19 month ago
gleuschk : Exclusive Excerpt: Stephen Davis’s ‘Watch You Bleed: The Saga of Guns N’ Roses’ -- Vulture -- Entertainment & Culture Blog -- New York Magazine - The story of how "Welcome to the Jungle" became a song.
Andy Baio : The inspiration behind Guns n' Roses' "Welcome to the Jungle" - great origin story [via]
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29 month ago
Andy Baio : Jonathan Coulton on his work with Portal - spoilers; if you haven't played Portal yet, trust me and buy it
nelson : Coulton on Portal - the closing song is a surprise hit; here's a note from the songwriter
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29 month ago
nelson : Portal credits song - Sadly the text isn't quite readable
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34 month ago
fastclemmy : YouTube - Pachelbel Rant - YouTube - Pachelbel Rant by fastclemmy A comedian rants about how much it sucks to play Pachelbel's Canon in D on a cello. Recorded live at Penn State, this piece by comedian/musician Rob Paravonian has been a favorite on the Dr. Demento Show. hotl
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43 month ago
plasticbag : Meet The LocoRoco Kid on Kotaku - See how she sings! Beautiful singing! I miss Loco Roco. I may have to go and play more.
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plasticbag : Sprites sing a song called, "I Started A Blog Nobody Read" on Odeo - It's like it reached into my soul and sang me a song based upon the activities I do on the internet...
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44 month ago
plasticbag : And I'll wrap it all up with this classic song from Pinky and the Brain... - Neo-cortex, frontal lobe - BRAINSTEM! BRAINSTEM!
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51 month ago
plasticbag : Internet is for porn (World of Warcraft edition) - I first heard this song in a car in Los Angeles from a friend of a friend who was doing a doctorate on technology and the porn industry. This version has a World of Warcraft video full of dancing moo cows and trolls. Awesome.
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53 month ago
kellan : The Penguin flys Song - consumer facing embedded systems using Linux. No word on whether you can get a shell #
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54 month ago
plasticbag : At the Labour party conference, Tony Blair enters to a Sham 69 song - "If the kids are united, they will never be divided" - what a strange song. You can watch the entrance via the news player as well. Shame it's not so easy to link directly through to the clip concerned.
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plasticbag : sur matin un lapin - So I never have to search for it again - a classic flash cartoon from the depths of internet history!
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plasticbag : Ja Da - Another one from the archive - and classic late-Friday afternoon UpMyStreet fodder too, from before I worked at b3ta
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55 month ago
Andy Baio : Flash: JCB Song - from the brilliant animator of Low Morale's Creep video [via]
plasticbag : Monkeyhub presents a music video to the single JCB by band Nizlopi - It's a pretty fluffy song, and kind of gimmicky, but the sentiment appears genuine and the video is pretty amazing. They want to be Christmas #1 and I see no reaason not to help them achieve it...
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55 month ago
plasticbag : He Man does 4-non-blondes - So it's basically a gay joke and I'm a bit conflicted about it, but what the hell... S'kind of funny...
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plasticbag : Awesomely terrible / awesomely brilliant Flickr song (mp3) - "I love my Flickr friends, I?m addicted to their images and photostreams, I love my Flickr friends, They?ve crawled under my skin and into my dreams"
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63 month ago
plasticbag : Together in electric dreams: statistical analysis used to determine hit songs - "From unsigned acts dreaming in their garage, to multinationals such as Sony and Universal, everyone is clandestinely using a new and controversial technology to gain an edge on their competitors."
ricmac : Very interesting Guardian article about pop music hit prediction software - "...the record biz, once that bastion of wayward creative flair, is succumbing to the plain old-fashioned science of statistical analysis."
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65 month ago
plasticbag : Rufus Wainwright's Gay Messiah - "He will fall from the stars - Studio 54 - and appear on the sand of Fire Island's shore. Better pray for your sins, Better pray for your sins, 'cuz the gay messiah's coming..."
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69 month ago
Andy Baio : Java: The Shape of Sound - neat visualization for any uploaded MIDI file [via] [via]
gleuschk : The Shape of Song - neato infoviz
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