Hilarious rendition of "Ode to Joy" https://youtu.be/xpcUxwpOQ_A … [Read more...] about A Different Take On Classical Music Perchance?
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Which Tape Deck? Which Turntable?
Image via WikipediaBetween my mother moving house and my grandfather's passing I've been forced to go around the country collecting possessions. In amongst the Spanish and French literature I found a few boxes of cassettes, but of course I don't have anything to play them with....So what tape deck should I get?I've also recuperated my vinyl collection, but again I've nothing to … [Read more...] about Which Tape Deck? Which Turntable?
Play With Last.fm
Last.fm's team have made available a couple of web applications that they put together in their spare time. The "Playground" currently has three applications which take advantage of the huge amount of music data that last.fm aggregates. You probably won't improve your life much with any of these little apps, but they are fun to play with. Checking the typos of artists names can … [Read more...] about Play With Last.fm
Music To Spring Clean To
This weekend I have to do some serious spring cleaning of the house. While I am not a "filthy beast" I am definitely not the tidiest of people (understatement!).I'm going to pop some Lords of Acid into the CD player in a minute and see if I can get started on bringing some order to the chaos … [Read more...] about Music To Spring Clean To
Trip Down Memory Lane – Ella Baila Sola
When I was in Spain in the late 90s one of the female groups that was getting a lot of airplay at the time was Ella Baila Sola. I got to see them in concert (for free) in Madrid during the summer of 1997.For some odd reason one of their songs has been in my head for the last couple of days, but I couldn't remember the lyrics or the group's name. Trying to work out who it was … [Read more...] about Trip Down Memory Lane – Ella Baila Sola