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Last Days of the Old North (of England). A fascinating selection of photographs - mostly from the late sixties/early seventies documenting an era when it truly was grim up north. Made all the more interesting by the erudite and comprehensive commentary by the photographer.
posted to MetaFilter by idiomatika
at 7:35 AM on August 26, 2008
(36 comments)
Frank Harte is considered to be one of the greatest balladeers and song collectors in the Irish musical tradition. He specialized in the songs of Dublin City and saw himself as a "
storyteller in song".
posted to MetaFilter by LN
at 8:35 AM on August 22, 2008
(13 comments)
Frustrating
posted to MetaTalk by joaniek
at 8:45 AM on August 22, 2008
(11 comments)
Since there's a
chiptune thread going on, I figured I'd show y'all that Game Boys don't have all the fun! Here's one of the tracks I performed at last year's
Blip Festival, written under the constraints of the Neo Geo arcade system -- very much a classic "chiptune" machine, even though it featured snazzy FM synthesis and limited PCM waveform data.
posted to MeFi Music by jake
at 12:31 PM on August 19, 2008
(9 comments)
My take on
Jofus's cowboy epic. Although I think a song like this demands additional production that I am not able to provide. By all means, feel free to download it, add whip cracking and horse hooves and banshee moans, or swirling guitars, or whatever else might epic this bad boy up.
posted to MeFi Music by Astro Zombie
at 9:34 AM on August 7, 2008
(8 comments)
I was in a band called gleaner in the late 90's and we recorded four songs at a "real" studio.
This was an attempt to make a (power)poppy, happy thing about a stalker-y kind of person.
This is the second of the two songs from this session that were mine. The
first is here.
posted to MeFi Music by chococat
at 12:29 AM on August 4, 2008
(9 comments)
Crunk/Southern Club style head banging high energy hip hop track. All vocals by my normal collaberator, Juicy Karkass, and his buddy Savior of
Animal Farm
posted to MeFi Music by mediocre
at 5:19 AM on August 1, 2008
(181 comments)
Today
cortex and
Hoopo wrote, recorded and posted quick songs done with their Mac's internal microphone and GarageBand, a couple of hours apart. I've decided to make it a trifecta.
posted to MeFi Music by davejay
at 11:06 PM on July 9, 2008
(6 comments)
If you don’t know what “Rule 34″ is, just pull out your trusty
Urban Dictionary and look it up. Go ahead, I’ll wait.
posted to MeFi Music by hillelc
at 9:15 AM on July 8, 2008
(7 comments)
My version of the Jimmy Webb song
posted to MeFi Music by bhnyc
at 7:54 PM on June 22, 2008
(9 comments)
Country/jazz. acapella. An open letter to Amy Winehouse. Super Mario Galaxy.
posted to MeFi Music by By The Grace of God
at 6:09 PM on January 5, 2008
(12 comments)
A song for lovely miss V.
posted to MeFi Music by micayetoca
at 10:33 AM on February 11, 2008
(13 comments)
Classical banjo and fingerstyle guitar arrangement of the Stephen Foster tune.
posted to MeFi Music by The White Hat
at 8:51 PM on June 3, 2008
(9 comments)
Do I have magnetic superpowers?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Alabaster
at 4:24 PM on May 28, 2008
(15 comments)
The opening shots of 1920s New York City are wonderful, then you get a zany high-speed Harold Lloyd blazing down the avenues, and that's fun to watch, but the real killer is the horse-drawn trolley absolutely
tearing-ass through lower Manhattan, full gallop. Ends badly. Then it's over to San Francisco for one last bit of homicidal vehicular activity with a bus. Well, they sure don't drive
like they used to!
posted to MetaFilter by flapjax at midnite
at 6:53 PM on May 25, 2008
(37 comments)
I'm very tall (6'6"), and like most tall people, struggle with posture - I tend to slump my shoulders forward and tilt my head down, especially when standing. Are there any exercises that target that area (upper back, neck) that will pull the shoulders back and make standing/sitting properly "feel right"? (I lift weights regularly, but I think my back is a weak spot - the more I lift, the worse I feel my posture gets.)
posted to Ask Metafilter by jbickers
at 3:54 AM on May 21, 2008
(16 comments)
Before the advent of Cellular phones and the internet,
cities around the world were entwined with a series of
webs hanging precariously overhead. Their function: to
relay messages from one part of town to the
next. And the pioneers who were put in charge of this arduous task--the
Switchboard Operators. The first choice for this new source of employment was a
disappointing failure, not surprisingly, but then a new breed of
worker emerged on the scene. These
hardworking individuals were the epitome of
good behaviour and
gritty determination. Patient and understanding, they were always expected to
fulfill their tasks, no matter what the cost. And, to their credit--they are
still remembered today for the
unique place they held in some peoples hearts.
posted to MetaFilter by hadjiboy
at 5:10 AM on May 14, 2008
(19 comments)
Just me and a guitar, singing an alphabet song. Be warned: I say "fuck" in it.
posted to MeFi Music by 23skidoo
at 6:21 PM on May 12, 2008
(5 comments)
The lazy cracker, banjo-infused version of the Jeffersons theme song.
posted to MeFi Music by uncleozzy
at 7:13 PM on May 12, 2008
(13 comments)
Have you seen blog threads where commenters seem not to have read the initial post, and are way off topic? I'm seeking more examples of this for my dissertation research. Looking for blogs which have garnered comments similar to those mentioned on the earlier MeFi threads
Tuesdays with Maury,
Jeremy Jordan Loves
Demon Dogs, and
How Hawkish. Basically, commenters show up and start commenting as if they haven't read the original post at all, and they don't seem to have any idea what the discussion is about. In many cases they seem to think they're talking to a celebrity, or they are just seeking information in the wrong place.
posted to Ask Metafilter by gusandrews
at 10:49 AM on April 27, 2008
(24 comments)
Slice of acoustic girl singer pop.
posted to MeFi Music by johanze
at 6:03 PM on April 29, 2008
(17 comments)
Recommend to me books with romantic relationships (not necessarily romance or chick lit) that I can sigh happily, wistfully over?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Xere
at 12:56 AM on April 21, 2008
(59 comments)
jez, of the
sunray estate applies his mando/mixage skills to our bouncy, and now even happier track, everything is byte size.
posted to MeFi Music by kimyo
at 11:29 PM on April 15, 2008
(3 comments)
I've taken a photo of a UFO. No, seriously, I have a photo of a UFO. I need some help figuring out where it came from.
posted to Ask Metafilter by michswiss
at 7:48 AM on April 14, 2008
(55 comments)
Grapes in milk... now what?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Rinku
at 4:57 PM on April 2, 2008
(180 comments)
I have a Nokia N95 and wondered if anyone could recommend any cellphone Java apps or Symbian S60 series 3 apps that would provide to do list / shopping list functionality to my phone.
posted to Ask Metafilter by inbetweener
at 3:10 AM on April 2, 2008
(6 comments)
My friends and I, all hot wings connoisseurs, would love to get our hands on the sauce that Cluck-u Chicken franchises use on their hot wings - specifically the nuclear, thermonuclear, and global sauces. Can anyone point us to a website that tells us what the magic ingredients are? Can any former employees tell us how the sauce is purchased? I'm guessing individual stores get it in powder form and then add water. Maybe someone would be nice enough to transcribe the list of ingredients? Also do Cluck-U locations add the sauce exclusively
after making the wings?
posted to Ask Metafilter by exhilaration
at 2:08 PM on April 2, 2008
(6 comments)
Since
these posts seemed to bring back happy memories/warm fuzzies for so many former/current choir kids, here is
Hear the Choirs Sing, a massive collection of contemporary and sacred choral works from all around the world.
And, if while singing along, you realize you've forgotten your part, check
Choral Wiki for links to sheet music.
posted to MetaFilter by chara
at 12:12 AM on March 28, 2008
(21 comments)
Is there a program that will allow me to carve up my desktop and maximize applications to certain regions.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Mesach
at 6:55 AM on March 27, 2008
(5 comments)
Why did someone steal my socks?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Brachiosaurus
at 7:11 PM on March 26, 2008
(15 comments)
can ya feel the holy ghost?
can i get an a a a men?
posted to MeFi Music by kimyo
at 9:14 PM on September 19, 2007
(9 comments)
oscillating fan man wears a badge of hope. he keeps you cool.
posted to MeFi Music by kimyo
at 2:32 AM on February 4, 2008
(9 comments)
Just tonight, I saw
this spider in front of my neighbors apartment. it didn't move, and I didn't want to make it move to be honest. Is that thing real? or am I terrified by a toy. I live in Connecticut if it helps to identify.
posted to Ask Metafilter by caelumluna
at 10:07 PM on January 22, 2008
(28 comments)
Doc Watson: his warm and unprepossessing voice and rolling guitar stylings (both flatpicking and fingerpicking) are treasures of American music. The following video clips will be a treat for any Watson fan, but especially for guitar players: they feature closeup shots of Doc's left hand fretwork as well as insets of his right hand picking. So, without further ado:
Deep River Blues,
Blue Railroad Train,
Black Mountain Rag and
Bluebell.
posted to MetaFilter by flapjax at midnite
at 4:10 PM on January 20, 2008
(21 comments)
"But, it's a post on film noir!" I told her. She jerked away from me like a startled fawn might, if I had a startled fawn and it jerked away from me. I knew that caving into my desires meant I might lose her. But I didn't care. I went out to the kitchen to make
coffee -- yards of coffee. Rich, strong, bitter, boiling hot, ruthless, depraved. I knew she'd be back.
posted to MetaFilter by miss lynnster
at 12:56 AM on January 11, 2008
(48 comments)
My girlfriend's Hotmail account has been hijacked. For real. Repeatedly. Help.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mudpuppie
at 12:09 PM on January 9, 2008
(18 comments)
Here's one with me singing and playing the harp.
posted to MeFi Music by Baby_Balrog
at 9:01 AM on January 8, 2008
(8 comments)
I'm sorry that I've met you, but it's really not my fault.
posted to MeFi Music by goodnewsfortheinsane
at 6:03 PM on December 17, 2007
(2 comments)
I hereby propose a Metafilter Writers Collaboration.
posted to MetaTalk by Effigy2000
at 2:38 PM on December 12, 2007
(165 comments)
"In the dark she fakes another little death, and says she thinks that it'd be better if he left. With ashes floating on her breath, she lights another cigarette." Down-tempo alt-country with a cello. From Pocket Novel Mystery's "Eight Days in the Life of Grace."
posted to MeFi Music by saulgoodman
at 9:39 AM on July 4, 2006
(14 comments)
