Hot Friday Linkage
December 12th, 2008 Posted in classical music, youtube
It’s Friday. It’s snowy (Shush. It is here.) It’s nearly Christmas break. Time to wind down the workday clock with bits and pieces from teh internets:
- This guy has put together a wonderful selection of modern classical music on YouTube. It ranges from recognizable names (Carter, Cage, Boulez) to people entirely new to me (Saariaho? Scelsi?). Even better, he has added real-time descriptions to some of the videos, describing the history and structure of the piece. It’s one of the best uses of the (frequently annoying) video annotation feature on YouTube that I have seen.
- Got restless legs? This device will turn your spasmodic limbs into… errr… “music”. I think I’ll stick to tapping awfully synchronized drumming patterns, thanks.
- Finally, one for these challenging economic times: Thank goodness FDR didn’t bail out the US piano industry
Tags: classical music, youtube
December 17th, 2008 at 7:28 am
I don’t get the leg device thing – 1. who would think up such a thing and what was going through there mind at the time?
2. I am trying to think of the technicalities of wearing such a thing and I can’t get passed the mental picture of my laptop crashing to the floor every time I move.
These thoughts will keep me busy for the whole day, so thanks for that :-).
The Youtube shall be bookmarked and explored a bit everyday.