- 2013-03-03 The art of asking
#music
Do see Amanda Palmer tell the story about the Eight Foot Bride and the future of music.
Interestingly her talk touches upon some of the same keywords as the...
- 2012-07-02 KOMPRESSOR aprils fools
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Before the KOMPRESSOR singularity in 2005 ANDREAS K had a webblog with a variety of interesting posts. One of them stood out in my memory, it had to do with...
- 2012-03-27 Samsung Galaxy Nexus - playing 48 kHz files
#android
#music
I have made two files to test the problem I alluded to earlier:
44.1 kHz file
48 kHz file
Both files are just a 440 Hz sine wave for 5 minutes.
Here...
- 2012-02-23 Album art, Ogg Vorbis
#android
#music
It seems that getting album art to show up for Ogg Vorbis files is an ongoing struggle on every phone I get.
At least the source code for Android seems to...
- 2011-10-01 Alternative music
#hardware
#music
There is a band that only plays Commodore 64 music - ok, so check this out: Imperial March.
Someone needs to make a band doing music only with floppy drives...
- 2011-08-13 Ms. Vega
#computers
#music
#suzanne vega
So, Suzanne Vega is the pinnacle of cool.
- 2007-08-02 Old vans
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Recently I bought the 2CD+DVD The Travelling Wilburys Collection. I had Volume 1 from earlier, but never got Volume 3.
The DVD contains a short documentary...
- 2007-02-18 Nerdcore rap
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MC Frontalot seems to be one of the original nerdcore rappers; he has a bunch of music available for download, if you want to check it out. He seems to be touring...
- 2006-12-08 Better live than on plastic
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If you get the chance to attend a Jomi Massage concert, don't miss it - you'll be missing a treat! (As those of us in lille Vega didn't :-))
Last week I was...
- 2006-10-08 Danish music, in Danish
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How refreshing to hear Danish pop music, sung in Danish, that can pull off to write a song about the election of the leader of one of the major political parties...
- 2006-09-30 The Bono Vox Interview
#dylan
#music
"Bono: In Portland, Oregon a number of years ago two pretty girls walked in the dressing room, smiled and walked out with some of our songs, in a brief case...
- 2006-03-13 Summer music
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Beck will be visiting Tivolis rebuilt concert-hall this summer - how cool could that turn out to be?
Bob Dylan will be performing at this years Roskilde Festival...
- 2005-11-08 D.A.D fall 2005
#music
#photography
Three nights, three concerts in a row, following a concert on foreign turf. A good, but also exhausting, stretch. 350+ pictures from each concert - weeding...
- 2005-10-28 Aalborg visit
#dylan
#music
Bob Dylan left southward bound, we left northward bound. Aalborg was in flames.
- 2005-09-01 Autumn music
#music
This spring, expectations were high.
Now, more good bands are to release albums in the fall: Kashmir releases "No Balance Palace" on October 10, Mew are to...
- 2005-08-13 Spleen United, Diefenbach
#music
#photography
Watched Spleen United and Diefenbach in Amager Bio last night.
Hard place to photograph, perhaps because of the metal-walls in the sides?
I didn't listen...
- 2005-06-15 Swedish summer pictures
#music
#photography
A whole lot of D.A.D-pictures from Debaser, Stockholm - a freight train with timber as well.
In Uppsala the botanic garden had various pieces of art here and...
- 2005-03-27 Olsen Brothers
#music
This is one of the weirdest list I've ever come across:
Olsen Brothers / Wings Of Love
Eminem / Encore
Green Day / American Idiot
- FreeDB top 100 albums...
- 2005-01-23 Princes
#music
While listening to Lars Hugs album "Kysser himlen farvel" I realized that it's funny how Frederik and Joachim seem to have switched places. Now Frederik seems...
- 2005-01-21 Scare yourself
#music
"Scare yourself into empty space
A distant star above the human race"
The more I listen to that song, the better it gets. Great expectations. End of May!...
- 2004-12-09 Christmas presents
#music
D-A-D are working on their next album, and will play at next years Roskilde Festival. Things are looking up!
Strange things to crave for christmas (and at...
- 2004-10-30 Right there on the cutting edge
#music
The Beastie Boys on sampling and gadgets.
- 2004-09-11 Borrowing songs at the library
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The libraries in Copenhagen have a service where its citizens can borrow songs by downloading them[1].
There are 36120 tracks available, distributed on 2571...
- 2004-06-21 Beastie Boys burroughs
#music
Hot damn! Well, it would affect me, but I think I will get the vinyl version instead anyhow.
- 2004-06-08 Hip Hop and copyright
#music
"We were forced to start using different organic instruments, but you can't really get the right kind of compression that way. A guitar sampled off a record...
- 2004-04-22 No Needle, No Wear
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If your trusty Mark II is getting old, how about an ELP Laser Turntable?
Dog-ugly and not that much scratch-action, but still...
Oh, look, particle physicists...
- 2004-03-21 Lil' Johnnys Mund
#music
Lufthavnens arme fanger flyverne ind
de trætte fugle vender hjem
Lil' Johnnys mor står i den kolde vind
Lil' Johnnys mor hun venter på sin dreng
Lad Johnny...
- 2003-10-22 Listen
#music
"Listen to the MUSTN'TS, child,
Listen to the DONT'S
Listen to the SHOULDN'TS
The IMPOSSIBLES, the WON'TS
Listen to the NEVER HAVES
Then listen close to me...
- 2003-06-28 Roskilde Friday 2003
#music
#photography
Despite the outrageous time (17:00), Kashmir played a good concert at this year's Roskilde Festival. I hope the schedule-makers get a grip and schedule Kashmir...
- 2003-05-29 Kashmir, Vega
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#photography
Another good Kashmir-concert; this one in Vega, Copenhagen. I found the sound quite bad in the more quiet parts of the concert (especially in Lampshade - after...
- 2003-05-03 Straight from the terrordome
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"Back in 1987 we knew that our position on social commentary in rap music was never gonna garner "over the top" popularity, radio and tv-wise, to the same black...
- 2003-04-29 Postcard from Hollywood
#music
(Another) Suzanne Vega best-of album.
- 2003-04-19 More Kashmir
#music
#photography
Another great Kashmir-concert - this one in Holbæk. I found it harder to weed out photos this time, but it's finally done.
Elværket in Holbæk is quite a...
- 2003-04-13 Kashmir, Toldkammeret, Helsingør
#music
#photography
Kashmir played a great concert in Helsingør tonight.
It's not easy to get decent photos, the ones least horrible I took are online (sometimes).
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- 2002-11-02 Music
#music
Plastic: The grumbling Wilbury.
Johnny Cash' reply to Nashville over Best Country Album award.
Rolling Stone: A bit fat thanks to record execs.
Vinternoll2...
- 2002-10-27 Soundtrack of lives
#music
"believe, believe in me, believe
that life can change, that you're not stuck in vain
we're not the same, we're different tonight
tonight, so bright
tonight...
- 2002-08-17 The Carolaonettes
#music
#photography
We went to Malmö for VibraCrunch 4 - a string of concerts arranged by Danish recordcompany Crunchy Frog and part of the Malmö festival.
Arrived at Bastionen...
- 2002-05-02 Socker
#music
Spelar det längre någon roll
Jag orkar inte slåss
Det är bortom min kontroll
Du lämnade mig ensam
Och självklart blev jag rädd
Min sista gnista hopp...
- 2002-05-01 And if you...
#music
... complain once more
You'll meet an army of me
- 2002-04-02 Beating the database
#music
I've recently been looking a lot of cds up in the freedb. I've been quite impressed with the low number of cds not found. But also a little disappointed. Such...
- 2002-02-02 Get The Party Started
#apple
#music
Grammies for Robert Moog and Apple.
Mr. Moog got an award in Sweden a year or two back - and I learned that most (Danes, anyway) mispronounce "Moog". The ...
- 2001-12-26 Summary
#music
It's that time of year where people summarize.
The year in music.
- 2001-07-16 New album by Bob!
#dylan
#music
Bob Dylan releases a new album with 12 new songs on September 11, 2001!
"The songs themselves don't have any genetic history. Is it like
Time Out Of Mind...
- 2001-07-15 Left of Center
#music
#suzanne vega
When they ask me
"What are you looking at?"
I always answer
"Nothing much" (not much)
I think they know that
I'm looking at them
I think they think
I must...
- 2001-06-25 747
#music
"Tystnad
Tunnel, avfart
När taxametern slagits på
försvinner allt i regnet
utan spår
& som en viskning
ser Vi syner nu igen
Det här är nåt
som...
- 2001-05-25 Aww, man!
#music
When buying music I usually buy a pile at a time. Today I tripped and almost fell over "Bob Dylan Live 1961-2000 ~Thirty-nine years of great concert performances...
- 2001-01-16 Uncle Bob
#music
Just having listened to "Der er brev fra onkel Bob i Amerika" by Olesen-Olesen, while waiting for the plumber to arrive, I realize that I like the sound and...
- 2000-10-19 Covers
#music
Most covers suck. Sometimes they don't, though.
How very profound.
Hearing "I Won't Back Down" sung by 60+ year old Johnny Cash gives a new perspective on...
- 2000-10-03 New shoes, ehm, no, records!
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It's been a while since I last bought any cds. I feel poor, though I'm not. Oh, well. Today I bought a bunch:
Den Attende - a soundtrack for a Danish movie...
- 2000-09-27 Joan Osborne strikes back!
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A couple of years ago Joan Osborne had a hit with "What If God Was One Of Us" ("just a stranger on the bus", la la la - you've heard it). What was interesting...
- 2000-06-13 Malmö nights...
#music
#photography
... are cold, but good :-)
The music-part has been documented.
The rest is mine.
- 2000-05-31 Shiny happy people
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I'm listening to Garth Brooks all the time, only thinking happy thoughts, only talking happy talk, only posting happy words. Oh me, oh my!
Yes, I am trying...