The 50 Best Ambient Albums of All Time [SL p4k]
posted to MetaFilter by holmesian at 1:14 PM on September 26, 2016 (89 comments)

What are your recipes for weeknight meals? What do you have for dinner that you make yourself in a relatively short amount of time and/or with relatively little effort? Help us figure out a variety of dinners to put on a meal-planning list!
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Mrs. Pterodactyl at 7:27 AM on March 9, 2016 (77 comments)

Paul Ford (yes, yes, MeFi's Own) has created a juggernaut of an article / lived experience / beautiful time-sink about coding. At this point I'll shut up so you can pack a lunch and go immerse yourself now.
posted to MetaFilter by maudlin at 6:59 AM on June 11, 2015 (92 comments)

Nigel Kennedy, best known for this performance of the Four Seasons by Vivaldi at the Proms in 1989, decided to give the popular classical piece a make over. He invited the Palestine Youth Orchestra to ". . . bring(s) fresh insights to these visionary concertos, including the addition of his own improvised links between them." Youtube Link
posted to MetaFilter by nostrada at 6:02 PM on October 3, 2013 (9 comments)

The cryptic album Hawaii: Part II has finally been released after a months-long mystery, and it sounds like a mix between Katamari Damacy and early 20th century pop. Includes chiptune rapping, time travel, and the Erlking of German folklore. A bonus track, Variations on a Cloud, is also worth a listen.
posted to MetaFilter by Rory Marinich at 5:58 AM on December 12, 2012 (8 comments)

Easy, nostalgic, cinematic electronica. The challenging part was getting the robots to sing - not too mechanically, but not too uncannily either.
posted to MeFi Music by gmm at 10:38 AM on April 21, 2009 (19 comments)

That song you remember from grade school.
posted to MeFi Music by doubtfulpalace at 10:34 PM on October 23, 2008 (5 comments)

A Paul Simon cover from the same session as Bob-omb Battlefield. Instrumental, two acoustic guitars.
posted to MeFi Music by danb at 6:16 PM on August 4, 2008 (11 comments)

My first chiptune.
posted to MeFi Music by god particle at 9:05 PM on July 6, 2008 (6 comments)

What are your favorite literary passages that you've memorized?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by sixacross at 2:39 AM on August 1, 2006 (113 comments)

Don't roll your eyes but I think my soul, if there is such a thing, may be empty
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Anonymous at 12:09 PM on July 26, 2006 (60 comments)

A couple questions about my new Linksys WRT54G...
posted to Ask MetaFilter by mkultra at 8:23 AM on July 25, 2006 (15 comments)

Help me become an entertainer! Help me beat my fingers into submission without boring my friends and neighbors with the same two songs over and over again. Help me -- I am looking for songs I can play on the guitar using only the following chords: A, Am, C, D, E, Em, and G.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Soulbee at 6:35 AM on July 24, 2006 (41 comments)

Awesome stuff, guys. I'll represent retro/chip music: I'm involved in the niche hobby of writing new music with old videogame hardware. The music you are hearing was programmed in notepad using a TurboGrafx 16 (PC Engine). It's meant to combine Capcom and Konami videogame soundtracks of the late 80s, hence the weird title. I perform this music live in NYC, with guitars and lasers. I got awesome advice on Ask MeFi about how to get my equipment to shows, and as thanks I'll share my stuff with whoever might enjoy it. More of it is at my site, and my friends who also do this share it also.
posted to MeFi Music by jake at 12:10 PM on June 30, 2006 (26 comments)

This is off of my album "Long Story," recorded in summer 1999. It's instrumental acoustic guitar, with some Spanish guitar touches. If you like it, let me know, and I can post other parts of the album. It starts and finishes a bit abruptly because, on the album, each song musically runs into the next.
posted to MeFi Music by adrian_h at 9:06 AM on July 18, 2006 (12 comments)

A short, pretty, desperate conversation about need and rejection. Plus arpeggios!
posted to MeFi Music by cortex at 7:31 AM on July 15, 2006 (5 comments)

How do you "be yourself?"
posted to Ask MetaFilter by philosophistry at 12:19 AM on July 17, 2006 (25 comments)