From Oddee:
15 Things You Didn't Know About The Beatles
Formed in 1960, the fab four from Liverpool quickly became the most successful and critically acclaimed band in the history of rock and roll. Meet fifteen fascinating, little-known facts about the band that changed the world.
Hello Goodbye - The Beatles
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May 4, 2010
Beatles Trivia
Labels: music, music video, trivia
February 3, 2010
The Day the Music Died
via Mental Floss
Fifty-one years ago today, a plane crashed shortly after taking off from Clear Lake, Iowa, killing all four people aboard. They were pilot Roger Peterson, Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and J.P. Richardson, known as “The Big Bopper.” February 3rd, 1959, became known as The Day the Music Died.
Valens, Richardon, and Holly were on tour with a show called “The Winter Dance Party Tour” with Dion and the Belmonts. The tour bus was so cold and miserable that one band member reportedly developed frostbite. Buddy Holly had had enough, and decided to charter a plane in Clear Lake to fly to Fargo, North Dakota for the next gig. Dwyer Flying Service was hired for $36 a seat, and the plane was ready to leave after the show at the Surf Ballroom. Waylon Jennings, a backup singer for the show, relinquished his seat on the plane to Richardson because he was running a fever. Another backup singer, Tommy Allsup, lost his chance to fly in a coin flip with Valens.
Wiki entry: Buddy Holly Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959), known professionally as Buddy Holly, was an American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll. Although his success lasted only a year and a half before his death in an airplane crash, Holly is described by critic Bruce Eder as "the single most influential creative force in early rock and roll.". His works and innovations inspired and influenced both his contemporaries and later musicians, notably The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, Don McLean, and Bob Dylan, and exerted a profound influence on popular music. Holly was in the first group of inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Holly #13 among "The Fifty Greatest Artists of All Time". |
There's an excellent movie about Holly's rise to fame: The Buddy Holly Story, starring Gary Busey in what was, IMHO, an Oscar-deserving performance. Busey not only nailed Holly's look and mannerisms, he also did a fantastic job singing.
January 26, 2010
Deafening Donkey Duet
There were other options for the title, most involving "ass" and "blow it out".
The first thing I thought was I bet that guy thought "Al Hirt that donkey's ears."
Labels: alliteration, funny, music, video
January 24, 2010
January 5, 2010
September 22, 2009
I Ain't Marching Anymore - Phil Ochs
From Wiki:
Philip David Ochs (pronounced /ˈoʊks/) (December 19, 1940 – April 9, 1976) was a U.S. protest singer (or, as he preferred, a topical singer) and songwriter who was known for his sharp wit, sardonic humor, earnest humanism, political activism, insightful and alliterative lyrics, and haunting voice. He wrote hundreds of songs in the 1960s and released eight albums in his lifetime.
Ochs performed at many political events, including anti-Vietnam War and civil rights rallies, student events, and organized labor events over the course of his career, in addition to many concert appearances at such venues as New York City's Town Hall and Carnegie Hall. Politically, Ochs described himself as a "left social democrat" who became an "early revolutionary" after the protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago led to a police riot, which had a profound effect on his state of mind.
After years of prolific writing in the 1960s, Ochs's mental stability declined in the 1970s and eventually he succumbed to a number of problems including bipolar disorder and alcoholism, and he took his own life in 1976.
Some of Ochs's major influences were Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, Bob Gibson, Faron Young, Merle Haggard, John Wayne, and John F. Kennedy. His best-known songs include "I Ain't Marching Anymore", "Changes", "Crucifixion", "Draft Dodger Rag", "Love Me I'm a Liberal", "Outside of a Small Circle of Friends", "Power and the Glory", "There but for Fortune", and "The War Is Over".
Labels: interesting, music, Wiki
September 17, 2009
Raindrop Melody Maker
Click on a raindrop to play a sound that loops every 6 seconds. Click on it again to stop its loop. The metronome button starts a beat that can help you keep time. The stop button stops all the loops and the metronome too.
Raindrop Melody Maker
September 9, 2009
Oh Nine!
Know what day it is today? It's the ninth of September -the ninth month- of '09, a rare occurrence, but even more rare will be nine minutes and nine seconds after nine a.m. this morning:
09:09.09 09/09/09
It even works on the European method of the date, reversing the month and day from how the United States does it.
You can read Why 09/09/09 Is So Special or what Wiki says about all the things that have happened on the regular years of each September 9 .
Here's some more information about the date:
* 09-09-09 is also the last of the single-digits dates for quite a while - 92 years to be precise.
* It is also the upside-down number of "the beast" - satan = 666, of course.
* The day itself falls on a Wednesday and both Wednesday & September have 9 letters.
I bet a lot of folks will play zero and nine on their lotteries, which will mean it would be strange if the numbers came up together...and will also mean a lower payout because so many people played those numbers. I dunno about the "666" deal, never was sure about that, but it's probably true that the devil is having an easy time in this evil world, probably can do it standing on his head, maybe that's why "999" is "666" upside down.
Anyway....
Weird, huh?
September 8, 2009
Hello Goodbye - The Beatles
Grooveshark lets you find specific songs by specific artists, make playlists, and play them whenever you like...all for free!
AND, as you can see, the embed code is available for websites or Blogger and many other social networking sites.
Millions of songs. Find yours.
Grooveshark
Labels: blogger, cool, free stuff, music, widgets
September 6, 2009
Ride the ToneMatrix
From the website:
Simple sinewave synthesizer triggered by an ordinary 16step sequencer. Each triggered step causes a force on the underlaying wave-map, which makes it more cute.
Fascinating application that's bound to keep you amused for more than ten seconds! I also think it could become extremely annoying if someone ELSE was playing this around you.
How to play: Click to add or take-away a square; space to clear the board. Build a melody!
ToneMatrix
Labels: cool, interesting, music
June 25, 2009
Seems Like "Yesterday"
That the Beatles were on the Ed Sullivan show and then just a few hours later (meaning a too-short career, not literally) performing their last time together on a rooftop with an extra-long version of "Hey Jude" and ending with "Get Back".
Here's a cool website that has some early, unpublished photos of the Fab Four.
Unpublished Photos Of The Beatles When They Were Young.
June 16, 2009
Walk Don't Run - The Ventures
Was saddened earlier today to hear of the passing of Bob Bogle, co-founder and lead guitarist of the Ventures.
From The News Tribune of Tacoma:
Bogle, a resident of Vancouver, Wash., was 75 when he died on Sunday. He suffered from non-Hodgkin lymphoma and became too frail to play with the Ventures in his waning years, but lived long enough to see his band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March 2008.
When I was a kid, I used to listen over and over and over again to the Ventures albums we had until I wore them out; Golden Greats was the first thing I bought with the very first money I ever earned. It's one of my Top Ten favorite albums.
Back in November I posted Sleepwalk.
RIP Bob Bogle
Labels: music, music video
June 9, 2009
Free Country Music
Free country tunes from People. Get new tracks from Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan and more stars – free!
Good bitrate for each song, too. Only one is 128kbs; the rest are 160/193kbs.
Free Country Music
Labels: free stuff, music
May 1, 2009
Who is John Galt?
That's the question that's being posted these days all over the 'net from those quoting Ayn Rand and comparing the current time to the plot of her famous novel, Atlas Shrugged.
I never cared for the book all that much, but I read it years and years ago before I became interested in politics, so perhaps I should try reading it again.
That said, I still don't care who is John Galt. I'd rather know who Alvin Tostig was.
April 27, 2009
Sleeveface
Sleeveface
Absolutely brilliant website!
One or more persons obscuring or augmenting any part of their body or bodies with record sleeve(s) causing an illusion
April 25, 2009
All the Love You Need
Sign up for the newsletter and download for free the album
All the Love You Need by Big Head Todd and the Monsters.
Labels: free stuff, music
April 6, 2009
Free Music From Barenaked Ladies
Courtesy of Ben and Jerry's
It says "Select One" but all three can be d/l.
I prefer "Wind it Up" out of the three.
BNL website
Labels: free stuff, music
March 9, 2009
February 17, 2009
Free Album From The Damnwells
Download from Paste Magazine
Requires registration, so it might be a good idea to use a "throwaway" addy.
Labels: free stuff, music
February 5, 2009
Free 4 Song CD
Sign up for the news letter and get a 4 song CD of piano music by Jim Brickman.
Labels: free stuff, music