He Met the Walrus
1969+clever teenager+John Lennon+reel-to-reel audio tape = Oscar nominated short film.
Go to the Youtube site for a high-res version.
Archive for the ‘music’ Category
Rotation: The Oracular Spectacular
Have been listening to MGMT for a little while, so figured I ought to share.
I like the album, Oracular Spectacular. Funny how lots of groups I like seem to have shades of lots of other groups I like. You listen and hear various elements rise to the fore and slip away as quickly. It’s like [...]
Vocalise
Mr. Foster, Mr. Simons, this one’s for you.
Vocalise. Sergei Rachmaninoff.
[Photo: Wookie-like cow on the outskirts of Colby, KS]
Add Some Rhythm
It seems to be a never-ending quest to find appropriate music to add to projects like radio shows, multimedia presentations, or , you know, Exit Music (for a film), that sort of thing. Here is the latest resource I’ve seen: “film music,” at mobygratis.com.
So sign up and you can request free non-commercial licenses for whichever [...]
It’s a Mad World
As is customary when wasting any significant amount of time on YouTube, I stumbled across a cute enough little animation about an ambitious, yearning kiwi. And then another version of the same cartoon, this time with the Gary Jules/Michael Andrew song “Mad World” dubbed on top. It all seemed suitably angst-ridden. Kiwi and other videos, [...]
Get Out Front: Tell everyone you’ve been listening to Spoon
Backdate your Spoon fanhood a few years for maximum benefit, same as you do with stock options. And do it now, before Spoon gets so popular that it’s too late to proclaim your enthusiasm as still unique. Tell your friends you got in on the ground floor.
If all you’ve had to go on for [...]
I’m Just Timeless: Diddy on Diddy
Chronicle music critic Aidan Vaziri was tasked with reporting on Sean “Diddy” Combs’s promotional turn in San Francisco last week for the album “Press Play.” He wrote an admirable report on his time with the musician/businessman/actor/etc., whom Burger King named the “KING of music and fashion” according to a Diddy factsheet.
“Being a leader in [...]
This Week in Tim: February 26 to March 3
I don’t have much patience for those blogs that dwell on the minutiae of their authors’ lives, so I will probably hate this post. But, I can take some satisfaction in the fact that this post is about one of my favorite subjects: Tim. And Tim had an interesting week, so I’m calling this “This [...]
