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1). Weird War was initially formed as an umbrella organization in 2002 A.D. to encompass disparate anti-authoritarian groups. Since then, it's membership has changed, become static, even as it's scope has become more cosmic. 2).
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Frank Zappa plays a bicycle on the Steve Allen show - Boing Boin
One Man's Quest to Digitize and Publicize Rare Vinyl
Cliff Bolling didn’t realize what he was getting into when he picked up a copy of the first record he ever owned (Cliff Steward’s "Aba Daba Honeymoon") and realized soon after that "there’s a whole world of music that you don’t hear anymore, and it’s on 78 RPM records." ( Update : Bolling’s site was offline on Wednesday, but Yahoo reinstated it on Thursday.) Thousands of recordings that had been largely consigned to the realm of prehistory in the digital age have gained a new life, thanks to the tireless efforts of one man.
The music itself is sparse and beautifully paced. Patience and contemplation are the watchwords of this lovely album. The overall feel is a bit melancholic, but there are subtle underlying positive hints throughout, offering glimpses of what might be seen if the cloudy murk of sadness was to disappear.
Spheruleus - A Vision Obscured
The Caretaker - V/Vm Test
Jonny Greenwood on computer programming
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Edward Elgar
Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet OM , GCVO (2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestral works including the Enigma Variations , the Pomp and Circumstance Marches , concertos for violin and cello , and two symphonies . He also composed choral works, including The Dream of Gerontius , chamber music and songs. He was appointed Master of the King's Musick in 1924. Although Elgar is often regarded as a typically English composer, most of his musical influences were not from England but from continental Europe. He felt himself to be an outsider, not only musically, but socially.
It’s the most famous chord in rock 'n' roll, an instantly recognizable twang rolling through the open strings on George Harrison’s 12-string Rickenbacker. It evokes a Pavlovian response from music fans as they sing along to the refrain that follows: "It’s been a hard day’s night And I’ve been working like a dog" The opening chord to "A Hard Day’s Night" is also famous because, for 40 years, no one quite knew exactly what chord Harrison was playing.
Beatles Unknown "A Hard Day's Night" Chord Myster
A Conversation with Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo
In the late 1970s, Devo exploded into the American consciousness with its perverse and dystopian juxtaposition of high technology, the detritus of advanced industrial society, and mechanistic, tongue-in-sprocket performances. Today, Mark Mothersbaugh sits atop a media empire that has manufactured music for hundreds of commercials, the scores to Wes Anderson films featuring Hollywood mega-stars, some indies, joint ventures with Disney, and relatively inexpensive prints of his art to freak out your parents. Once shocking, Mothersbaugh’s pop sensibility is quietly becoming the norm: it’s in the winking wallpaper girding our shopping palaces, it’s plinking away in Hollywood blockbusters, and it’s in the Saturday morning cartoons whispering to our kids. Isn’t this a good thing?
