Category Archives: music

Jerry’s Dead

Today marks the 15th year since the indelible Jerry Garcia passed away to that big drum circle in the sky. And the only Grateful Dead I ever knew went right along with him. Below is a pretty stirring rendition of the National Anthem at a 1993 San Francisco Giants game at Candlestick Park performed by [...]
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Code Organ

Code Organ takes the code of any website and turns it into music. Code Organ works by choosing the key of the song based on how many times the letter designating that note appears in a web page’s source code, using a minor key if it appears an odd number of times or major if [...]
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Needs More Cowbell

Bruce Dickinson: I’ll be honest.. fellas, it was sounding great. But.. I could’ve used a little more cowbell. So.. let’s take it again.. and, Gene? Gene Frenkle: Yeah? Bruce Dickinson: Really explore the studio space this time. Gene Frenkle: You got it, Bruce.
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Full Double Rainbow Songs

I’m sure you have seen Hungrybear9562′s incredibly emotional and hilarious “Mountain Giant Double Rainbow” video by this point. If you haven’t, go watch it now! Trust me it’s worth the three and a half minutes of your life that it will cost. What you might not know, is that there are a handful of musical [...]
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True Love Will Find You In The End

Mates Of State has a new video out for their cover of Daniel Johnston’s “True Love Will Find You In The End”. The single can be found on their new album “Crushes – The Covers Mix Tape”. The video was made in one day by recoding a live performance of the song in their basement [...]
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Andrew WK: Harm

Despite all the rumors Andrew WK is human after all. Or at least his persona is had the all-too-familiar angst/lust/confusion of a typical 17 year old. He recently published an article in the Gaurdian about obsessive feelings he had towards his girlfriend and how he ended up expressing those feelings through song. A song that [...]
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Where Is My Mind

These scenes from Greta Garbo’s “The Mysterious Lady” (1928) seem to go just perfectly with the music from Maxence Cyrin’s cover of the Pixies‘ “Where Is My Mind”. [flashvideo file=/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/whereismymind.flv height=390 width=500 /] If you liked this, you can find some more of Maxence Cyrin’s music videos here
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Crushes On Mates Of State

In preparation for their new album release this summer, Mates Of State has offered up a free download. Laura, originally by Girls, is the first track on the “Crushes (The Covers Mixtape)” LP . Crushes will be their fisrt full length album recorded and produced by themselves and the track listing looks awesome: 1. Laura [...]
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100 Greatest TV Theme Songs

And now for your listening enjoyment: The 100 greatest television themes of all time (along with the years the show aired and the composer). My favorites would be #31 Hill Street Blues, #33 The Incredible Hulk, #80 Taxi, and #86 Twin Peaks. So what am I missing? 001 – The Addams Family (1964-1966, Music By [...]
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2010 SXSW Music Torrent & Radio

Here is the torrent containing all the MP3 files publicly available from bands that will be showcasing at this years South By Southwest Music & Media Conference. This torrent currently contains 646 songs at 3.35GB (but might be updated). Links to torrents for previous years can be found on The (Unofficial) Home of SXSW Torrents [...]
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Billy Mays Is A Sad Robot – Part II

I’ve said it before but I think this really proves it. Billy Mays really is a sad robot. The video below was created by John Boswell, the same guy who puts together all of those great Symphony Of Science Videos that have been going around the internet lately. [flashvideo file=/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/BillyMaysInfomercialBallad.flv height=390 width=500 /] If you [...]
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Nickelback Is Cock Rock

Nickel back has already gotten way more time than they actually deserve on this blog, but I just couldn’t resist this one. Also, while you’re clicking on stupid Nickelback links you might as well check this one out www.isnickelbacktheworstbandever.com
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2009: My Year In Music

According to last.fm these are the bands that I listened to most during 2009. There was only one band that was also on last years list: Ween. 1. Bishop Allen 2. Ween (1st last year) 3. Bright Eyes 4. Against Me! 5. The Apples In Stereo 6. Modest Mouse 7. Air 8. The Weakerthans 9. [...]
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I’m Dreaming Of A Chiptune Christmas

If you are anything like me (which you aren’t), you easily tire of the same old department store Christmas music. To kick myself out of a Nat King Cole induced coma I decided to put together the most complete collection of all 8-bit Chistmas music the internets has to offer. This one goes out to [...]
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I’m About To Whip Somebody’s Ass

As far as I now, this song (right-click to download) comes from a man named Ray. Ray has a daughter who was stressed out about her job. So he wrote this song to cheer up his daughter and for the benefit of “all employees under stress”. Ray has shared it on the internet and I’m [...]
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