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Archives for May, 2008

The 25 Most Rockin’ Guitar Riffs

Rob O’Connor of Y! Music provides a list of 25 of the most gleeful musical masturbations of all time. // Share|

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Edward Said’s shadowy legacy

To Western Orientalists, he was little more than a crude embarrassment, trying to take away the validity of their study simply because they were born into colonial countries, yet the specter of Edward Said still haunts the political and academic landscape today when discussing the study of history of the Middle East. // Share|

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Want to Remember Everything You’ll Ever Learn? Surrender to This Algorithm

Wired has an article on a way to pep up your memory. // Share|

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Jorge Luis Borges – Documentary Biography

The greatest fiction writer of the 20th Century is featured in a biography. // Share|

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Netflix to Sell a Device for Instantly Watching Movies on TV Sets

You couch potatoes can rejoice: Netflix has just come up with a device to make it even easier (as if it wasn’t easy enough) to rent movies quickly. HT- New York Times (must log in). – Rudy Carrera. // Share|

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Art World

According to this article, Behzod Abduraimov, a 17-year-old Uzbek may be the future of piano music. May he have much success, as the kid has a long career ahead of him. // Share|

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Rufus Harley – A Love Supreme

Rufus Harley, A LOVE SUPREME, Washington D.C. 1987 Yes, this really is free jazz with bagpipes. // Share|

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Fred Newman: Walking Sound Machine

“When you get the sound right … it enters the lower brainstem, below the level of intelligence. It’s primal and subliminal.” – Fred Newman In a recent interview, sound effects man Fred Newman credits Mel Blanc as a major influence: The first movie I worked on was “Gremlins,” directed by Joe Dante. And it also [...]

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The Angels Of Light — Nations (live)

A rather sublime piece of music by the Swans‘ former front man and his new band. // Share|

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The Webby Awards

The Grammys of the web-designer-geek world is here! – Rudy Carrera. // Share|

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