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Why music doesn’t sound great any more

Growing up, I listened to music on vinyl records. I had a huge stack of mostly classical music at home, and it was a real treat to put on a record, sit the needle on it, and hear music come out of the speakers. It was never tiring. It was always enjoyable, and I could [...]

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The Prince of Egypt (1998)

This movie is a modern, animated retelling of the story of Moses. The animation style is typical of the late 90s, and there’s nothing bad about that if you know what to expect: sharp lines, less details, fine gradients, emphasized shadows, simple backgrounds.
The story deviates from the Bible quite a lot, and that’s stated right [...]

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Funny videos

Here’s the classic “Who’s on first?” routine from Abbot and Costello. Must-see comedy — still funny after all these years. It’s interesting to see how they distilled bits and pieces from their earlier routines into this.

Graham Chapman was part of that seminal group of British comedians known for “The Monty Python”, and other wonderful pieces [...]

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Funny videos

A college professor reviews funny comments from his students on a class survey. Great fun!

This is a stop-motion “seduction” dance, performed by two camcorders.

Want to learn how to speak “body”? Look no further than this hilarious instructional video.

When Bill Gates announced his retirement as CEO, David Letterman wanted to put together a tribute. Here’s the [...]

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Embarrassing corporate behavior

It seems I’ve picked up a theme in my earlier video post, where I highlighted some pretty weird behavior from Steve Ballmer. This next video is pretty sad as well. It’s a “remade” U2 song about the merger between MBNA and Bank of America, sung by two dudes with ties and very brown noses.

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Easter Parade (1948)

“Easter Parade” is a veritable showcase of talent: Fred Astaire, Judy Garland, Irving Berlin, Ann Miller… need I say more?
There are many memorable scenes in this movie. One such scene is at the opening of the movie, where we see Fred, who plays Don Hewes, a famous dancer of his time, strolling through the streets [...]

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Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)

I saw Gold Diggers of 1933 last night. It’s a great musical from - you guessed it - 1933. It was part of a series of Gold Digger movies that WB put out during those years. This was the second in the series. It, and the first, Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929), were very successful, [...]

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Yesterday in 2003, iTunes Music Store passed 1 million download mark

Chris Seibold of Apple Matters has a great series of posts going on at his site — to which one can subscribe — called “This Day in Apple History”. For May 5, he had a post about the iTunes Music Store, which on 5/5/03, less than one week after its launch, announced it had passed [...]

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RIAA sues family that doesn’t own a PC

This is funny, but in a very sad and surreal sort of way. The RIAA has now filed suit against a family that doesn’t even own a computer. (!) They maintain the family shared songs illegally online, and they even published a list of those songs. I have to wonder how they shared the songs… [...]

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Congrats to Rich Price

Just found out he went to Midd, my alma mater. His song, “I’m on my way”, was featured on the Shrek 2 soundtrack. Way to go, Rich! Here is the link.

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