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I still haven't heard it! Granted, it's almost 30 hours, so that's quite a listeni..."
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I had missed the first video, seen over 21 million times, very funny:Silent Monks Singing Halleluia
This one is newer, from 2012, and has been seen ''only'' 4 million times, from the same high school that performed the original video in December 2008: Silent Monks Sing the Hallelujah Chorus
Antonella wrote: "I had missed the first video, seen over 21 million times, very funny:Silent Monks Singing Halleluia
This one is newer, from 2012, and has been seen ''only'' 4 million times, from the same high sc..."
Those were cute!
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Masterclass. I got the subscription because i wanted to listen to Neil Gaiman, Margaret Atwood, and David Sedaris, but there are lots of interesting stuff, and yesterday i randomly chose Wolfgang Puck on culinary arts - I knew nothing about him except that he's a renowned chef, and that his canned lentil soup is quite nice. Anyway, he starts by telling his story - how he started, etc. etc., and it was really interesting. He's a very good storyteller.
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Bitter Pill by Jordan Castillo Price is now available on audible read by Gomez Pugh."Got it!
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Anybody listening to anything cool that they want to share while we're all spending more time at home?I'm digging this song right now:
Future Starts Slow by The Kills
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiLju...
Alison wrote: "Anybody listening to anything cool that they want to share while we're all spending more time at home?I'm digging this song right now:
Future Starts Slow by The Kills"
Thank you. I liked it, but it is not something I would hear regularly.
At the moment I go for
- tranquil stuff, for ex. Waltz by Balanescu Quartet or Nocturne in Tokio by Remo Anzovino
- something happy and lively, from Rossini's String Sonata No.1 in G major - 1. Moderato to Twistin' The Night Away by Sam Cooke
- last but not least, this ought to be a great hit for these days ;-)
No Time To Die by Billie Eilish
I listened to all of them--a great selection! All good! I loved the Waltz. Sam Cooke's face is so cheery! I hadn't heard the new James Bond song yet. Billie Eilish has such a cool voice. Sometimes her songs are too creepy for me. :)
Here's a neat tango-style Postmodern Jukebox take on Billie Eilish.Bad Guy by Billie Eilish by Postmodern Jukebox
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqwIl...
Another present from musicians, this time from Holland, from the Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest: From us, for you.
Antonella wrote: "Another present from musicians, this time from Holland, from the Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest: From us, for you."
That's gorgeous. Thanks for posting. Man, I feel for all the musicians and artists and performers who are not able to perform right now. My mum is the Chair of the Board of a local orchestra and they're all devastated they had to cancel all their upcoming performances.
One of our local theatre companies is doing an online show next week. It's a one-person show and it's easy to stream and you can pay whatever you want as a donation. I might check it out!
Nurses of Bologna hospital in protective gear sing and dance «Attenti al lupo» (Beware of the Wolf), one of the most famous songs by Lucio Dalla. A message of hope and an encouragement to keep careful:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wfpm...
Postmodern Jukebox's latest--a fantastic cover of The Strokes. Last Nite by The Strokes by Postmodern Jukebox
https://postmodernjukebox.com/newvide...
Alison wrote: "Postmodern Jukebox's latest--a fantastic cover of The Strokes. Last Nite by The Strokes by Postmodern Jukebox
https://postmodernjukebox.com/newvide..."
Lovely!
And so I discovered also the original, after other 85.280.350 people did ;-): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOypS...
Antonella wrote: "Alison wrote: "Postmodern Jukebox's latest--a fantastic cover of The Strokes. Last Nite by The Strokes by Postmodern Jukebox
https://postmodernjukebox.com/newvide..."
Lovely!..."
Someone has to be number 85,280,351. :)
I love the original and I love this cover. PMJ is so great.
Mymymble wrote: "The Rolling Stones have put out their first original song since 2012. Very topical: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&s......"Thank you.
In fact another old man just released two new songs after years of silence:
Murder Most Foul
(17 minutes!)
I Contain Multitudes
OK, this is driving me nuts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMAGI...My question is, if you're driving from LA to San Francisco, how the heck do you end up in Sausalito en route?
SamSpayedPI wrote: "OK, this is driving me nuts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMAGI...My question is, if you're driving from LA to San Francisco, how the heck do you end up in Sausalito en route?"
Maybe that was the final destination?
On Saturday I often listen to a radio programm with a soundtrack I really like. It's by Wim Mertens, a Flemish Belgian composer, countertenor vocalist, pianist, guitarist, and musicologist:Nuanced (5')
Antonella wrote: "Maybe that was the final destination?"Hmm; not according to the lyrics. They have a snack in Sausalito before they gas up the car to cross the Golden Gate Bridge into San Francisco.
They left the luggage in Sausalito and went back to SF? They are Dutch and don't have a clue about geography? ;-)
Antonella wrote: "They are Dutch and don't have a clue about geography? ;-)"¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Hmm; not according to the lyrics. They have a snack in Sausalito before they gas up the car to cross the Golden Gate Bridge into San Franci..."
Well, it's a while since I've been to SF, but maybe they moved Sausalito? :-D
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Needless to say, no playlist came out of that. :-D
A site where you can hear the sound of old things:https://www.conservethesound.de
For example a writer might look for the sound of her/his old typewriter Olivetti Lettera 44, which by the way was my family's typewriter.
You can look for something by year (like '60s, '70s...) and by clicking on the object's picture, which is useful, because as far as I see the objects' names are in German.
»Conserve the sound« is an online museum for vanishing and endangered sounds. The sound of a dial telephone, a walkman, a analog typewriter, a pay phone, a 56k modem, a nuclear power plant or even a cell phone keypad are partially already gone or are about to disappear from our daily life.
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https://www.conservethesound.de
For example a writer might look for the sound of her/his old typewriter Olivetti Lettera 44, which by the way was..."
That is one of the coolest things I've ever seen!
SamSpayedPI wrote: "OK, this is driving me nuts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMAGI...My question is, if you're driving from LA to San Francisco, how the heck do you end up in Sausalito en route?"
Because they went round the long way, obviously! :D
It's pretty up there, so it's totally worth going around the bay, right? :)
Alison wrote: "It's pretty up there, so it's totally worth going around the bay, right? :) "Under ordinary circumstances, absolutely, but perhaps not when my car is getting 2 MPG.
SamSpayedPI wrote: "Alison wrote: "It's pretty up there, so it's totally worth going around the bay, right? :) "Under ordinary circumstances, absolutely, but perhaps not when my car is getting 2 MPG."
Oh dear! Poor you!
I was just looking at my bank and it turns out we did not buy gas in April. When there's nowhere for us to go, it's quite a nice savings!
Antonella wrote: "A site where you can hear the sound of old things:https://www.conservethesound.de
For example a writer might look for the sound of her/his old typewriter Olivetti Lettera 44, which by the way was..."
That's so cool, Antonella! Thanks! :)
Alison wrote: "Oh dear! Poor you!"LOL; I didn't actually mean me. We were talking about lyrics to a song in which the narrator travels from Los Angeles to San Francisco via Sausalito, California (which is north of San Francisco)
Another mile or two to FriscoI was just saying, under those circumstances, I wouldn't be taking any scenic detours.
200 gallons from LA
The engine’s thumping like a disco
We ought to dump her in the bay.
SamSpayedPI wrote: "Alison wrote: "Oh dear! Poor you!"LOL; I didn't actually mean me. We were talking about lyrics to a song in which the narrator travels from Los Angeles to San Francisco via Sausalito, California ..."
Whew! That's lucky! Paying attention to the maths in a song is totally beyond my capabilities! :D
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https://youtu.be/2rjbtsX7twc
Jordan wrote: "That reminds me of this cool science song based on Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody. Of course, I have no idea what he’s talking about, but I am never-the-less very impressed: A Capella Science’s Bohemian..."That was great! Thanks for the link, Jordan, I hadn't seen it before. :-)
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Jordan wrote: "You’re welcome! I believe he has other songs too!"Love A Capella Science. He has so many great songs. I'm pretty sure I have posted a few here before. It's very clever stuff.
Jordan wrote: "That reminds me of this cool science song based on Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody. Of course, I have no idea what he’s talking about, but I am never-the-less very impressed: A Capella Science’s Bohemian..."That's so cool!
I used to volunteer at the National Science Bowl and I put together a song list of science- and math-related pop songs. They had to be songs intended for air play, however, not songs specifically created for educational purposes, so Bohemian Gravity would not have qualified.
I got:
She Blinded Me with Science
The Future's So Bright
Nothing From Nothing
Make a Circuit With Me
Galileo
Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Homosapien
SamSpayedPI wrote: "I used to volunteer at the National Science Bowl and I put together a song list of science- and math-related pop songs. They had to be songs intended for air play, however, not songs specifically created for educational purposes, so Bohemian Gravity would not have qualified."So many good songs!
"Pocket Calculator" always makes me smile. Kraftwerk probably have some other songs that would qualify for your list.
Pocket Calculator by Kraftwerk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSByb...
I heard again some BBC because since yesterday I've got an Italian virus on my cell phone: each time I want to listen to my favourite indipendent Italian radio, I first have to listen to an obnoxious ad for the new Jeep from former Fiat :-(. So I discovered this interesting BBC program CrowdScience where they collect and answer questions from the listeners. One episode is about:
Why do you sweat more than me?
Of course you could also find out Why do we find things beautiful? or Why do insects prefer to bite certain people?, and more interesting stuff.
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Fascinating topics!
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I still haven't heard it! Granted, it's almost 30 hours, so that's quite a listening commitment..."
I loved it. I listened to a lot of it just after it came out and finished it while driving back from Tucson this past Saturday. Listening was a great way to revisit the stories, and each one is very well read.