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Trance. Rock. Country. Jazz. Classical. Latin. One woman’s noise is another woman’s music. Once upon a time, we went to record stores to sift for new artists or albums. Now we click our mouses on a “play” button — over and over — until we find something we like. Then, we plug portable music players into computers, load ‘em up with tunes, and off we go (or we stay at our desk, headphones on, drowning out office noise). The way we listen to music may have radically changed in the last decade, but the song remains the same: We’re melodic creatures, responding emotionally and physically to the lull of a siren’s heartache or the strum of a guitar.

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Goodbye, Lennon: Remembering The John Lennon Museum
A Modern Girl / モダンガール

Up until last year, Japan was the home of the first John Lennon museum to be officially authorized by Yoko Ono. Housed inside the Saitama Super Arena, the 1,500-square-meter museum opened on October 9, 2000, the 60th anniversary of Lennon’s birth. It closed on September 30, 2010, when its exhibit contract with Yoko Ono expired. Over its 10-year existence, a total of about 610,000 visitors came to visit the museum. I am a *huge* Beatles fan, so I made a point of visiting the museum back in 2006, just before I left Japan to start graduate school. Given how busy I was at that time, my photos from the museum remained buried in my Flickr account, untagged and untitled. Since the museum is now closed to visitors, I thought now would be an opportune time to dig them out and share them with all of you. The museum housed all kinds of musical instruments, clothes, and music and lyrics from all periods of Lennon’s life; about 135 items were obtained from Yoko Ono for display. The paths took you a

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Hip-hop, creativity and the brain: Q&A with Dr. Charles Limb
TED Blog

In his TEDTalk (watch now), Charles Limb reviews his groundbreaking work studying creativity and the brain — by putting musicians inside an fMRI and watching as they improvise. For the past decade, he’s been working with jazz piano players, revealing astonishing new data about the way the brain creates art. And his research has recently branched into a new genre: hip-hop. He spoke to the TED Blog about his new study, and about his day job … How did you decide to study hip-hop? It kind of happened very naturally. I’m not somebody who’s listened to a ton of hip-hop; I was much more of a jazz guy, and I listened to a lot of classical music. But I work in Baltimore, grew up around New York and went to medical school in New Haven, and I always did feel that hip-hop is very much a street music, from the people, a grassroots kind of music exactly the same as jazz once as, a kind of iconoclastic music. In some ways, rap has replaced or assumed a lot of the same so

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Hawaii in Song: Yvonne Elliman
Naturally HI

“Hawaii.” From Yvonne Elliman’s out-of-print, 1973 LP, Food of Love (featuring special guests Pete Townsend and Robbie Robertson). Yvonne was born and raised in Honolulu, graduated from Roosevelt High School, played Mary Magdalene on Broadway in the rock opera, Jesus Christ Superstar. She toured with Eric Clapton among others, and still performs around the world.

The Harlem Chamber Players Celebrates Black History Month

On Sunday February 27th at 3:00PM, The Harlem Chamber Players will celebrate Black History Month with an exciting and wide-ranging program of works, performed by the group’s extraordinary roster of artists. The works include Valerie Coleman’s Afro-Cuban Concerto for Wind Quintet. Ms. Coleman infuses her contemporary orchestration with jazz, Afro-Cuban traditions, distinct African sonorities, and her own African-American heritage. She is best known for the wind quintet composition Umoja, which was listed by Chamber Music America as one of the 101 Great American Works. “We are very delighted to perform this work and believe we will engage the audience even more when we follow it with Paquito D’Rivera’s Alborada and Son from his Aires Tropicales” said Liz Player, founder of The Harlem Chamber Players. “We believe this kind of cultural variety and sensibility is exciting for our audiences”. No celebration of Black History would be complete without a reading from the pen of the great Africa

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#MixTapeMonday-The Game
getWETCITY.com

That new West Coast Hip Hop, still it’s always fresh coast.  The Game ove the last month has droped two mixtapes Purp and Patron Vol. 1&2.  After giving the both tapes a listens The Game has not fell off. This MixTape features some of your west coast favs Snoop, Dre, and Mista FAB.  But he didn’t stop there he also got Wiz Khalifia, T-Pain, and Lil Boosie.  Take a shot of that Patron and roll dat Purp up cuz ya ear drums is gonna be fadded. Listen/DownLoad Here

The winter of our discontent.
the indie lumberjack.

holy eff. so…my bad guys. three months really got away from me and i’m really sorry to the like…nine of you that check my blog daily. i did a lot over the course of the time i was gone, i promise. i got really depressed: yeah…i was super depressed for a good two months or so, but i’m back to normal now so life is looking up again. i’m really stoked for this semester and all the cool things that are going on. got promoted at gamestop: i have keys now and get to make basic decisions about people’s work days. woo! and i’m responsible for dealing with douche-bag customers when they come in with their panties in a bunch. yay! almost failed my entire fall semester: this one i’m a little less proud of. i pretty much didn’t go to any of my classes and wasted a lot of time and money. i slept a lot. moped around a lot. occasionally i’d make an appearance for exams and papers, but other than that, i was pretty much a ghost. got an

Google Demo Slam: "Instant Elements" by Whirled to Tom Lehrer's "Elements"
Otterman speaks...

The song they used in the Google Slam above is by Tom Lehrer, satirist extraordinaire, sung to “I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General.” a song from Gilbert & Sullivan’s “The Pirates of Penzance”. Here he is with come cold war humour; watch his expression when he sings.

Bad Pop Song of the week (1-31-11)
Rant City

Welcome citizens, In this inaugural rant, we’re going to take a listen to a current BAD Pop Song. And maybe I’m blowing my wad with this first song, but I can’t let the pain remain in my brain any longer. Ke$ha – “Tik Tok” Oh… My… Christ. Where the hell do I begin? First off, SHE HAS A DAMN DOLLAR SIGN IN HER NAME!!! That right there automatically disqualifies this from being a good song. Who came up with that idea? Her Pimp? Excuse me… “Legitimate Businessman”. But I know… her stupid name has nothing to do with the song. Let’s examine some of these beautiful lyrics: Wake up in the morning feeling like P Diddy (Hey, what up girl?) Grab my glasses, I’m out the door, I’m gonna hit this city (Lets go) Before I leave, brush my teeth with a bottle of Jack ‘Cause when I leave for the night, I ain’t coming back Ugh. I’ve already puked twice at this point. What does P. Diddy feel like in

Wireless Walkman MP3 Player from Sony
gavin brown

I don’t listen to music when running, mostly because I don’t like anything all up on me, but this wireless mp3 player from Sony might change my mind. NWZ-W252BLK | W Series Walkman MP3 Player | Son…, posted with vodpod

Fine Listen & Watch: Spoon x Record Shop
Fine Times

Watch this.  Then go out and make sure you have every freaking Spoon album available. via blogtheque.net

Circa survive - 'in fear and faith'
elementary theft

what i say: i saw this band first in 2006, shortly after i’d joined w.c.u.r., the college radio station at west chester university.  i distinctly remember the show at the t.l.a., and it was one of the first local acts that i’d seen.  i greatly enjoyed it, and this song in particular gave me some chills i cherish. anyway, this one is from juturna, which apparently was inspired by ‘eternal sunshine of the spotless mind’.  ok, it was definitely inspired by it.  i think that’s a really good movie, and i remember getting carried away by it when i first saw it.  anyway – circa survive. why it’s neat: hmm…  i don’t know if i’m really qualified enough to talk about the actual musicianship behind the song (always a dicey thing to do.  no matter what you say, someone is going to feel strongly that your taste is bullshit), but i can talk about what it evokes.  this is definitely a blue song, but it’s a strong one, particularly for

The Welcome Concerto
Liquid Cloud Eleven

I live in a red barn converted cottage. Nestled against a hillside in the country, my home is surrounded by massive trees and overgrown shrubbery, a testimony to the fact that seasons have changed and my aversion of gardening has not. I grew up as a regular visitor in this home, spending long afternoons with my beloved grandparents who were the tenants at the time. Ten years ago, when my grandfather served in his self-appointed role as “Chief Gardener”, this “barn” as he often called it, boasted some of the finest gardens one could behold. My grandmother was ever the elegant hostess, producing inside the “cottage” as she liked to call it, a delightful counterpart to my grandfather’s outdoor masterpiece. With seemingly no effort, she could transform the antique pine table into a spread fit for royalty, placing platters of delicious fare amidst elegant place settings, candles and flowers. Throughout the years, I watched my grandmother master the art of entertaining, performing her role t

Road To The Grammys: Team "Glee"
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