I recently plugged in the old KORG Poly800. One of the early mass produced polyphonic Synths. Unfortunately the batteries had drained, and the sound settings were completely gone. Now it is possible to restore the sound settings from the 20 …
A few weeks ago I listened to “Welcome to the Welcome Wagon” on the excellent VPRO Luisterpaal (http://3voor12.vpro.nl/luisterpaal/). I ordered the CD and today it has been delivered by mail. The reason I happily pay a few extra bucks for …
From The RIPE 55 Secret Working Group Report a long long time ago i can still remember when my laptop could connect elsewhere and i tell you all there was a day the network card i threw away had a …
This video contains an expose by Nate Harrisson about the “Amen Break”. I did not know about the “Amen Break” as a concept and this video is an eyeopener. A good piece of music history and theory that, when you …
My brother in law gave me a late birthday present: The latest Beasty Boys album: The Mix-UP. I have had a weak spot for the Beasty Boys for many years. I am not particularly fond of their rap style, …
While over in the US last couple of weeks I bought the latest “The Bad Plus” album “Suspicious Activity”. The band has on my radars screen since I heard their first album and bought it after the first four bars …
Hi Math student. Happy you googled this way on your quest for a topic to write your statistics paper on. Here is the problem, its a real life problem, one that hurts about 10 million owners of an iPod. Random …
The events in Rome made me dig up a little avant-garde masterpiece from my vinyl collection. Blessed Easter Track 2 from “Rome Remains Rome” by Holger Czukay (1987) (also available on Amazon) The credits on the cover read: We were …
3 Songs that start with the cry of a cock. The Beatles, Good Morning Good Morning from Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Tom Waits, I’ll Be Gone from Frank’s Wild Years. William S. Burroughs (and the Disposable Heroes of …
Sisi and Sissy boys About a week ago I was invited to attend the musical “Elisabeth” in the the “Theater an der Wien“.This was the second time I attended a musical show. And although Iappreciate obviously high production quality (hydrolic …