Posts Categorized: music, the internet, and life

Manu Chao, Rainin in Paradize

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Manu Chao has released a new EP from his upcoming album. There’s a very nice article at the Calabash blog, and you can hear a preview or go ahead and buy the digital mp3 tracks. The music sounds great to me!

Music videos: Orchestra Baobab

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If you haven’t noticed, I have a thing for West African music. Sometimes I like it hot, but I like it cool the best. Orchestra Baobab will chill you out through the heat wave. This track is from their most recent album, Specialist in All Styles. Orchestra Baobab: Bul Ma Miin There are two videos… Read more »

Music video: Singing Tesla coil

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It’s a solid state Tesla coil and it wants to entertain us. It’s been suggested that a good name for this coil would be the “Zeusaphone”. “Thoremin” has also been mentioned, though personally I think we need Theramin type inputs for that. To answer a few questions I’ve received, YES, someone did yell “Play Freebird!”… Read more »

Music video: Tegan and Sara

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See Tegan and Sara in action working on their new album, which I plan to acquire asap. It’s hard to resist those twin-sisterly voices. And their sisterly dynamics. I think I must be missing my sister.