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Good morning. I am using bullet points to illustrate statements.
Researchers at three universities where I could not afford tuition have delved deeper into the mystery of music and geometry. No word on whether Minor Threat is a rhombus or oval. (Phys Org)
Technology Review reports that a company called Celemony has developed software to analyze and […]

Some A list items to share…

Drexciya Research Lab bubbled up some essential reading with a Drexciya printerview from Groovesmag. Unleashing Storms Unto The World by Nick Phillips. A moodmatian slice follows:

Now, hell, there are so many different music groups, so many categories, so many styles. You’re always hearing something new, like somebody […]

Femi Kuti + Grand Theft Auto = Holy Mindfuck. (Via Bloggerton)
Dr. Pepper + Axl Rose = Brilliant Marketing. (Also via Bloggerton)
Solve for the top 100 Ways to write: “Guns N’ Roses - Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door.” Give up? Here’s the Answer Key. (Via the Last.fm blog)
That is way too much GNR for one post. I’m […]

The L.A. Times interviews Rick Astley on the rise of the rickroll.
Perhaps destined to be smothered in its crib by record industry lawyers, Muxtape provides a dead simple interface for creating online “mixtapes” (i.e. streaming compiled playlists.) Get over there before the cease-and-desists start flying.
The thoroughly awesomely adorable Little Yellow Drum Machine.
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Things I came across while looking for other things…

Cylob posts a free EP. Er, make that two.
Watch a Japanese orchestra perform “Smoke On The Water.”
David Lee Roth’s isolated vocal track from “Runnin’ With The Devil.”
Jeff Norman adapts Steve Reich’s phasing techniques to the intro of Derek and the Dominos’ “Layla”.