This guy made an online album out of sampled youtube clips, and they are actually pretty catchy. I ran across it a few months ago, and went back and listened to a couple of them again today. I kinda like this one:
What’s cool is that you can go watch all of the source-material [...]
I’ve spent a lot of time this morning evaluating my music collection. I ripped my whole CD collection around 1997/98 to 128Kbit MP3. That made sense at the time, but things have changed. Re-doing all that work sounds pretty boring, though. Now, I’m thinking about re-ripping only the best and taking the minimalist approach.
A few nights ago, Nine Inch Nails performed their entire Downward Spiral album in sequence to a relatively tiny crowd. That would have been cool to see. Fortunately, somebody got the entire concert onto youtube with decent audio. Here’s I Do Not Want This:
Elvis… what can I say? I grew up in Memphis, TN…
Chords below…
Great Radiohead song… The Bends has to be one of the best sophomore albums, ever. I certainly had no idea so many great songs were to come, based on their debut disc (which is decent, but nothing like the quality of their later releases).
This is my favorite Bob Dylan song (at the moment), from Highway 61 Revisited. Unfortunately, Bob is kind-of a slacker in live performance, and I couldn’t find any of his that I thought did the song justice. Here is a live version by Neil Young, though, that’s pretty good, and faithful to the [...]
Of all the folksy artists I listen to, I’ve been enjoying Ani Difranco most lately. Especially her Educated Guess and Knuckle Down CDs. I think a lot of people didn’t like Educated Guess for some reason… too “experimental” they say on amazon.com reviews. I thought the change was nice… but I’m an [...]
One of the neat things about seeing Tori Amos live are the improvisational parts. And, they can be especially amusing when they come out of flubbed songs. Here’s a performance of Professional Widow I found on youtube with a new “Things F*ck Up Sometimes” middle section :-)
Most bands I’ve seen, when they mess [...]
From a Simpsons episode, when Billy Corgan introduces himself to Homer:
Corgan: Billy Corgan, Smashing Pumpkins.
Homer: Homer Simpson, smiling politely. You know, my kids think you’re the greatest, and thanks to your gloomy music, they’ve finally stopped dreaming of a future I can’t possibly provide.
In chronological order, some of my favorite Smashing Pumpkins songs that [...]
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