Music swap!
Interested in participating in a music swap? Because there's a music swap!
Music swap!
Interested in participating in a music swap? Because there's a music swap!
Fantastic in-depth post by AgentRocket on Suzanne Vega and Tom's Diner ๐ฝ, plus more assorted autumn audio on mefi:
Ad for Argo's Book of Dreams featuring Nandi Bushell ๐ฅ; meet John Farnham, Australia's famed "Whispering Jack" ๐ฆ๐บ; the global, omnivorous sonic diet of SVBKVLT ๐; U2 Joshua Tree tour fan edit video ๐ผ; songwriter (and Oscar-winning actress) Mary Steenburgen ๐ข; poet, musician, activist, Moor Mother๐ค; true stories from Martin Simpson in his "Rooted" album ๐; Great Chafing Moonboots, it's Friends Again!๐ป; 1980 Concert by Young Marble Giants ๐ต; Mercedes de Sosa and Gracias a la vida ๐; Wendy Carlos' Switched-on Bach, 1968 ๐น; Maestro: animated woodland creatures perform a gorgeous Bellini opera aria ๐ผ; The World According to Sound podcast ๐; Dylan Tallchief made a drum machine in Excel ๐ฅ; Sounding off, an appreciation of and guide to nautical noises โ๏ธ; Honeyland Happy Honeybee Harmonies (animation) ๐; Sudan Archives, North African style violin + West Coast RnB, funk, soul ๐ป; Indigo Girls' Swamp Ophelia ๐ฅ; open-source Spleeter audio separation library ๐ง; Lucy Dacus seasonal covers for Halloween and Christmas๐; "Let It Go" in Klingon โ๏ธ; recovering Native language for the indigenous community๐๐ฝ; 1979-1983: A very abbreviated musical history โฎ๏ธ; Air Safety Video, K-pop styleโ๏ธ; Kesha, Raising Hell with Big Freedia ๐ฅ; Blade Runner Esper Edition soundtrack fan-made bootleg ๐; restored classic and lost punk films ๐ฝ; acoustic version of Ministry's "Everyday is Halloween" ๐; and finally, an alter of sound for Day of the Dead ๐
carlypennylane is looking for captivating contemporary instrumental music that strongly captures a mood or a moment
Larry Ramos, that's who. 23skidoo has a great comment about Ramos' skills and background in hippybear's The Association post.
spamandkimchi draws our grateful attention to Senegalese musician Salliou playing the cas cas (also known as the aslatua, aslato, kashaka, cascas, televi, kasso-kassoni...)
But on the night of 28 June 1979 all that is in the unknowable future, as Gary Numan puts on his make-up, throws up in the dressing room sink through sheer nerves, and prepares to walk onto the stage of Top Of The Pops as the UKโs newest Number One hitmaker...
Mefite Devonian (hashtag "okimobsessivesosueme") takes us on a wonderful deep dive with late-70's new wave synth-pop UK band Tubeway Army and Gary Numan.
The first all-digital MeFi Music Mixtape Swap signups are open until April 14, so if you're into it, share the love! If you're in need of some inspiration, you might check out some of the more than 50,000 78rpm record sides available from the Boston Public Library now on the Internet Archive. But if that seems a smidge overwhelming, maybe just queue up the one song that apparently nearly every other human on the planet has listened to? That's a lot. Too much? How about just that one special part of that one song that you love so much, but, like, it just keeps going?
Love (MetaMatrimony!); Love ("thank goodness for really slow elevators"); Love (Aspasia of Miletus and the roots of western philosophy); Love ("apparently they loved the Moog"); Love ("100 ways to love a cat?"); Love ("it is only with the heart that we see correctly"); Love ("For The Exhausted and Overwhelmed); Legend ("but he never did ask"); Loss? ("I have nightmares about this article").
... Unlike the stereotype, we were all straight-edge kids. No drugs. No alcohol, even. We just showed up at the club before 9pm for free entry, drank water all night, and then drove home. The only money out of pockets might be a slice of greasy pizza at 3am. It was a fantastic way to be young for a while. — bl1nk
Mefites reminisce in the Rave Flyer Archive thread.
Bohemian lifestyle got you down? Rhapsody in Blue on the radio? Long threads have a tradition... Boat on over and check it out.
A decade or so ago, the web was awash with small mp3 blogs, presenting all manner of music old and new, often grouped into categories that reflected genres or personal interests. Where are they now?
In Ask Metafilter, srednivashtar wonders, Where have all the music blogs gone?
Meanwhile, in recent music musings on Mefi: "Nardis" and the Curious History of a Jazz Obsession | William Shatnerโs "Has Been" | Do we finally know what ancient Greek music sounded like? | The last few decades of The Fall | "How we made Steppenwolf's 'Born to Be Wild'" (plus covers!) | Jambinai Korean post-rock band | Etienne De Crecy, Rhythm Composer | "Jee Veerey" Indian folk metal | The story behind "Afternoon Delight."
Listing the greatest songs by 21st century women; acquiring Artemesia Gentileschi; remembering activist Maria L. de Hernandez; applauding Therese Okoumou, shero for liberty; celebrating Kate Bush & Emily Brontรซ; & Emily Brontรซ; & Emily Carr, Canadian art pioneer; energizing recognition for women of science; peeking at Parker Posy's memoir; enjoying Nahre Sol's Pocket Pieces compositions; feeling good with Summery Lesbian Movies for Summer Lesbianing.
Recently on Mefi, people and places around the world, enchanting, mysterious and magnetic:
40 years of Shenzhen, from market village to SEZ
Breaking the Ice, rare Icelandic funk- and soul-inspired music
Central Station, stories from cattle stations in the Australian outback
Georgia Has a Coast? Photos by drone of the Georgia coast that fills his soul
Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran: looking at the lives of women during the Qajar dynasty (1796-1925)
La Scarzuola: deep in Italy, one manโs surrealist mini-city sleeps
Arundhati Roy on the politics of language and translation in India
Beyond 'Florida Man': The problem with writing about Florida
Figures In The Stars: comparing 28 different sky cultures
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