. "No really, it’s up to you." I never really care about how much a record

I Love My Calendar Girl

The remix as promotion. I came across a great example of this via the ccMixter website, which is a Creative Commons project site that allows you to use, re-use, and remix vocals, instrumental music, and other sound samples into new compositions. All this with the benefit of a Creative Commons license. It’s an interesting site

Stairway to Zeppelin

(a.k.a. Kid Zeppelin) I’ve been heavy into Led Zep lately, so when I found this video it was blogs away! Enjoy, and I dare you to keep your lower jaw from dropping. Linktribution to Respectful Insolence.