"The first Eyewitness News theme was literally lifted from the 007 James Bond movie theme" ... Wow! flug has a fantastic, chewy answer full of background and context for nouvelle-personne's fascinating question, "Tell me more about news music. What is it doing to me?"
🐈 In MetaTalk, kensington314 has a fun idea for a collaborative mixtape!
Photo by Kevin Gale via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/gale_house/)
Here’s a roundup of recent recommendations over in Ask MetaFilter: Toucan is searching for pleasant sensations to help themselves feel physically good every day and the suggestions are great!()
Caxton1476 is looking for advice on music education for the middle-aged, because it's never to late to get your groove on!
Finally, lizard2590 would like recommendations for podcasts on past pop culture.
Willie Mae Thornton via discogs.com
Do yourself a favor and catch Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton performing her song "Ball and Chain" from 1970 in spamandkimchi's great post about the electrifying and iconic blues, R&B, and rock foundational figure.
Photo by hanulsieger on Flickr
simmering octagon posted Mixtape Garden, a collaborative mixtape-making site, and mefites have been sharing their creations ... and their sweet misty mixtape memories.
Ari Braginsky photo on Flickr: Alternative Tentacles 33 1/3rd Birthday Show
I did do a purple hooter shooter last night in his honor when I heard the news ... teleri025 shares a reminiscence in the Mojo Nixon obit thread.
Screenshot of Howard Hesseman as DJ Johnny Fever
Radio station WKRP may be no more than a fond and fuzzy memory, but thanks to the efforts of WFMU we can still enjoy an actual three-hour radio set from the one and only Dr. Johnny Fever. Nice find, Alvy Ampersand!
Screenshot from the 1929 Soviet silent documentary film
Kattullus posted WikiFlix and WikiVibes, nifty tools for searching films and music uploaded to Wikimedia, and we're WikiGlad!
protorp posted the Best of 2023 lists from Headphone Commute, featuring stunning ambient, instrumental, experimental, electronic, and modern-classical music.
Fatboy Slim by alterna2 (cc by)
Hippybear provides us with this week's Throwback Thursday, which is about the 25th anniversary of Fatboy Slim's album "You've Come A Long Way, Baby" and the various sources of the musical and vocal samples.
Catie Dull photo of PJ Harvey at NPR's Tiny Desk Concert via npr.org
to make your day better: Catherine Christer Hennix, drone composer • "Mysterious but lovable," Les Rallizes Dénudés • PJ Harvey at the Tiny Desk • Pet Shop Boys Classic Performances • Les McCann and Eddie Harris — Compared to What • Concerts by Cercle • Hania Rani Nancy Jazz Pulsations • More music posts...
Cover of Arlo Guthrie's album, Alice's Restaurant
It's Throwback Thursday, and we're looking back at post's about Arlo Guthrie's song, Alice's Restaurant! There was Miko's 2010 epic post that goes into details about the story, graymouser's 50th anniversary celebration of the song in 2015, and Winnie the Proust's post in 2021 about Guthrie's retirement.
Come check out the infectiously fun Rushad Eggleston aka "The Cello Goblin"! This mini-documentary, shared by 'Fupped Duck', explores the inspirations of this joyful soul in all his gloriously madcap creativity.
Here's a little gem: Ranking "1989 (Taylor’s Version)" tracks based solely on their connection to sewer infrastructure by the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, linked by Gorgik in the Enswiftification thread.
Alabama Shakes Brittany Howard photo via alabamashakes.com
Wowzer. Rhaomi has crafted a no-stops-left-unpulled lovefest of a megapost on Alabama Shakes and Brittany Howard.
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