A great performance that shows the “how to” part of song production these days. It continues to amaze me how fast and easy and inexpensive (sort of) it is to put a song together. I just love watching all this. Great tune, too. Seen first at Kotke.org.
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Piano Stairs Change Behavior
I was reading Darren Barefoot’s blog (which I frequently do; he’s a marvelous Vancouver, BC, Internet marketer, speaker, writer) and he posted this video. This guerrilla behavioral experiment was underwritten by VW and is one of several experiments by the Swedish outfit called Rolighetsteo.se. From what I saw at Darren’s blog they’re a think [...]
If Facebook Were A Country It Would Be The Fourth Largest
Social media; fad? Hardly. Generation Y will outnumber Boomers by 2010 as the largest generational group. 96% participate in social networks. The ramifications are staggering, folks. Get ready for a new way of communicating. Social media means we will get our news and our products from new channels. Bye, bye, evening paper and TV; hello [...]
Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
Full of preppies and angst, I love this band. Vampire Weekend has a wonderful and unusual sound that makes me dance and remember what it was like to be a teenager on the East Coast.
From allmusic.com:
Describing their sound as “Upper West Side Soweto,” New York City’s Vampire Weekend mixes preppy, well-read indie rock with joyful, [...]
Gnomedex 9.0 - Kris Krug, Photographer
Kris Krug gave a terrific talk last year at Gnomedex 8 about taking one’s photography to the “next” level (video available here) which did a lot to inspire me. I went out and bought a Canon 450D in large measure based on his encouragement, for which I’m very grateful.
The slide show above is Kris’ shots [...]
A cappella Goodness
I was a lukewarm fan of Toto but this is a fascinating a cappella version of their hit song, Africa. The interpretation is by the Slovenian vocal jazz choir, Perpetuum Jazzile, performed at Vokal Xtravaganzza 2008. They credit the Kearsney College Choir of South Africa for coming up with their innovative rainstorm intro. Perpetuum Jazzile [...]
TARP Oversight Chief Explains The Unexplainable
Elizabeth Warren, chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel in charge of the Troubled Assets Relief Program, blew my mind when she appeared on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart the other night. Besides showing what a mess TARP is, she gives the most cogent explanation of why we we’re up a creek without a paddle [...]
Jon Stewart’s Take Down of CNBC
“If I’d only followed CNBC’s advice, I’d have a million dollars today — provided I started with a hundred million dollars.” — Jon Stewart.
