29 5 / 2012
LEGO Minifig ping pong and 1980s French cold wave | Boing Boing
Reposted from http://bit.ly/Kr6phf on May 29, 2012 at 02:27PM
BIPP: French Synth-Wave 1979/85 compiles cold wave and Casio-dominated robot music that emerged from the unholy matrimony of post-punk and the nascent electro-pop scene of Europe. Above, Act’s “Ping Pong” as soundtrack for a video created by Smugg Knife. “BIPPP: French Synth Wave 1979-85” (Amazon) Smugg Knife Productions
28 5 / 2012
Laurie Anderson’s commencement speech on art, science and space | Boing Boing
Reposted from http://bit.ly/JQiqYV on May 28, 2012 at 01:53PM
Gayle from the School of Visual Arts in NYC sez, “Acclaimed multimedia artist Laurie Anderson gave the commencement address this year at the School of Visual Arts’ (SVA) graduation ceremony, held at New York City’s Radio City Musical Hall on May 10. In a speech that was at turns thoughtful and lighthearted, she interwove stories […]
26 5 / 2012
Gothurday | Boing Boing
Reposted from http://bit.ly/LR77GH on May 26, 2012 at 02:08PM
REUTERS/Thomas Peter Revellers attend the Wave and Goth festival in Leipzig, on May 25, 2012. The annual festival, known in Germany as Wave-Gotik Treffen, features up to 150 bands and musicians playing Gothic rock and other styles of the “dark wave” music subculture attracting a regular audience of up to 20000, according to organizers. The […]
24 5 / 2012
Cyberpunk dress code, circa 1990 | Boing Boing
Reposted from http://bit.ly/Lt1s35 on May 24, 2012 at 01:59PM
A 20-year-old photo spread from pioneering cyberculture zine Mondo 2000 asks the musical question: “R U a cyberpunk?” Bruce Sterling, who was, in fact, a cyberpunk, answers: “Since 20 years have passed, contemporary people will fail to realize that this was a comical self-parody.” ru cyberpunk (Thanks, Fipi Lele!)
23 5 / 2012
Cool projects from NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program | Boing Boing
Reposted from http://bit.ly/L9Tm3q on May 23, 2012 at 08:17PM
As a graduate student at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program, I’m constantly surrounded with astounding creativity from my fellow students, who come from a wide array of disciplines. I’m working among musicians, architects, archeologists, lawyers, designers, physicists, and much more. Our commonality is that we all want to use technology in creative ways. Twice a year, […]
23 5 / 2012
Behind the scenes of making silly musical thank you notes | Boing Boing
Reposted from http://bit.ly/JSB2NW on May 23, 2012 at 05:12PM
I’m in New York this week and today I dropped in on Boing Boing pal and co-curator of Boing Boing’s Virgin America in-flight channel Joe Sabia. Joe’s in the middle of directing a series of short musical thank you note videos for people who request them online as a promotional campaign for AT&T’s Facebook fan […]
23 5 / 2012
Happy birthday, Robert Moog! | Boing Boing
Reposted from http://bit.ly/KeWI3n on May 23, 2012 at 05:12PM
Today would have been the 78th birthday of electronic music pioneer Robert Moog (1934-2005.) Please celebrate with this clip of ELP’s Keith Emerson playing the “Lucky Man” solo live on his monstrous Moog modular synthesizer. Playable Moog Google Doodle - Boing Boing Klaus Schulze, live Moog madness from 1977 - Boing Boing Nik Raicevic’s “Head,” […]
23 5 / 2012
Financial breakdown of Amanda Palmer’s million-dollar Kickstarter | Boing Boing
Reposted from http://bit.ly/MHtHRp on May 23, 2012 at 02:09PM
Musician Amanda Palmer, whose Kickstarter project for an all-singing, all-dancing tour plus album plus art book plus videos extravaganza is heading for the $1,000,000 mark, explains where all the money is likely to go, and how much she’ll make, and what she sees as the future of things. It’s a really good look at the […]
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23 5 / 2012
How to make Vietnamese coffee (video) | Boing Boing
Reposted from http://bit.ly/MHtKfU on May 23, 2012 at 02:09PM
[Video Link] My friend Andrea James sent me this video. She said, ” I thought it was nicely shot, and I like the music!” I agree. The song is called “Ding Ding Dong,” and it is by Waipod Phetsuphan (Thailad). It’s on a compilation album called “The Sound of Siam: Leftfield Luk Thung, Jazz & […]
22 5 / 2012
Bullseye with Jesse Thorn: RA Dickey, Coyle and Sharpe, and Mark Frauenfelder | Boing Boing
Reposted from http://bit.ly/JRDxOS on May 22, 2012 at 04:56PM
Jess Thorne says: “This week’s culture recommendations on Bullseye come to us care of Mark Frauenfelder of Boing Boing and the Gweek podcast, who joins us to share a pair of his top picks: The Dictionary of Modern Proverbs, as compiled by Charles Doyle, and the music video production iPhone app Video Star.”
21 5 / 2012
Hot Chip: “Night And Day” (music video, dir. Peter Serafinowicz) | Boing Boing
Reposted from http://bit.ly/JMdnyO on May 21, 2012 at 10:42PM
[Video Link] Above: “Night and Day,” from Hot Chip’s forthcoming album “In Our Heads” (June 11th, Domino). This music video was directed by Peter Serafinowicz, best known to most Boing Boing readers as an actor/funnyman in The Peter Serafinowicz Show, Look Around You, and a number of other TV series and films we’ve blogged about […]
21 5 / 2012
“Freeware” compilation of LA Post-Punk and Indie-Wave music, 1977-1987 | Boing Boing
Reposted from http://bit.ly/JLRy2s on May 21, 2012 at 07:51PM
My friend Sean Bonner just pointed me to a wonderful music history project, put together by Brian Stefans: at lapostpunk.blogspot.com, an MP3 compilation of post-punk and experimental pop music in the Los Angeles area from the mid-seventies through the mid-eighties. I kind of think of this as a portrait of the city at the time […]
21 5 / 2012
BBC radiophonic sound experiment from 1957 | Boing Boing
Reposted from http://bit.ly/K5hPF7 on May 21, 2012 at 04:55PM
From 1957, “Private Dreams and Public Nightmares,” an incredibly weird and fantastic BBC sound experiment by writer Frederick Bradnum, pioneering electronic music composer Daphne Oram, and producer Donald McWhinnie. Oram went on to co-found the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, the massively influential sound effects and music studio. From McWhinnie’s narration introducing the piece: This programme is […]
21 5 / 2012
Former Warner Music CTO: Of course leaked albums drive sales! | Boing Boing
Reposted from http://bit.ly/JKucs9 on May 21, 2012 at 02:01PM
On Twitter, former Warner Music CTO Ethan Kaplan greets the “surprising” news that file sharing of pre-release albums drives demand with acerbic and admirable sarcasm: “Let me simplify this answer: YES IT LEADS TO MORE SALES. DEMAND = DEMAND W/ $$$$$$ IF PRODUCT GOOD.” Simplified further: MUSIC BUSINESS (RECORDED): your product isn’t diamonds mined from […]
18 5 / 2012
Miles Davis turned to Nancy Reagan and said… | Boing Boing
Reposted from http://bit.ly/KAhrBi on May 18, 2012 at 10:56PM
In 1987, he was invited to a White House dinner by Ronald Reagan. Few of the guests appeared to know who he was. During dinner, Nancy Reagan turned to him and asked what he’d done with his life to merit an invitation. Straight-faced, Davis replied: “Well, I’ve changed the course of music five or six […]
