Posted in Internet I love you, internet: iPhone 4 captures oscillation of guitar strings Chris Holmes posted on July 15, 2011June 11, 2013 Comments Off on I love you, internet: iPhone 4 captures oscillation of guitar strings Some guy plopped an iPhone inside his guitar -- I know, crazy right? -- and he was able to capture the oscillation* of the guitar Read More
Posted in Music, Sunday Jazz Sunday Jazz: Star-Spangled Jazz Chris Holmes posted on July 3, 2011February 19, 2013 Comments Off on Sunday Jazz: Star-Spangled Jazz Here's a handful of jazz songs (if not necessarily jazz compositions) to get your flags waving and your fireworks exploding (legally, of Read More
Posted in Music, Sunday Jazz Sunday Jazz: Mulatu Astatke – “Mulatu’s Mood” Chris Holmes posted on June 26, 2011June 21, 2011 Comments Off on Sunday Jazz: Mulatu Astatke – “Mulatu’s Mood” Another great (and recent) jazz entry from Ethiopian jazz legend Mulatu Astatke - from 2010, it's "Mulatu's Read More
Posted in Listening Booth, Music Listening booth — Wings, “Must Do Something About It” Chris Holmes posted on June 24, 2011June 23, 2011 Comments Off on Listening booth — Wings, “Must Do Something About It” Today's listening booth features one of the better numbers from the 1976 Wings album, Wings at the Speed of Sound. Say hello to Joe English on Read More
Posted in Music Why the Hell Should I Like… post-‘Thriller’ Michael Jackson? blerd posted on June 23, 2011June 22, 2011 2 Comments In this installment of our Why The Hell Should I Like..? series, Blerd offers 10 songs to prove the worth of Michael Jackson's post-Thriller Read More
Posted in Music So fresh — 10 Steely Dan songs that will never get old Chris Holmes posted on June 21, 2011February 28, 2013 Comments Off on So fresh — 10 Steely Dan songs that will never get old Join us now as we plumb the depths of Steely Dan's catalogue for ten shining examples of their brilliance. And that is not meant in jest, my Read More
Posted in Music, Sunday Jazz Sunday Jazz: Horace Silver, “Song for My Father” Chris Holmes posted on June 19, 2011June 18, 2011 Comments Off on Sunday Jazz: Horace Silver, “Song for My Father” To celebrate Father's Day, let's listen to this bossa nova jazz classic from pianist Horace Silver, "Song for My Read More
Posted in Music, Sunday Jazz Sunday Jazz: Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section Chris Holmes posted on June 5, 2011June 3, 2011 Comments Off on Sunday Jazz: Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section Today we look at a track from the classic 1957 Art Pepper album, 'Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section'. It's "Straight Read More
Posted in Music So fresh — 10 Led Zeppelin songs that will never get old Chris Holmes posted on May 26, 2011February 28, 2013 4 Comments So you say you're tired of hearing the same 10 or so Led Zeppelin songs on the radio? Well then try these overlooked gems on for Read More