Archive for the 'music' Category

Words and chords

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

The semantic shifts of the Beatles’ chords

Didn’t read this yet, but the pictures look interesting.

Bob Dylan says Barack Obama is ‘changin’ America

Friday, June 6th, 2008

Bob Dylan endorses Obama

infographics of the day

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Jono delivers: rap represented in mathematical charts and graphs.

some of these could seriously use Tufteization.

One More..

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

John Legend, his piano, and Pride.

I think (t)his version has a simple poetic elegance that suits well the song and its lyric. Either that or it’s boring.

Rock’s Greatest Song

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

[No April Fools Joke] After a month of difficult analysis, I am ready to unveil my choice for rock’s greatest song.

The correct answer is Sweet Child o Mine. Congrats to the boys; I would like to thank all the applicants and everyone who aided me through the decision process.

Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 greatest songs is here.

The Geometry of Music

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Dmitri Tymoczko, Composer and Music Theorist. (Time article, Science article, supplementary material)

History of “Hallelujah” covers

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

“It Doesn’t Matter Which You Heard”: the Curious Cultural Journey of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah”

Music Animation Machine

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Music Animation Machine (overview, watch, FAQ)

I hope this will convince you Yosefblog

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

Jonathan Coulton performs his own song on RockBand

Herbie’s Grammy

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

A Victory for Jazz, or Just Grammy Being Grammy, you decide.