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Mark Samples: January 2010
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The music we love, the tech we crave, and much more. Wednesday, January 06, 2010. Hear the New Vampire Weekend Album in Its Entirety. Vampire Weekend's new album, Contra. Hits on January 12th. Until then, and after, you can hear the entire album on my blog. Other places to hear the album are on the band's website. Or on npr's site. Where there is also a review of the album). Enjoy! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Comments are welcome; they let me know you are out there. Mark is Listening To. The Rest is Noise.
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Mark Samples: June 2010
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The music we love, the tech we crave, and much more. Tuesday, June 15, 2010. Stars, the new album. Hear the new album. By the pop-indie band Stars, on NPR. It's called The Five Ghosts. Tuesday, June 01, 2010. Blitzen Trapper—Listen to the New Album, Free. And here are a few words of description from NPR writer, Michael Katzif:. Musically, Destroyer of the Void. Plays out as a modern take on a '70s classic-rock record.". Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Comments are welcome; they let me know you are out there.
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Mark Samples: June 2009
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The music we love, the tech we crave, and much more. Friday, June 26, 2009. It's just so easy to change! Confused about 20th Century art music? Read Alex Ross's The Rest is Noise. Find it on Amazon here. On Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. On Schoenberg, compared to predecessors who had stretched the bounds of tonality but not reached an all out rejection of it:. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Comments are welcome; they let me know you are out there. Confused about 20th Century art music? Mark is Listening To.
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Mark Samples: August 2009
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The music we love, the tech we crave, and much more. Saturday, August 29, 2009. Build your vocabulary to make yourself a better reader; choose simple words whenever possible to make yourself a better writer.". 8212;Good advice from Bryan Garner, on the dilemma between using large, hifalutin words, and a more direct, simple approach. Wednesday, August 26, 2009. Music History Fact of the Day #2. The difference between a jongleur, minstrel, troubadour, and other secular medieval musicians:. These works were...
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Mark Samples: Seu Jorge, New Album Listen
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The music we love, the tech we crave, and much more. Friday, July 23, 2010. Seu Jorge, New Album Listen. Hear Brazilian songwriter Seu Jorge's new album in its entirety here. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Comments are welcome; they let me know you are out there. Seu Jorge, New Album Listen. Mark is Listening To. Sufjan Stevens, The BQE. The Rest is Noise. The Count of Monte Cristo. Mark and Jenny (plus Henry).
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Mark Samples: September 2009
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The music we love, the tech we crave, and much more. Thursday, September 03, 2009. Meaning and music. Their relationship to one another is ambivalent at best. Is musical meaning associative, like a language whose syllables and patterns are collected and understood by the initiated listener? Or is it inherent, including certain physical reactions to vibrations of sound waves that hit every body in the same way? Richard Taruskin is very clear about what he will consider musical meaning in the. It covers im...
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Mark Samples: Stars, the new album
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The music we love, the tech we crave, and much more. Tuesday, June 15, 2010. Stars, the new album. Hear the new album. By the pop-indie band Stars, on NPR. It's called The Five Ghosts. Please check out the new Sun Kil Moon recording. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Comments are welcome; they let me know you are out there. Stars, the new album. Blitzen Trapper—Listen to the New Album, Free. Mark is Listening To. Sufjan Stevens, The BQE. The Rest is Noise. The Count of Monte Cristo.
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Mark Samples: July 2009
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The music we love, the tech we crave, and much more. Friday, July 24, 2009. Is this Science Fiction? As reported by macrumors.com. This is a demo of a prototype augmented reality app that will be possible with a future release of iPhone OS (3.1). Pretty sweet? Yes Yes it is. But remember, cool futuristic technology can be used for both good and evil. Take the lightsaber for instance. Luke Skywalker, good. Darth Vader, evil. Which will this technology be used for? Monday, July 20, 2009. In the New Yorker.
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Mark Samples: October 2010
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The music we love, the tech we crave, and much more. Thursday, October 28, 2010. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Comments are welcome; they let me know you are out there. Mark is Listening To. Sufjan Stevens, The BQE. The Rest is Noise. The Count of Monte Cristo. Mark and Jenny (plus Henry).