Gobbledigook

This is a recent music video by Icelandic band Sigur Rós.

It's definitely NSFW, but don't let that stop you from watching it away from W, because while almost the entire content contains full frontal nudity, it's quite tasteful.



Thanks to Random Good Stuff.

Slow Mo Mango Munchers

Somehow, even the silliest things look interesting in slow motion.

It doesn't hurt that the backing track is one of my favourite pieces of music ... the "Flower Duet" from Lakme by Delibes.

Of course, I'm no opera fan ... I first heard that duet as the accompaniment to a hot lesbian scene between Catherine Deneuve and Susan Sarandon in "The Hunger" :-).


Thanks to Neatorama.

Impressive Keyboarding

I've seen this clip referenced twice now in my blog universe, so I figured I might as well pop it in, too.

I'm sure some of this is pre-programmed, but that takes nothing away from the obvious ability of the ten year old player.

The music isn't really my cup of tea, but I can still appreciate her work.

Musical Rollercoaster

Literally ...


Thanks to The Real Adam.

No Sax Please, We're British

... especially when it's the size of this Contrabass Saxophone ... bloody amazing!



Thanks to Neatorama.

A Virtuoso Performance

The concert I went to last Saturday was good, but this is better :-).


Thanks to Your Mac Life.

Of course, this initiated a serious YouTube search for more, eventually leading me to this ... Beatles fans close your browsers now!

Sexy Speakers

Thanks to Gizmodo for pointing out these electrostatic speakers from Martin Logan.

This Purity range looks gorgeous to me and I'm sure the sound is superb.

However, as Gizmodo said, at $US8,500 I won't be enjoying them at my place anytime soon!

Bravo, Forvo!

After posting about Forvo yesterday, I put it to the test.

I looked up the lists of French, German and Italian mathematicians included in Wikipedia and added requests to Forvo for all those whose pronunciation I was unsure of.

I arrived home this evening ... after enjoying a nice classical concert in Crows Nest, with my good friends Gavin and Linda ... to discover that twenty of those names now have pronunciations.

That may, in fact, be all of them; I didn't count how many I requested. Anyway, I think that's proof positive that Forvo works!

Gorgeous

Thanks to Neatorama for pointing out this video of The Elephant Song by Eric Herman.

It's very, very cute.

It Only Takes One

"One String Willie" does a fairly impressive job with just one string!

East Meets West

This performance of Deep Purple's song Smoke On The Water on traditional Japanese instruments is an interesting cultural mix.

Thanks to Neatorama.

Hey! Give My Bottle Bach!

Thanks to Neatorama for this video of Bach's "Air On A G String" performed on beer bottles.

Musical Mayhem

This automated music player uses ping pong balls, brandy glasses, and agreat deal of cleverness, to make music.

When you see how many balls are involved, you'll be amazed that it plays anything recognisable as music ...

New Soul

In case you like the music that's being used to advertise the MacBook Air, here's a video of the entire song, "New Soul", by Yael Naim.

Magnetic Ink

This is a nice animation, synchronized to some beautiful music. Thanks to Neatorama.

Musical Vegies

This is just slightly too new age for my liking, but very clever, nonetheless ... a vegetable orchestra!

Thanks to Core 77 for the link.

Tesla Torment

Interesting though this is, with those huge bolts of electricity flying through the air, the "music" is so bad that I think I'd be far too tempted to grab hold, to make the pain stop!

The Bowed Piano

This looks like something John Cage would love ...

Mood Music

Musicovery is an online music service that allows you to find music that matches your mood.

You choose a genre and a mood, such as "dark" or "energetic", and are then presented with various songs that should match, which are interconnected based on their various attributes.

Once you've chosen a specific song, it begins playing and you're presented with a fairly subtle visualisation. You can click on other songs to change the music.

All in all, quite a different, and interesting, kind of music player interface.

Chuck Mangione

I was just watching a video about a private eye who has two prosthetic arms (ironically, his name is "Jay J Armes") that was posted on Projectionist.

The soundtrack reminded me of Chuck Mangione ... although, it's probably actually Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass.

Chuck was a flugelhorn player whose music I loved back in the 70s.

In particular, he wrote the soundtrack for a film called The Children of Sanchez, which starred Anthony Quinn and was based on the novel of the same name.

Here's Chuck playing the title track. I assume the accompanying video is scenes from the movie.

Enjoy!