I just came across this wonderfully hypnotic version of Radiohead’s Arpeggi/Weird Fishes performed live at Ether Festival 2005 with the Nazareth Orchestra and had to share it with you.
An animation from 1953 of The Tell-Tale Heart. A short story by Edgar Allan Poe. (19 januari 1809 – 7 oktober 1849)
My mad professor friend Jenamu6 got some new toys. -NoiseRing -AntiOsc -PLL -A143-I -QMMG -MATHS -HertzDonut -A155 If: (You have no idea what these things are or do) Then: (This video probably isn’t for you) Else: (enjoy!) If you’re into this sort of thing be sure to check his youtube channel for more synthesizer wackyness
Another poem. “If..” by the writer of Jungle Book Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 december 1865 – 18 januari 1936) IF you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If [...]
Dylan Marlais Thomas (27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953) Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night. Written for his dying father. Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Barrett Strong recorded this in 1959 for motown records, it got to number 2 on the R&B charts and 23rd on the US Pop charts making it Motown’s first hit. Barrett Strong later went on to become one of Motown’s most famous song writers. in 1979 The Flying Lizards released this equally brilliant cover version:
Blind Boy Fuller – Pistol Slapper Blues Recorded: New York City, April 05, 1938
Big Joe Williams – Stack O’Dollars Recorded: Chicago, October 31, 1935
the boots telling us how james brown wanted it…
Friday july 31 – 22:00 – BBC2 Friday August 7 – 22:00 – BBC2
some of you might recognise this song from clerks 2
In a spin-off from last year’s Maestro series on BBC Two, and in collaboration with the BBC Proms, Classic Goldie sees the drum ‘n’ bass pioneer commissioned to write a seven-minute composition to be performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra at the BBC Proms, reflecting the theme of evolution. for the time being here’s an [...]