Going Down the Tubes: The Illegal-ization of Culture去管:非法化的文化

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007 週三, 2007年1月3日

We've all heard the platitude before: today's culture is going down the tubes.我們都聽到老生常談前:今天的文化是去管。 In recent history, major conduits for cultural influence have been "talking machines" (radio) and "boob tubes" (TV).在最近的歷史,主要渠道,為文化的影響已“談的機器” (電台)和“ boob管” (電視) 。 More recently we have the rapid increase in influence of the internet (also composed of "tubes" if you listen to ...最近我們有迅速增加的影響,在國際互聯網(也組成“管”如果你聽...

Cover this, Hey Ya…包括這,嘿亞…

Monday, November 20th, 2006 週一, 2006年11月20日

powered by ODEO Why are music covers and movie remakes so popular?動力為此,公司分門別類,為什麼涵蓋音樂和電影remakes如此受歡迎? Assuming you can manage to get it out there with all the copyright licensing issues, its much more likely for a new take on an old success to become rapidly popular, so its a much safer investment.假設您可以管理,以獲得它在那裡的所有版權授權問題,它更可能為一個新採取的一個老的成功,迅速成為受歡迎的,因此它的一個更為安全的投資。 The population ...人口...

More music madness - Songbird, a time-lapse mashup and other music miscellany更多的音樂瘋狂-鳴禽,一時間推移混合及其他音樂雜項

Saturday, October 7th, 2006 週六, 2006年10月7日

40 years of pop music summaried in 37 minutes Before I get to one of the more interesting pieces of music aware software I have seen lately, I need to credit Alex Gelfand with another interesting music nerd article in Wired: DuBois...has developed a technique he calls "time-lapse phonography." 40多年的流行音樂的總結,在37分鐘之前,我得到一個比較有趣的作品的音樂知道的軟件我所看到的最近,我需要的信貸徐家gelfand與另一個有趣的音樂老古板的文章在有線:杜波依斯...制定了技術,他稱之為“時間推移phonography ” 。 ... DuBois devised ...杜波依斯設計...

Rock on!岩石上! Study shows rock music makes you smarter研究表明,搖滾音樂,讓你更聰明

Monday, September 11th, 2006 週一, 2006年9月11日

All those years I spent listening to rock music on my headphones while studying were not in vain.所有這些年我花了聆聽搖滾音樂對我的耳機,而學習有沒有白費。 Reported in the Times Online: "Researchers at a Scottish university believe that the sound of guitar-based rock such as Jimi Hendrix, AC/DC and the Red Hot Chili Peppers improves concentration and boosts ...據報,在時報在線: “研究人員在蘇格蘭大學相信的聲音,吉他為基礎的岩石,如吉米亨德里克斯,交流/直流和紅辣椒,提高濃度和提高...

Polymathematical polymathematical

Friday, September 1st, 2006 週五, 2006年9月1日

An article in Wired "From Crypto to Jazz" explores the connection between music and math through the music of saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa.一篇文章,在有線“從加密爵士樂”探索之間的聯繫,音樂和數學,透過音樂的saxophonist rudresh mahanthappa 。 Read the article and listen to the music samples.閱讀文章,並聽取他們的音樂樣本。 Very cool.非常酷。 Fittingly, the author Alexander Gelfand, is as much of a polymath as I have ever met.恰當地,作者亞歷山大gelfand ,是多一個polymath正如我剛才以往任何時候都滿足。 His interest ...他的興趣...

Musical genetics and the future of “radio”音樂遺傳學和未來的“廣播”

Wednesday, March 1st, 2006 週三, 2006年3月1日

What if the radio just knew what you wanted to listen to?如果電台只知道什麼你要聽? Could a radio station learn what kind of music you like?可一家電台了解什麼樣的音樂你喜歡嗎? Would you listen to a channel that can play songs you have never heard but will probably like?你會聽一個渠道,可以發揮的歌曲你從未聽過,但可能會想? Well thanks to Kirsten, internet lurker extraordinaire, and by ...以及感謝基爾斯滕,上網lurker extraordinaire ,並...

Mashups: from hobby to art form to controversy mashups :從業餘愛好,以藝術形式爭議

Wednesday, February 8th, 2006 週三, 2006年2月8日

An interesting collection of musical mashups is posted online.一個有趣的收集音樂的mashups是張貼在網上。 Mashups are an ever popular form of musical expression albeit mostly illegal as they are derivatives of copyrighted material clearly exceeding the currently accepted boundaries of "fair use". mashups是一個以往任何時候都受歡迎的形式的音樂表現,雖然大多是非法,因為他們衍生物的版權保護的材料顯然超過目前公認的邊界“公平使用” 。 Nonetheless these "bootlegs" have been a growing aspect of musical culture spread by ...然而,這些“ bootlegs ”已日益方面的音樂文化傳播...

More fun: Read my lips更有趣:看過我的嘴唇

Saturday, July 31st, 2004 週六, 2004年7月31日

From a very talented group atmo: "Are you tired of hearing politicians talk? Well, hear them sing instead. Listen to Saddam Hussein singing Imagine. Or to the love duet featuring Bush and Blair."從一個很有才華的組atmo : “你是厭倦了聽證會的政治家談一談?好,聽到他們唱的不是。聽取薩達姆歌唱想像。或以愛情二重唱特色布什和布萊爾” 。 Interesting format for social commentary.有趣的格式,為社會的評注。