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Category Archives: Music
Higgs Boson Blues
Almost enough to make me believe in a benevolent force guiding the universe: Nick Cave, on his new album Push the Sky Away, has a song called “Higgs Boson Blues.” (Hat tip to Ian Sample.) Okay, don’t expect to hear … Continue reading
Posted in Higgs, Music, Science and Society
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Welcome
Welcome to the latest incarnation of my blog-related programming activities. As our friend Lucretius says, “All that we see about us consists of transient arrangements of atoms. Some awaken to life. None holds forever.” I’ve bid an extremely fond farewell … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Music
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Dave Brubeck
Dave Brubeck, an innovative and influential jazz pianist over many years, has died at the age of 91. Based in California, he was a leader of so-called West Coast Jazz, bringing a spirit of experimentation to a part of the … Continue reading
Posted in Music
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Von Freeman
Von Freeman, legendary jazz saxophonist, passed away Sunday. He was 88 years old. Here he is at the 2002 Berlin jazzfest, when Von was a spry 78: Mike Allemana on guitar, Michael Raynor on drums, and Jack Zara on bass. … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Personal
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Music Was Better in the Sixties, Man
Actually, popular music is arguably “better” today. But in the Sixties it was more creative — or at least more experimental. So says science. (Via Kevin Drum.) The science under consideration was carried out by a group of Spanish scientists … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Science
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Robot Helicopter Electrik Band
Sometimes a label conveys it all: “Robot Quadrotors Perform James Bond Theme.” This video was shown today at the TED conference by Vijay Kumar of Penn. (H/t Al Seckel.) Note that the little helicopters are pre-programmed; they’re not being remotely … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Music, Technology
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Friday Piano Solo
Keith Emerson has been doing some interesting work on wave mechanics, Fourier transforms, and temporal structure. Here are some of his findings. Not exactly what you see at the Grammy’s these days. (Not that it was back in 1974, either.)
Posted in Music
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Mind = Blown
Apologies that real work (to the extent that what I do can be called “work”) has gotten in the way of substantive blogging. But I cannot resist sharing the amazing things I learned this weekend — amazing to me, anyway, … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Music
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Gil Scott-Heron
Gil Scott-Heron has died at 62. I could mention how his spoken-word recordings were a noted precursor of hip-hop, but then the Onion would make fun of me.
Posted in Music, Words
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Happy Birthday Bob Dylan
Seventy years old. Wow. I recognize the first questioner at this press conference. I’m pretty sure he’s been at some of my own talks.
Posted in Music
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