Music
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Trance on Guitar
Man, it’s been ages since the last guitar vid.
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Internet Radio Done Right
This is now my default background music source: Radio Collective The first time I listened to one of the shows, it sounded like like a sword fight between banjos and sitars, with silvery wiccan pixies whispering in my ear. Needless to say, I was hooked.
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Jammin’ solo
Max was so jazzed about playing his toy guitar, we broke down and ordered a real one off the internet. It’s called a Plum Blossom, if I remember correctly. I arranged for one of my second year students to come give him lessons once a week, but it’s just too soon. He won’t play when we want him to, and often just ignores people he doesn’t know. Ah well, at least I got some photos, and the guitar is being kept safe for if he shows an interest again. —————— I’m posting a bunch of phonecam photos in the coming days, so please forgive the craptastic quality.
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Last Night of English Camp
I have a student who takes after my pal T in Japan so much it’s scary.
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In the back of my mind..
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Hoedown or Ho Down?
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Your Robert Smith fix for the day decade
—==|||| ATTENTION OSAKA BILL, PARIS SOPHIE, COSTA RICA SOPHIA, ADAM(s) AND OTHER ASSORTED CURE FANS, PAST AND PRESENT |||==— An incredible Crystal Castles cover of Platinum Blonde’s “Not in Love” with Robert Smith vocals: Right click to download This is currently playing on loop on my deck as a full-scale molam concert is going off at the entrance to our hood. I walked out a few minutes ago to see what was happening and decided I’d rather listen to this again and again, which is saying a lot. (thx attica)
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What it’s really like to work in a music store (video series)
This is the funniest series I’ve seen in a long time. The first two are my favorites but the rest are funny as well: What it’s really like to work in a music store PART III What it’s really like to work in a music store PART IV What it’s really like to work in a music store PART V (thx g)
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Yub Nub – Pwning interspecies relations since 1983
You need to watch this video for your life to be complete. Really. Via my bro. BONUS: A subtitled barbershop quartet rendition, if you’re into that sort of thing UPDATE: If you’re nerd enough to have come this far, you deserve a top shelf link: Total Recall: The Musical
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Tool’s 9-8-7 on the Koto
This is Tool’s song Lateralus (originally titled 9-8-7) played on kotos and bass kotos. It’s also surely the ultimate traditional Japanese music/Fibonacci sequence nerd jam of all time. //////////////////// I’d like to mention here that the new YouTube layout is absolute crap and apparently I’m not alone in thinking so. And changing the five-star system to a like/dislike one is pretty much the worst user feedback decision I’ve seen in recent times. I guess the user testing groups were firmly set in the Keewl It’s Just Like Facebook demographic.
