Music Sales by Format

A really cool animated chart of music sales by format... watch the rise and fall of 8-track, cassettes, CDs, downloads, and streaming.

CDs represented 95% of sales in 2002. Nothing else has reached that dominance (yet).

Via Tam

Streaming

Either you want to own physical media (CD/vinyl) or you are happy renting.

Fake

I don't know what to believe any more.

In TNG, Picard has a flute he sometimes plays.
The only problem is that Sir Patrick Stewart cannot play the flute. So they have someone else's hands pretend to play it while he makes silly facial expressions, and they dub in music later.

Once you see it, you can't unsee it. pic.twitter.com/5dbtyvOqjy

— foone (@Foone) February 12, 2019

Let It Snow

In case you are tired of all the Frozen "Let it go" songs, I present a change of pace.

Pitch Perfect

I lost my man card long ago.

Pitch Perfect for $4 with free shipping at Target.

And the trailer for Pitch Perfect 2.

Blur Song 2 - BMW

Something made me think of Blur's "Song 2." And then my stream of consciousness led me to the series of mini-movies/commercials that BMW made. I remember downloading them - and they took forever - over our slow connections back in the day. This was was really funny:

Don't Walk

Dance!

Traditional Music

For those of you who like traditional music, I present:

A Good Way to Start the Day

Via Ace of Spades HQ

Smooth Criminal

BoRyanMaynard Smooth Criminal on an Oud // Pretty cool youtube.com/watch?v=_FwJqY…

Random Cool

Ready Player One

Based on a recommendation from my brother, I just read Ready Player One. The story takes place in a dystopian future where Halliday, the creator of a massive virtual reality world, is giving away his entire fortune and control of his company to the person/player who solve various puzzles and finds hidden keys within the game. Halliday was a child of the 80's and he has built the puzzles around the pop culture of that time - from movies to video games to music.

It was an easy read and I enjoyed all the references from my (roughly) teenage years. It was a great Adventure!

If you are interested, please purchase the book using my link below, so I can retire early - at no extra cost to you!

Baofeng Tribute

And Jim has officially lost it:

Bao Feng...you make my heart sing...
You make everything
Groovy
I said Bao Feng...

Bao Feng, I think I love you
But I wanna know for sure
Come on, hold you tight
I love you

Bao Feng...you make my heart sing...
You make everything
Groovy
I said Bao Feng...

Bao Feng, I think you move me
But I wanna know for sure
So come on, hold you right
You move me

Liturgical Mysteries

Want a cheap thrill? Slim introduced me to these books about a small town police chief/organist/writer. While I am not Episcopalian, the church humor is easily translatable to my own experience. I hear if you are a member of a choir, there are lots of jokes for you that probably went sailing over my head. I was sick over the week-end and read a couple of them during my downtime - easy, fun reads.

Less than a buck if you want the Kindle version... if you click the link below to buy, I get a cut of your $0.99. No one has ever used my Amazon links before, so I don't even know what that would be.

If you'd rather go to the author's site directly, click here.

Don't Worry, Be Happy Science

Guitar's Greatest Hits

Awesomeness..



Via Althouse

Technology, Ethics, and Music

Hippies are evil. Big business is evil. And I'm stuck in the middle. Makes me glad I don't buy a lot of music... a few iTunes downloads and whatever is on the radio meets my needs.

"I've only bought 15 CDs in my lifetime. Yet, my entire iTunes library exceeds 11,000 songs."

And the response:

"I applaud your courage in admitting you do not pay for music, and that you do not want to but you are grappling with the moral implications. I just think that you have been presented with some false choices by what sounds a lot like what we hear from the 'Free Culture' adherents."

Salsa Cookie!

I will always remember this song from Excalibur. Now I will also always think of salsa cookies.



Via Walls of the City

Game of Thrones & Maroon 4

Some pretty funny lines.

"Don't call me on at nine on Sunday nights."
"Theon Greyjoy, you were a nice boy..."




Original here.

No Blake Lewis

andrewchen awesome beatboxing app: INCREDIBOX bit.ly/IwpdKhMon, Apr 30 15:01:09 from Timely by Demandforce

Pretty fun app, but you can't quite do this.