Ever since Sam Phillips stuffed some wads of paper into an amplifier, inadvertently creating the fuzzed-up, overdriven electric guitar sound on Ike Turner's 1951 rave-up "Rocket 88," pop musicians and producers have turned happy accidents into great records. But the history of house and techno, in particular, is underpinned with fits of serendipity and creative perversions of recording technology.

aint nothin so great as the eight oh eight!

Six Machines That Changed The Music World

"Christopher Paolini is 21 now, and he's had his Letterman gig and his Time magazine interviews and the thrill of seeing his fantasy novel, "Eragon," ride the best-seller lists for 100 weeks, in one version or another. There's even a Hollywood film in the works.
...He has an avuncular, precociously adult manner of speaking -- like a tweedy professor with elbow patches. The effect is startling but ultimately charming, because Paolini is so genuine, with a matter-of-fact self-confidence that's rare for his age. For that, he thanks mom and dad, who homeschooled him and his younger sister, Angela.

"I certainly give credit to my parents," Paolini said, "because they taught us never to be afraid -- to stand up and speak our mind, to talk to people as equals even if they are quite a bit older.

"My sister and I have never been in public schools. We never had the experience of being put down, of being told not to stand out. We were who we were." "

Homeschooled boy's books score big - movie deal for next year

MemeStreams user Infinite and his friends do a bad ass Drum and Bass set which is streamcast from here every Thursday night 10PM Central 11PM Eastern. They also host Jungle Nerd Radio which offers more beats every Wednesday at 9PM Central 10PM Eastern. Blast these beatz and show Senator Biden and his camo clad buddies from Utah where they can shove their law and order!

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Robert Moog, whose Moog synthesizers are as influential in modern music as they have been to jazz and rock since the late 1960s, died Sunday. He was 71.

Everything you have heard in the last 35 years has been influenced by this man. We will surely miss you Dr. Moog.

Brain cancer claims the life of Robert Moog

All my thoughts are with the family and friends of Bob Moog in what sounds like a profoundly difficult time; an update on the CaringBridge page today reports Hospice has been called in and Dr. Moog is facing serious challenges with treatment.

Our hearts and prayers are with you Bob!

Update on Bob Moog's Health

Julian Beever is an English artist who is famous for his art on the pavements of England, France, Germany, USA, Australia and Belgium. It's peculiarity? Beever gives his drawings an anamorphosis view, his images are drawn in such a way which gives them three dimensionality when viewing from the correct angle.

COOL!

3D street drawings. Too cool!

I'm sad to have learned, as did the mailing list of SEAMUS (Society for Electro-Acoustic Music US), that the esteemed Dr. Robert Moog is ill.

=(

Dr. Robert Moog is Ill

] "You created the whole alien alphabet," Money Mark, aka
] the fourth Beastie Boy, tells Moog in the movie. But the
] Moog made much more than galactic beeps and screeches.
] Moog can take some credit for the drum machine, the
] electronic bass line and a nearly infinite catalog of
] sonic effects.

Long live Bob Moog. I had no idea that he lived in Asheville. I must make a pilgrimage and camp out on his lawn sometime soon.

The Birth of the Synthesizer

] Its tiny, but visible enough to send a warm fuzzy through
] the hearts of original trilogy fans. In the establishing
] shot of the expansive Senate docking bays, there's a tiny
] Millennium Falcon easing into frame.

Star Wars: Episode III | Episode III Easter Egg Hunt

] Lucas may not have profited from this galaxy of
] businesses, but he's earned lasting respect and gratitude
] from his fans as well as many in the movie industry

yes, you can say what you want about George not being a good director, or even a good writer, and certainly not a good businessman. But his impact on content production is immense and greater even than people like Samuel Meyer because he fundamentally changed so many things about how film, television, and content in general are made and experienced.

'Star Wars' spawned a galaxy of technologies