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Posted on 08.04.09 by Rob Levy @ 10:14 pm
Comments on this: just one. Add your own.  Before Palm Pilots, Smart Phones and iPods there was... The Walkman. Thirty years ago, on July 1st, Sony unveiled the TPS-L2 cassette player or The Walkman. This portable music apparatus, designed by an engineer named Nobutoshi Khara, changed the way music was branded, packaged, and listened to. It was a revolutionary device. It had dual headphone jacks so more then one person could plug in. It had separate audio channels so the listener could decide what the volume levels were. It had forward and rewind buttons. It ran on batteries. It was also portable and easy to carry around discreetly. But perhaps most importantly it allowed the consumer to select what would be listened to, whether it was a prerecorded cassette or a new fangled contrivance called a "mix tape." Thanks to The Walkman, the age of portable music had arrived. Categorized as: Music
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Posted on 07.09.09 by Rob Levy @ 4:19 am
Comments on this: 4 so far. Add your own.  The passing of Michael Jackson has made it absolutely imperative for the entertainment industry to crown a new King of Pop. The current void in the music world of a King of Pop is one that will not be easily overcome. After all who could replace Elvis, Sinatra, Biggie, 2Pac, Johnny Cash, and now Michael? Could it be Tori Amos, Tom Petty, Ryan Adams or even Kelly Clarkson? Selecting a King of Pop is a difficult task that requires a legitimate resume and a musical depth unmatched in scope. One thing is certain; the music world needs an icon for the people. Someone who can be looked up to and revered as a songwriter and performer of genius and brilliance. To that end, I offer up a solution. The NEW and undisputed King of Pop is Don Music. Categorized as: Music
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Posted on 07.06.09 by Widge @ 12:01 am
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own. I think the scariest part is that, honestly, this works. Just change the outfits and the hair and you would be tearing up the club. Direct link for the feedreaders. Thanks to our old pal Evil for the headsup. Categorized as: Music
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Posted on 07.03.09 by Widge @ 2:40 am
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own. So Rob sent me this: not sure where this was, but James Brown at first coaxes Michael Jackson up on stage. Then, according to Dr. Brown, Jackson insisted that Prince get pulled up on stage as well. Direct link for the feedreaders. So do you think Jackson really wanted Prince up there, or was it something like...this? Jackson: "If you're going to call me up here, seriously, call that freaky Prince guy up here too. Bet you a hundred he takes off his shirt." Brown: "Okay, I'll take that bet." They certainly were having plenty of conferences-on-the-mound--could have happened. After the break, another Brown teamup I had forgotten happened. Categorized as: Music
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Posted on 06.28.09 by Widge @ 1:23 am
Comments on this: just one. Add your own. So Michael Jackson is gone. And I'm sad about it and I feel sorry for him. Mostly because--well, I mean let's face it: the guy was screwed up in the head. We can only postulate what sort of entertainer he would have been had he been more, well, stable. Or if he had just somehow gotten some help for whatever it was that troubled him. I owned Thriller when it first came out. I enjoyed the album. I thought the videos were cool and positively loved the "Thriller" music video...and that's probably not a surprise to anybody here. I never really got into his later albums as much as Thriller, but I did always respect him as a performer. Even when his outfits, among other things, seemed to make less and less sense. So I tried to find something that wouldn't be just a boring music video and wouldn't be something from his later years that I just never got into. And I finally settled on this snippet. Which is, I'm afraid, darkly apt. Direct link for the feedreaders. Among the other obits you can find elsewhere, I think I appreciate this one the best. Thanks to Bill Corbett for the headsup. Categorized as: Music
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