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RIP Adam Yauch

By shirty | Published: May 6, 2012
Adam Yauch, aka MCA of the Beastie Boys, has died. Grieving commentators on the AV Club’s news report pointed to this amazing video for Shadrack as a memorial. The fact that a screechy white-boy rap band could conceive of a video so unusual and artistic should’ve been a good indication than there was a lot [...]
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Seeger and Ochs

By shirty | Published: May 1, 2012
For May Day, a nifty primer from the AV Club (who are great at nifty primers) on Phil Ochs, as compared to his contemporary, Pete Seeger. (At 92, Pete has been the contemporary of about 5 generations of singers.)  The last line below nails it. I loved Phil because of his indignation. Folk music though [...]
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Music is Life

By shirty | Published: April 18, 2012
For three years of my university life, I worked at Toronto’s best record store. To this day, it’s the worst-paying but most fun job I’ve ever had. Everyone gets excited when they talk about the music they love.
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The Irish Rover

By shirty | Published: April 14, 2012
I’m late for St Paddy’s, but stumbled upon this video of the Pogues and the Dubliners bashing out a classic.  It reminded me of another happy stumble I took, into a pub in Galway, where a table full of young men were similarly bashing out classics with all the verve and intensity of the gang [...]
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Instruments from Inside

By shirty | Published: March 26, 2012
Stunning photography from inside symphonic instruments.  This (I presume?) violin looks like an avant-garde concert hall. ART DIRECTION: INSTRUMENTS FROM INSIDE on the Behance Network.
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100 Reasons

By shirty | Published: March 23, 2012
John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats makes a list of reasons R Kelly’s Ignition (Remix) is a fantastic song. No, really: 2. Writing a good “weekend” song is hard to pull off. I fear that the guy who prompted me to begin this thread will say “Nonsense! Anybody can write a good ‘weekend’ song!” When [...]
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Queen of the Night – Translated

By shirty | Published: January 16, 2012
Rainer Hersch should do the surtitles for any opera too boring to sit through. The Ring Cycle would’ve been a lot more tolerable with his assistance.
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Dot Dot Dot

By shirty | Published: December 6, 2011
These remixed album covers fail more often than they win, but the wins are pretty spectacular.
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Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band Watermelons

By Shirty | Published: August 23, 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXYuMND4SoMI swear, I thought this really came from the 1920s for the first few listens. (I’m not very bright)
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By Shirty | Published: March 27, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/v/PSpoMWQRCiUStick this in your Tea Party and smoke it.
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