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I love you, internet: iPhone 4 captures oscillation of guitar strings

Chris Holmes
posted on July 15, 2011June 11, 2013
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Some guy plopped an iPhone inside his guitar -- I know, crazy right? -- and he was able to capture the oscillation* of the guitar

Posted in Music, Sunday Jazz

Sunday Jazz: Star-Spangled Jazz

Chris Holmes
posted on July 3, 2011February 19, 2013
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Here's a handful of jazz songs (if not necessarily jazz compositions) to get your flags waving and your fireworks exploding (legally, of

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Sunday Jazz: Mulatu Astatke – “Mulatu’s Mood”

Chris Holmes
posted on June 26, 2011June 21, 2011
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Another great (and recent) jazz entry from Ethiopian jazz legend Mulatu Astatke - from 2010, it's "Mulatu's

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Listening booth — Wings, “Must Do Something About It”

Chris Holmes
posted on June 24, 2011June 23, 2011
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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

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Why the Hell Should I Like… post-‘Thriller’ Michael Jackson?

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

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So fresh — 10 Steely Dan songs that will never get old

Chris Holmes
posted on June 21, 2011February 28, 2013
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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

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Sunday Jazz: Horace Silver, “Song for My Father”

Chris Holmes
posted on June 19, 2011June 18, 2011
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To celebrate Father's Day, let's listen to this bossa nova jazz classic from pianist Horace Silver, "Song for My

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Sunday Jazz: Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section

Chris Holmes
posted on June 5, 2011June 3, 2011
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Today we look at a track from the classic 1957 Art Pepper album, 'Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section'. It's "Straight

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So fresh — 10 Led Zeppelin songs that will never get old

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

I love you, internet: iPhone 4 captures oscillation of guitar strings

Sunday Jazz: Star-Spangled Jazz

Sunday Jazz: Mulatu Astatke – “Mulatu’s Mood”

Listening booth — Wings, “Must Do Something About It”

Why the Hell Should I Like… post-‘Thriller’ Michael Jackson?

So fresh — 10 Steely Dan songs that will never get old

Sunday Jazz: Horace Silver, “Song for My Father”

Sunday Jazz: Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section

So fresh — 10 Led Zeppelin songs that will never get old

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