This is an acoustic cover of the wonderful TMBG song Ana Ng, done on a four track recorder many years ago. Though I did once see "I don't want the world, I just want your half" painted on a bridge (it was really surprising and cool to discover), we substituted "Homies '88" in its place because we had recently seen that on a bridge and thought it a bit absurd that someone took the time and effort to paint such a doofy message.
posted to MeFi Music by AgentRocket at 12:59 PM on July 25, 2006 (3 comments)

This is less of a song and more of a sketch, but I found it on my drive and I'm going to post it. Much less developed than my other submission. It's more of a half-assed experiment with drum signatures and reverb with some granulation synth stuff tied into the reverb and echoes. Expect little, but it's pretty hypnotic.
posted to MeFi Music by loquacious at 12:32 AM on July 24, 2006 (2 comments)

An simple instrumental piece I've been meaning to finish up since 2003. MeFi music inspired me to get it done tonight. Enjoy.
posted to MeFi Music by csimpkins at 9:55 PM on July 22, 2006 (7 comments)

Electropop with shades of Postal Service. Diplomacy in action, a-thankyaverymuch.
posted to MeFi Music by cortex at 8:11 AM on July 21, 2006 (3 comments)

Gionata (www.gionata.net) swiss artist singing italian songs
posted to MeFi Music by calvin64 at 4:41 AM on July 18, 2006 (5 comments)

Another symphonic-electronica piece I made when I was sixteen. Terrifically upbeat compared to almost everything I write these days. Reaches critical mass with the help of the trusty ol' 303.
posted to MeFi Music by inoculatedcities at 8:01 AM on July 12, 2006

Something sweet and mellow to watch the rain by. Hot off the press.
posted to MeFi Music by Jimbob at 3:53 PM on July 13, 2006 (3 comments)

Something mellow and electronic. Soft synths. Sleep music.
posted to MeFi Music by Jimbob at 6:19 AM on July 12, 2006 (4 comments)

Surreal, ridiculous improvised mouth noise collage I made with my little brother several years ago. Inspired to post this by this Eideteker track.
posted to MeFi Music by cortex at 9:58 AM on July 7, 2006 (2 comments)

"Ocean" is an instrumental track from my recording project, James, Not Jim. It's a smooth, melodic, jazz/fusion piece that features electric bass guitar. Some more extensive recording/performance notes are here. Hope you like it. If you do, there are two more tracks over at myspace.com/wheatdesign.
posted to MeFi Music by wheat at 7:39 AM on July 6, 2006 (9 comments)

I am a lonely man, with only Audacity for company.
This is my first attempt at a multitrack recording. I don't have a real microphone, so it's really lo-fi. I also apparently have no clue how to master, so the levels will scare you. I welcome suggestions, death threats, etc.
posted to MeFi Music by Eideteker at 9:20 PM on July 2, 2006 (10 comments)

A rock version of the old chestnut, as performed by Edmonton's Baffin Island Party. Gets pretty fast toward the end.
posted to MeFi Music by alex_reno at 2:18 PM on July 2, 2006 (2 comments)

Is it melodic? Is it percussive? Is it industrial? Is it ambient? It is a mystery! A noise-filled mystery. (For further mysteries, look here.)
posted to MeFi Music by Jairus at 11:24 PM on July 1, 2006 (11 comments)

This is a song by my band, Institut Polaire.
posted to MeFi Music by sconbie at 10:38 PM on July 1, 2006 (4 comments)

Another mic in track track, built around an audio love letter sent to some girl named Holly. You can hear the original letter (done in two takes) at the above link. Look for "I Love You Holly"; it's about two-thirds the way down the list.
posted to MeFi Music by starkeffect at 2:24 PM on July 1, 2006 (1 comment)

This is the opening song from my Comfort Stand EP, "mic in track," consisting of songs created from anonymous personal recordings that were (unwittingly) shared on p2p networks. You can hear many more examples on my homepage. I used FruityLoops (FL Studio) to make the music, GoldWave to make the samples, and AudioGnome (primarily) to find the original mic in tracks.
posted to MeFi Music by starkeffect at 1:14 PM on July 1, 2006 (13 comments)

This is a song that was done live on 6/26/2006 at an afterparty here in detroit. the venue was stucco's warehouse. Listen as my audio buffer dies at the end. A proper version will probably come out someday.
posted to MeFi Music by phylum sinter at 7:04 AM on July 1, 2006 (4 comments)

Solving The Puzzle of Love.
posted to MeFi Music by Fuzzy Monster at 3:41 PM on June 30, 2006 (3 comments)

"ironic electro-pop"
posted to MeFi Music by frenetic at 8:17 PM on June 29, 2006 (32 comments)

Johnny Bench Called The Ten Most Obscure Archer jokes, explained.
posted to MetaFilter by PapaLobo at 4:52 AM on April 12, 2012 (187 comments)

Guy comes out of closet on Facebook to friends who are entirely too geeky to care.
posted to MetaFilter by Argyle at 11:02 AM on March 28, 2012 (70 comments)

You may have seen the news footage about a guy in a Batman suit being pulled over in suburban DC. It turns out that there is a lot more to the story.
posted to MetaFilter by COD at 11:37 AM on March 28, 2012 (74 comments)

46 Things to Read and See for David Foster Wallace's 50th Birthday. The writer described as The Best Mind of His Generation would have turned 50 years old today.
posted to MetaFilter by mattbucher at 9:50 AM on February 21, 2012 (25 comments)

Did you find Heidi Klum's Halloween costume hot? Then these muscle leggings are right up your alley.
posted to MetaFilter by Brandon Blatcher at 3:50 PM on February 7, 2012 (44 comments)

Fred Clark posts at a blog called "Slacktivist", so he is often referred to by that name. But this left-wing Christian is far from a slacker. His blog is a powerful voice against the usual conservative Christian presence in America, and the best distillation of his strength is his series of posts analyzing the Left Behind novels of Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins. Fred savages these books for their "bad writing and bad theology" but it's not the usual Internet snark; Fred has a larger mission here than just pointing and laughing. He just finished dissecting book two, Tribulation Force, so it's a great time to jump on if you already haven't. (He has promised that after a holiday break, he's going to do the Tribulation Force movie, and then on to book three.)
posted to MetaFilter by Legomancer at 7:01 AM on December 20, 2011 (183 comments)

I like Community. I like books. Give me books that are like Community.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Memo at 8:37 PM on September 30, 2011 (26 comments)

The Decemberists recreate Eschaton from David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest. The new video for "Calamity Song," from The King Is Dead, takes us into the dystopian world of the novel, Infinite Jest.
posted to MetaFilter by otherwordlyglow at 9:04 AM on August 22, 2011 (68 comments)

Let's hear it for MetaFilter Music: 5,000+ posts and going strong. I love all of you, from the fine musicians to the devoted commenters and playlisters, to the mods who coded and managed it, to the thousands* of record label execs who've found their next pop star lurking in the shadows here. Here's to another 5,000 posts, then another 5,000, then after that we can re-evaluate. Sincere and heartfelt thanks to everyone who's ever contributed, commented, made a playlist, listened to a tune, or even planned to and hasn't gotten around to it.

See within for some fun MeFi Music links, and a little bit of a primer on how to get your feet wet in our warm little musical community!

*Citation needed
posted to MetaTalk by ORthey at 5:45 PM on January 14, 2011 (40 comments)

During the show's history Mystery Science Theater did many musical bits. Topless Robot recently linked to the "13 best" Mystery Science Theater 3000 songs. It's not a bad list, although there are some notable exclusions. About those, click through....
posted to MetaFilter by JHarris at 5:22 PM on December 6, 2010 (61 comments)

James Burke's popular television show Connections is available in its entirety online. Connections, which ran in 1978, was a unique take on the question of historical and scientific advancement. From wikipedia: "The series traced paths of invention and discovery through their interrelationships in history, with each episode chronicling a particular path, usually in chronological order. ... It was followed by the 20-part Connections2 (1994) and then the 10-part Connections3 (1997) series. Later, it was shown in more than 50 countries and appeared in about 350 university and college curricula. Additionally, the book that followed the series was also a best seller."
posted to MetaFilter by SpacemanStix at 9:59 AM on December 9, 2010 (76 comments)

What do you and your SO do to bond with each other?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by elder18 at 6:19 PM on February 17, 2010 (68 comments)

This is the videogame you didn't know you wanted to play until now. Artemis - The Spaceship Bridge simulator is possibly the nerdiest game ever invented. The players take on the roles of Engineering, Communication, Weapon Control, etc, while one player - The Captain - stands in front of a projection screen and barks orders.
posted to MetaFilter by empath at 6:27 AM on October 27, 2010 (110 comments)

A blind man uses a mobile phone to "see":

I have never experienced this before in my life. I can see some light and color, but just in blurs, and objects don’t really have a color, just light sources...I went outside. I looked at the sky. I heard colors such as “Horizon,” “Outer Space,” and many shades of blue and gray. I used color queues to find my pumpkin plants, by looking for the green among the brown and stone. I spent ten minutes looking at my pumpkin plants, with their leaves of green and lemon-ginger. I then roamed my yard, and saw a blue flower. I then found the brown shed, and returned to the gray house.

posted to MetaFilter by nomadicink at 4:02 PM on September 19, 2010 (43 comments)

Upcoming concert alerts: What's the best service that will email me when a selected set of bands are coming to a particular town?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by gwint at 9:33 AM on October 2, 2010 (11 comments)

What are some good albums that coalesce in the genres of minimal techno, tech house, dub techno, and deep house?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by ollyollyoxenfree at 7:40 PM on September 11, 2010 (17 comments)

"God Only Knows" by the Beach Boys has the best opening line to a love song: I may not always love you. Can you think of any other love songs that have the same vibe of: "I really hope this lasts, but I can't make or ask for promises."
posted to Ask MetaFilter by ictow at 9:29 AM on September 10, 2010 (60 comments)

BLADE RUNNER revisited >3.6 gigapixels - An experimental film in tribute to Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (SLVimeo)
posted to MetaFilter by fearfulsymmetry at 12:27 PM on September 1, 2010 (32 comments)

Arcade Fire devise 'synchronised artwork' for The Suburbs. Montreal band develop album art in the digital age, providing bonus material to accompany the download of their latest LP. "The idea is simple... Tightly sync a series of images with specific moments in a song using the m4a format. Like some podcasters do, but with micro chapters for each lines of the lyrics. In addition to that, we were able to add good old hyperlinks also synchronised to the song. This gives the possibility for the band to add, at any moments, all kinds of references related to each song. They plan to change and update those links occasionally." says: Vincent Morisset, director of Arcade Fire's Miroir Noir live DVD
posted to MetaFilter by Fizz at 7:52 PM on August 4, 2010 (51 comments)

The Wilderness Downtown is an interactive film featuring a new Arcade Fire song. (HTML5 & Processor intensive)
posted to MetaFilter by gwint at 8:17 AM on August 30, 2010 (76 comments)

Interpol have a new, self-titled album coming out September 7 (the 13th in the UK). Hey, guess what! It sounds like Interpol, so this is the kind of thing you will like, if you like this kind of thing. "Lights" (and here in HD) already has me imagining doing a thousand-yard stare out of a bus window on a cold, late November night. The second video, "Barricade" is here (and here in HD).
posted to MetaFilter by jackrational at 6:03 PM on August 30, 2010 (43 comments)

What are some neat things I can do with a PlayStation 2?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by spikeleemajortomdickandharryconnickjrmints at 12:25 PM on August 17, 2010 (23 comments)

Help me get myself down to 5-10 essential fonts I can put on my Ubuntu machine for free.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by l33tpolicywonk at 1:50 PM on March 17, 2010 (8 comments)

If I had say, three months salary ($6500), and time on my side what are some countries I (an American, 30) could go live inexpensively for six months or longer and go native?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by parmanparman at 2:24 PM on July 27, 2010 (27 comments)

My father, who lurks around these parts, has started a cuteness war. I'm in search of the cutest photos possible.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by lauranesson at 2:00 PM on July 1, 2010 (47 comments)

"For toDAY third of MAY twenty-TEN ManhatTEN reports mild spring-type weather under the Fuller Dome. Ditto on the General Technics Plaza. But Shalmaneser is a Micryogenic (R) computer bathed in liquid helium and it's cold in his vault."
posted to MetaFilter by shii at 10:59 PM on May 2, 2010 (32 comments)

Scientists: please, help me explain this cloning anomaly.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by sickinthehead at 3:51 PM on April 28, 2010 (15 comments)

Looking for a HD camcorder.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by entropicamericana at 7:47 AM on March 19, 2010 (8 comments)

I'm putting together a list of some of my favourite time-vacuum websites. What I mean by that is a website that you can visit and then lose half your day to, by the sheer amount of great stuff to read, watch, play, listen to, learn, etc etc. They could be news pages, or a site where there is always something new to see, or maybe just a database that you can lose hours mining for interesting information. I'm sure we all have stuff like this in our bookmarks, so I'm turning to the hive mind for help to expand my list of really interesting sites.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by oxide at 7:53 AM on March 18, 2010 (37 comments)

Sea monkeys love trance music! Dancing sea monkeys close-up. Sea monkeys doing flips. Sometimes they prefer more of a nightclub atmosphere.
posted to MetaFilter by Jacqueline at 8:24 AM on March 8, 2010 (17 comments)

Craig Ferguson talks to Stephen Fry. In five parts, without an audience.
posted to MetaFilter by Harry at 9:54 AM on February 26, 2010 (89 comments)