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Do The Shuffle
With our collection, just putting it on shuffle-all is not an option. There is just no mood which in which it’s appropriate to sequence Bill Evans and Jack White and Ute Lemper and Gustav Mahler and PJ Harvey. Not gonna happen. Tim Bray Our collection isn’t quite as extensive as Mr. Bray’s (around 8000 songs, [...]
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Common Metre Christmas Medly
Sing this to the tune of “House Of The Rising Sun”: O come, O come, Emmanuel Ransom captive Israel That mourns in lonely exile here Til the Son of God appear Oh little town of Bethlehem How still we see thee lie Above thy deep and dreamless sleep The silent stars go by Yet in [...]
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The Lion Sleeps Tonight
According to Wikipedia’s Brian Eno discography, the great man has produced 41 studio albums. Although I only have 29 of them, I was nevertheless surprised to find that I don’t have this track: I found this gem at Florencom’s YouTube channel, which is devoted entirely to different versions of this song. What really surprised me [...]
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Automation
Computers are automating everything these days. Only today I found out that the most important functions of the brass section and the drummer have been replaced by some new fangled web page. (via Music Thing’s Twitter)
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First Impressions Of Third
Today I got Third, the new Portishead album. What can I say after one listen? The Portishead essentials are all there: Beth’s heart-rending vocals, Adrian’s vintage guitars, Geoff’s favourite bass and organ sounds, the overall noir film-score vibe. What’s gone is the Hip-Hop. No crackly vinyl drum breaks, no comfortable old grooves. No scratching even. [...]
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