Now I’m not someone who normally thinks babies are all cute, all the time, but this video of baby Cory dancing to Beyonce’s “Single Ladies” made even hard-hearted me laugh. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘Music’
Single Babies Get Your Groove On
Friday, October 16th, 2009With a little head-banging…
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
…You can make awesome music, like guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela, from Mexico City. They have a trash metal background, and turned it to the acoustic guitar; he does the picky bits, she does the bass/strumming/percussion – all on guitar. Here they cover Stairway to Heaven. It’s a bit slow at the beginning, but stick with it. (Their covers of Metallica are even cooler, but the videos suck.)
- Jean AAR
Get Your Fix Quick: Three Minute Romances
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
If you see a message that reads, “Embedding disabled by request – Watch on YouTube,” you can still watch the video. Just right-click on “Watch on YouTube” to open the video in a new window.
Sometimes I think I can’t get enough romance. Really. In addition to it being my genre of choice for reading material, I’ve also noticed a pattern of romance in my favorite music. Many of my favorite songs are like super short novels set to music: the meet, the conflict, the happily-ever-after. It’s gotten to the point where I’ve begun thinking of them as my three-minute romance fix.
I love all types of music, but recently I’ve been going through a heavy country and western phase. Now, ya’ll know country music is all about lovin’, drinkin’, and cheatin’, so it should come as no surprise that I’m finding a lot of romance material. While I do enjoy those drinkin’ and done-me-wrong songs, my favorites are the romances. Songs such as Billy Currington’s Good Directions, Tim McGraw’s Don’t Take the Girl, and the song in the video above, Toby Keith’s God Love Her, all have a home on my mp3 player. (more…)
The Most Exclusive Piano in the World
Friday, July 3rd, 2009
Steinways may be the most well-known pianos in the world. But Faziolis are probably the most exclusive. They’re family-owned. They’re entirely individually hand-crafted, by request, in a tiny village northeast of Venice. They make both classic beauties and modern jewels. And they turn out less than 150 pianos a year. (Steinway makes around 4000 a year, from their New York and Hamburg workshops. And they can only claim to be “almost entirely” crafted by hand.) I have never had the honour to play a Fazioli, but the minute I read about them in T.E. Carhart’s wonderful The Piano Shop on the Left Bank, I had a new addition to my “Things To Do Before I Die” list. Check out a Fazioli in action, courtesy of Jon Schmidt and a very cool arrangement of Taylor Swift’s “Love Story” and Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida”. (more…)
