Bitone are full of love. : Björk's song "All Is Full Of Love" is covered by Ugandan children and youths on an album by a organization called
Bitone (meaning "talent"). Their mission is to restore the lives and hopes of children between 8 and 18 years old in Uganda, whom have been traumatized by the death of their parents or loss of their home due to disease, war, or economic hardship. [
via]
posted by grapefruitmoon
on Sep 14, 2008 -
16 comments
Inner City Youth, London "In 2002,
Simon Wheatley began photographing London's publich housing developments...and was able to obtain a level of intimacy with his subjects that provides a true picture of the daunting project of growing up in the intimate confines of drug use, societal neglect, and poverty."
This (Flash-based) narrated slideshow features Wheatley's work, and is a look at the culture...and also the music (
grime) "as an artistic response to the place and circumstance, an expression of the violence, bleakness, and neglect..." (via
Future Feeder)
posted by tpl1212
on Jul 20, 2006 -
38 comments
Eine Kleine Naughtmusik [pdf]. Great article on
music by nonmusicians from
Dave Soldier - the guy that brought you
People's Choice Music [
a musical work that will be unavoidably and uncontrollably liked by 72 +/- 12% of listeners], the
Tangerine Awkestra [
These children met in a schoolroom, where they listened to records by Ornette Coleman and Roscoe Mitchell of the Art Ensemble of Chicago played by their teacher, Katie Down. The children said they could do that. Down said they could NOT. The kids said can TOO. Down said could NOT and brought her own collection of musical instruments to school. The kids immediately became Artists and formed a band.] and of course the now infamous
Thai Elephant Orchestra.
posted by nylon
on Jan 3, 2006 -
19 comments
Ringtones are a growing concern and not just when people don't shut them off.
Jamster is a weekly ringtone subscription that advertises to kids on channels like Nick and MTV. Kids are attracted to
crazy frogs like a magnet and are using the service
without parental permission. Now Britain is launching a
new inquiry into Jamster's
business practices. And lawyers in California filed a
class action lawsuit against the company. But Jamster isn't just some fly-by-night operation trying to milk as much money from kids as they can before regulators crack down. Jamster is
owned by VeriSign.
It's also a fair question whether it's worth paying 3 bucks for a few seconds of a song that sounds like a player piano, when it costs less than a buck to get the whole thing on the web (especially now that that crazy frog is a
single). Why can't you just pay the 99 cents or whatever to get the
song on your phone?
posted by kenneth
on Jun 29, 2005 -
77 comments
From the Top is a weekly radio show broadcast
throughout the USA. It originates from Boston's New England Conservatory, but travels all over showcasing young classical musicians. The show can be heard (RealAudio) from the website, and there is an extensive
library as well an
archive of past shows (
photos too)... the kids are very talented, and the show's
hosts are great at bringing out their personalities.
posted by indices
on Feb 26, 2005 -
2 comments
Schnappi! Contrary to popular belief in the rest of the world, the German pop charts are not dominated by
over-the-hill American TV stars. In fact, the current #1 single, outselling even the
usual imported subjects is a silly little ditty about a baby crocodile. (Think of it as the German version of SpongeBob Squarepants, kindasorta.)
I'm passing on the earworm to all of you via the four versions listed
here. You're quite welcome.
posted by chicobangs
on Jan 11, 2005 -
30 comments
Pancake Mountain presents Ian MacKaye performing "Vowel Movement" for the kiddies. As a friend said, this site has "pancakes and indie rock and bob mould as a corporate goon all in one package." [via
sullivan]
posted by ifjuly
on Apr 8, 2004 -
14 comments
Yes, We're The Mini*Pops! For a few brief, shining years in the 80s the Mini*Pops were the
ne plus ultra of every pre-adolescent's rock star fantasies. From the classic
Mini*Pops, to the haunting
Mini*Pops Let's Dance, to everyone's seasonal favourite
Mini*Pops Christmas, the Mini*Pops embodied the hopes and dreams of
pedophiles children everywhere. Of course, no retrospective of the Mini*Pops would be complete without listening to their
bastardization of tribute to
Abba.
posted by filmgoerjuan
on Sep 28, 2003 -
12 comments
