Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Saturday, May 24, 2008

Death in Vegas - Nuclear

I wanted to write something about Markov chains today but since I'm too sleep-deprived and too lazy to follow through at the moment, I'd like to serenade you with this trippy and exquisitely ultra-violent music video instead:

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Sodom - Napalm in the Morning

Humans are really stupid. And that includes the NVA and VC, too.



elite video

Saturday, May 3, 2008

Motörhead - Enter Sandman



Their cover of Metallica's Enter Sandman, probably the most recent song I really like that was ever a hit on US radio. I didn't like the Motörhead version at first, but it really grew on me. I also stumbled on this:



Jhee-zus... o_O

Saturday, April 26, 2008

Massemord - Skogen Kaller Og Vi Svarer



Skogen Kaller Og Vi Svarer (The Forest Calls And We Answer) by (Norwegian) Massemord is a great black metal song. In particular, I like the sampled hymn at the beginning.

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Yellow Magic Orchestra - Key

Yellow Magic Orchestra was one of the most important pioneering electronic music acts along with peers like Kraftwerk, Brian Eno and Jean-Michel Jarre. They were one of the bands instrumental in making electronic music pop music, since it had been previously limited mainly to realization of well-known classical songs and experimental / musique concrète kinds of work.

Here's the YMO song Key, recorded live in 1983.

I like how the song is preceded by a swordfight and then punctuated by a comedy sketch. Electronic music was generally much better in the 70's and 80's when you had to be batshit insane to create it.