MetaFilter posts tagged with wtf and music

The 'Democratization of Music.'

Lutoslawski — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:07:36 -0800

uPlaya uses algorithms to determine if a song will be a hit. Brought to you by Music Intelligence Solutions, the uPlaya software uses spectral deconvolution to rate a song on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being assurance that the song will be a hit. Ostensibly, the software can be used to sell new bands to record labels if a song achieves a ranking of platinum or better. According to Harvard Business School, the software is accurate 8 out of 10 times. The software is a finalist for the Creative Coast's Innovation Awards. A vodpod documentary about uPlaya. The uPlaya blog.

The sexual non-sexual Jonas Brothers

mathowie — Sun, 03 May 2009 12:21:33 -0800

The most important article you'll ever read about the Jonas Brothers which smartly breaks down the extreme disconnect between their message, their medium, and how hot foam spray guns figure into the conservative culture wars.

electric stimulus to face

chrismear — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:07:23 -0800

electric stimulus to face

partymeister to the plebians

madamjujujive — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 21:57:56 -0800

BIG BIG BIG BIG BIG is a musical composition by the inimitable Dan Deacon, dubbed by his local paper as part vaudeville ham, part electronica genius. Take a tour of Dan's thrift-store electronic keyboard and read his answers to stupid questions in Ignore Magazine. via Miss Cellania

Bomb the Bass

hypersloth — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:50:04 -0800

Bug Powder Dust
Lyrics, by Bomb the Bass

Diggity down with the A to the Pizzi

delmoi — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 21:18:49 -0800

Campaign remix From the Associated Press who are apparently in the music business now. Via wonkette.

E.T. Phone Home!

loquacious — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 03:48:12 -0800

Nerds travel to the infamous Atari 2600 E.T. video game landfill, dig up hundreds of carts, play them and make a music video of it. (Quicktime video.)

Meow meow HISS Ah, yes. Needs tuning, madam.

loquacious — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 19:05:25 -0800

A piano. A catgut free piano. A catgut free piano that includes cats. Very angry cats.

Amanda Lepore

sourbrew — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 19:37:19 -0800

Amanda Lepore (second link is official site, nsfw, music) is quite the hip transvestite. From her MAC Cosmetics slash Heatherette bags commercial (NSFW/sanity) by David Lachapelle, to her new tracks Champagne and My Hair Looks Fierce.

Much Love to Home Taping is Killing Music for mp3 linkage.

Is there any escape... from noise?

loquacious — Mon, 26 Dec 2005 11:14:06 -0800

MAN - Mothers Against Noise. "Noise is music that uses unpleasant or painful or extremely loud or discordant sound. Noise is also a very dangerous musical trend that is hell bent on destroying civilized culture, this anti-cultural movement is quickly sweeping the globe, and is very dangerous to our youth." via MonkeyFilter and our own panoptican.

strangeness

sgt.serenity — Tue, 18 Nov 2003 17:35:20 -0800

Dutch experiment with drug legalisation a failure , say experts.

mathowie — Thu, 13 Apr 2000 23:03:59 -0800

WTF!?! Everyone's favorite band (back in high school) Metallica is suing Napster and a handful of universities for unlawful trading of their music. This is ridiculous, and I hope it doesn't set a precedence. If anyone would just slap a revenue model on napster so artists could get paid for their work, none of this piracy crap would happen. And Metallica, what about the other apps that do the same thing, are you going to sue them too? And what about every other band on earth? What do you expect to get out of universities, tighter controls over bandwidth, or student monitoring of internet usage? What about every cable modem and DSL provider that lets people use Napster, are you going after them too? Why don't you sue everyone on earth that's heard your songs but didn't pay for them? Side question: Is it better to burn out or fade away?

MetaFilter posts tagged with wtf and music

The 'Democratization of Music.'

The sexual non-sexual Jonas Brothers

electric stimulus to face

partymeister to the plebians

Bomb the Bass

Diggity down with the A to the Pizzi

E.T. Phone Home!

*Meow meow HISS* Ah, yes. Needs tuning, madam.

Amanda Lepore

Is there any escape... from noise?

strangeness

Meow meow HISS Ah, yes. Needs tuning, madam.