http://www.metafilter.com/tags/eefbarzelay Posts tagged with 'eefbarzelay' at MetaFilter. Sun, 14 Aug 2011 08:27:28 -0800 Sun, 14 Aug 2011 08:27:28 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/106490/To%2Dbe%2Dfair%2Dthe%2Ddesk%2Dis%2Dpretty%2Dsmall Since 2008, NPR's <a href="http://www.npr.org/programs/all-songs-considered/">All Songs Considered</a> has been doing the <a href="http://www.npr.org/series/tiny-desk-concerts/">Tiny Desk Concert</a> series in which they invite a <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129910154" title="Eef Barzelay">musician</a> or <a href="http://www.npr.org/2010/12/14/131962071/the-red-river-tiny-desk-concert" title="The Red River">band</a> or <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130083430" title="Chuck Brown">very</a> <a href="http://www.npr.org/2010/12/03/128111544/gogol-bordello-tiny-desk-concert" title="Gogol Bordello">large group</a> to come and play a song behind the desk of the show's host, Bob Bollen, with the video camera running. The result can be <a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/01/22/133059550/iron-and-wine-tiny-desk-concert" title="Iron & Wine">intimate</a>, <a href="http://www.npr.org/2010/06/22/127983640/-weird-al-yankovic-tiny-desk-concert" title="Weird Al!!!">absurd</a>, <a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/03/07/134260832/steve-riley-and-the-mamou-playboys-tiny-desk-concert" title="Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys">raucous</a> and <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129454267" title="Ana Tijoux">just</a> <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128652297" title="Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer, Zakir Hussain">plain</a> <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123086467" title="Gillian Welch">enjoyable</a>. A browseable archive of all 150+ shows is <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/archives/archive.php?thingId=92071316&date=08-14-2011&p=1">here</a>. <small><small>Nota Bene: links reflect my own very biased tastes in music, your favorite NPR show sucks, etc.</small></small> tag:metafilter.com,2011:site.106490 Sun, 14 Aug 2011 08:27:28 -0800 anatijoux belafleck chuckbrown concert download eefbarzelay gillianwelch gogolbordello inronandwine live mamouplayboys music npr redriver shows tinydeskconcert video weirdal 1f2frfbf