Archive for December, 2009

Banjo-tinged Stooges covers and Countrified Blondie

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009


A while ago Boing Boing posted about folk covers of punk classics:
Boyhowdy sez, “The folk covers of Straight to Hell I compiled last year were so well-received by your readers, I thought you might also be interested in this week’s entry, which compiles folk and acoustic covers of more songs from Punk’s first and second [...]

Musipedia

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009


Musipedia: Musipedia Melody Search Engine
Musipedia uses the “Melodyhound” melody search engine. You can find and identify a tune even if the melody is all you know. You can play it on a piano keyboard, whistle it to the computer, simply tap the rhythm on the computer keyboard or use the Parsons code.
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A Letter From David Bowie

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009


Letters of Note has posted a letter from David Bowie to his very first American fan letter writer:
In answer to your questions, my real name is David Jones and I don’t have to tell you why I changed it. “Nobody’s going to make a monkey out of you” said my manager. My birthday is January [...]

MOG Music Subscription Service

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009


MOG music subscription has launched:
We wrote last week about the impending launch of the MOG music subscription service, and now that day is here. To recap, MOG will be taking on Napster and Rhapsody in the all-you-can-eat, on-demand listening experience for $5 per month.With an extensive library of millions of tracks backed by all [...]