Topic: MUSIK - on July 18, 2008 at 11:39:08 AM CEST
James-Brown-Trödel für fast eine Million Dollar versteigert
Mit alten Sachen viel Geld machen: Fans und Sammler haben in New York fast 900.000 Dollar für Erinnerungsstücke des verstorbenen Soulsängers James Brown ausgegeben. Ein Diabetes-Armband wechselte für 32.500 Dollar den Besitzer.
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Topic: MUSIK - on July 4, 2008 at 2:44:37 PM CEST
The 20 Most Unpatriotic Album Covers of All Time
With the 4th looming ahead, what better time to dig through the Net for some cheerful bastardizations of American iconography? OK, not all of it is particularly cheerful - some of it is downright disturbing. Got better? Leave a comment below.
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Topic: MUSIK - on June 29, 2008 at 2:34:42 PM CEST
Glowing Amy Winehouse takes to the stage at Mandela's birthday concert in London
A glowing Amy Winehouse bounced back from her recent health problems to sing at Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday concert in Hyde Park last night.
The 24-year-old singer belted out renditions of her hit songs Valerie and Rehab in front of the 46,664-strong crowd, before returning to the stage at the climax of the gig for a rendition of The Special AKA's hit Free Nelson Mandela with Jerry Dammers and the Soweto Gospel Choir.
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Topic: MUSIK - on June 27, 2008 at 12:04:49 PM CEST
Prince Sues Musicians For Making A Tribute Album For His Birthday
It's been really disappointing watching how Prince has squandered what had been seen as a enlightened view of how music works in this day and age. Instead of continuing to embrace that, and use it to his advantage, Prince has become fantastically anti-fan, and day-by-day seems to be destroying his reputation. It started with threatening fan sites, quickly followed up by lawsuits against YouTube, eBay and the Pirate Bay, and more recently has involved a bizarre and ill-advised strategy of taking down YouTube videos that he probably had no right to take down.
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Topic: MUSIK - on June 19, 2008 at 9:55:11 AM CEST
Kraftwerk - The Robots
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Topic: MUSIK - on June 19, 2008 at 9:54:14 AM CEST
'Oldest' computer music unveiled
A scratchy recording of Baa Baa Black Sheep and a truncated version of In the Mood are thought to be the oldest known recordings of computer generated music.
The songs were captured by the BBC in the Autumn of 1951 during a visit to the University of Manchester.
The recording has been unveiled as part of the 60th Anniversary of "Baby", the forerunner of all modern computers.
The tunes were played on a Ferranti Mark 1 computer, a commercial version of the Baby Machine.
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Topic: MUSIK - on June 17, 2008 at 1:45:39 PM CEST
Jazz-Pianist Esbjörn Svensson ist tot
Trauer in der europäischen Jazzszene nach dem Tod des Pianisten Esbjörn Svensson (44) bei einem Tauchunfall in den Stockholmer Schären: "Er hat dem Jazz neues Leben eingehaucht, neue Zuhörer angezogen und andere Musiker unglaublich inspiriert", meinte der Chef des Stockholmer Jazzfestivals, Bosse Persson, am Montag.
Svensson deutscher Manager Burkhard Hopper sagte in München: "Esbjörn Svensson war der feinste Mensch, der mir je begegnet ist. Er hat auch in der Musik immer zuerst an die anderen gedacht und gegeben. Gleichzeitig war er sicher bedeutendste Jazzmusiker dieses Jahrzehnts." Svensson galt in den letzten Jahren als einer der erfolgreichsten Jazzmusiker in Europa. Wie nur wenige andere stand er für die Erneuerung des Genres.
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Topic: MUSIK - on June 14, 2008 at 11:57:44 AM CEST
Winehouse performs for Abramovich
Amy Winehouse has performed an exclusive gig at a Moscow art gallery for Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich and his girlfriend Daria Zhukova.
The singer flew out to play at the launch of The Garage gallery, which has been set up by Ms Zhukova.
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Topic: MUSIK - on June 13, 2008 at 9:55:50 AM CEST
Codgepiece
Once upon a time, The Old Codger made such a menace of himself around here that he actually tricked us into turning him into some sort of WFMU mascot for a little while. We snapped out of his damn spell, but not before he'd hijacked half the record library and insinuated himself into as many album covers as he could find a place for himself, just to spite the medium! My apologies for the really ugly ones, but what do you expect from a guy who's idea of arresting visuals is a snazzy wall-calendar?
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Topic: MUSIK - on June 11, 2008 at 1:30:44 PM CEST
BBC Sound Index
The Sound Index is not meant to be a definitive chart (like a sales chart). Rather, it's a gauge of who and what is currently driving conversation and interaction about music online. It's a great tool for music discovery, and to find out who's currently hot in the music world of teenagers. However, we have taken steps to ensure that our data collection is as accurate as possible, and have implemented an algorithm to help us create the most editorially relevant and robust Index.
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Topic: MUSIK - on June 11, 2008 at 11:20:25 AM CEST
Fatboy Slims Naked Censorship Musicvideo is unfuckingbelievable
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Topic: MUSIK - on June 11, 2008 at 11:15:38 AM CEST
Moog Unveils Badass Guitar with Infinite Sustain
Bob Moog's synthesizers and effects changed the world. Now, the company that bears his name is trying to apply its vision to a new instrument: the guitar.
The Moog Guitar Paul Vo Edition has infinite sustain -- enough to keep Nigel Tufnel holding the guitar up to his ear until the end of time -- while a muted mode allows players to add the sound of their fingers holding down the strings loosely and then taking them away from the strings right away after the strum for a banjo-type sound. These effects operate separately on each pickup, giving players a wider range of sonic options.
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