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Something about me (and you)

Peter Adams has passed me the musical baton.


* Total volume of music files on my computer: 1,254 songs, 6.34 GB


* Last CD I bought: Don't Get Killed, Andy Breckman


* Song playing right now: Since You've Been Gone (Nevins Mix), Kelly Clarkson


* Five songs I listen to a lot, or that mean a lot to me:

1. This Time of Night, New Order
   
2. I See Right Through to You, DJ Encore
   
3. Battle Without Honor or Humanity, Tomoyasu Hotei
   
4. Trip Like I Do, The Crystal Method
   
5. Wiggly World, DEVO
   

* Three people to whom I'm passing the baton: Joe, Eric, Tvindy

Viking Kittens at the Gay Bar

Rathergood.com treats us to viking kittens performing Electric Six's "Gay Bar".

What can I say? I have an appreciation for the offensive and the absurd. "Let's start a nuclear war! At the gay bar!"

Electronic music

Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music is an elaborate attempt at categorizing 100+ different varieties of electronic music and the interrelationships between the various subgenres, all in a clever and flashy user interface.

Baby Got Back

I've been chuckling over this translation of Baby Got Back into Latin for weeks. For reference, here are the original English lyrics for Baby Got Back by Sir Mix-A-Lot. And for extra added fun, Baby Got Back in Greek!

But the fun never stops:

Baby Got Back translated to and from French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese

Translated into geek: Baby Got Rack!

and a bit of Baby Got Back babelfished to Japanese and then back to Engrish

Magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri!

Music lessons

Just as MIT's Open Courseware makes course materials available over the web with a Creative Commons license (as previously discussed here), Berklee College of Music has now made free music lessons available. [via Blue Sky on Mars and The Truth Is Out There]

Bangs on Eno

Perfect Sound Forever's latest edition includes a hitherto unpublished article on legendary art-rocker Brian Eno by legendary rock-journalist Lester Bangs, circa 1979-80. [link courtesy of Incoming Signals]