Ben DeHaven's MUSC0200: "Computers and Music" Final Project

I helped out my roommate, Ben DeHaven, with the vocals on this one. He did a really good job of putting this minimalistic song together. It manages to be full and empty at the same time... I think.

The vocal effect in the beginning and end of the song comes from me singing into the pickup on my banjo.

Anyway, enjoy!

Ben DeHaven - Airplanes, Cars and Cigarette Stars (2008)

Andrew Bird + Yo-Yo Ma on MTV

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I have to take a chem final in an hour, but this deserves sharing: Yo-Yo Ma invites Andrew Bird to jam on MTV. I like it.

Enjoy!

Thanks to You Ain't No Picasso for the tip.

Sea Monsters = Real; Mermaids, Too, I Hope

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/11/081124-giant-squid-magnapinna.html (VIDEO)

This is the most frightening thing I've seen in a long time, but not in a grotesque, disturbed way.

It's frightening in the way that a tornado is beautiful.

Thanks to Marginal Revolution for the tip.

Dan Rossen of Grizzly Bear - Deep Blue Sea

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Wilde Is on My Side

Here are some good bits from Oscar Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan. I recommend it:

"CECIL GRAHAM. What is a cynic? [Sitting on the back of the sofa.]
LORD DARLINGTON. A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
CECIL GRAHAM. And a sentimentalist, my dear Darlington, is a man who sees an absurd value in everything, and doesn't know the market price of any single thing."

"DUMBY. I congratulate you, my dear fellow. In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. The last is much the worst; the last is a real tragedy!"

"LORD WINDERMERE. What is the difference between scandal and gossip?
CECIL GRAHAM. Oh! gossip is charming! History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality. Now, I never moralise. A man who moralises is usually a hypocrite, and a woman who moralises is invariably plain. There is nothing in the whole world so unbecoming to a woman as a Nonconformist conscience. And most women know it, I'm glad to say."

The Smiths - Cemetry Gates (The Queen Is Dead, 1986)

FIGHT

Kevin Coopman, member of the Brown University Club Hockey team played Juniors in Canada. Needless to say, this happened:

Luckily, someone was there to get it on film.

Hockey is the best sport in the world.

Art Brut - Fight (Bang Bang Rock and Roll, 2005)

From: Grace, To: The Bass

Grace Pescatello wrote and recorded an a cappella love song a few days ago. It is called "Song for Chris" and it is very, very good. The repeated, overlapping lyrics call to mind The Fiery Furnaces in minute ten of "Quay Cur," and Grace's pronunciation of "glass" evokes that of legendary German fashion model Christa Päffgen (aka Nico).

The song lays a simple and memorable melody over 3-part harmony. It is earnest, calm, and heavenly.

Bravo, my Grace!

Grace Pescatello - Song for Chris (2008)

What have I been doing?

What have I been doing? I don't think I realize the implications of my slacking here at Pablo Bunny. I have left everyone in the dark about my views of what I consider the most important day of the century thus far:

TOMORROW! NOVEMBER 11, 2008

Why, you ask?

It is tomorrow that The Flaming Lips are finally releasing their movie, Christmas on Mars, on DVD! Christmas on Mars was originally slated for a Christmas 2003 release date, so I've pretty much been unable to sleep for 5 years.

ALSO: The direct sequel to Ender's Game, Ender in Exile, is released tomorrow. Orson Scott Card will finally bridge the 3000 years between Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead. FINALLY!

Change is here! Woo hoo!

Go march the Capitol! It's the science fiction event of the year!

The Flaming Lips - Suddenly Everything Has Changed (The Soft Bulletin, 1999)

BUY Christmas on Mars

BUY Ender in Exile