Feb 27
You might’ve seen stories
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Feb 26
Back in the day, you had to figure out how to play songs either by listening to them or by buying a book. Then came the internet and easy access to tabs. These days the bands are doing all the work for you!
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Feb 25
Take a dip in the salty waters of the Dead Sea, visit a surprisingly musical milking parlor, get swe
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Take a dip in the salty waters of the Dead Sea, visit a surprisingly musical milking parlor, get swept away by the surreal majesty of "underwater rivers," and go birding in the urban alleyways of Cambodia—all in this week’s landscape reads.
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Feb 25
BlueAnt has introduced its latest audio offering, the Pump HD Sportsbuds aimed at athletes and fitness enthusiasts. With the earbuds comes Bluetooth connectivity and the promise of audiophile-grade audio quality, … Continue reading
Feb 25
When we take the train and we insert our tickets or tap our train passes on the turnstiles, we don’t think too much of it. After all it is merely a gateway that separates us from our train. That being said what if there was a way to enhance it? Perhaps add music or interesting tones whenever a ticket has been inserted or a card has been tapped?
Well that’s pretty much what musician James Murphy wants to do to the New York subway system, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. For those unfamiliar, Murphy is the frontman of the now-defunct electronic-dance-punk band, LCD Soundsystem. He has recently proposed that New York’s subways play a unique melody whenever someone passes through the turnstiles. (more…)
Musician Proposes To Add Music To New York’s Subway’s Turnstiles original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Feb 24
The crank and clang of subway turnstiles is abrasive and annoying at the best of times. But James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem fame wants to make those noises better.
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Feb 23
The Super Mario Bros. theme is nearly 30 years old. It’s quite old, but not as ancient as the sheng, a Chinese instrument that’s mentioned in texts from 11th to 12th century B.C., which means it could be about 3,000 years old.
Whoever made the accordion-like instrument couldn’t have imagined that it would be used to meet the poster boy of a modern art form.
Watch the past meet the present:
That escalated right from the get go.
[via Gizmodo]
Feb 20
Last week, at a former bodega in Alphabet City, food designer Emilie Baltz and smart object designer Carla Diana conducted the second performance of their "Lickestra"—a "musical licking performance" involving conductive ice cream cones, four volunteers, and a pre-recorded soundtrack of peculiar tones and baselines created by musician Arone Dyer of Buke&Gase.
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Feb 19
For some, to be surrounded by total silence seems like an ideal way to fall asleep. For the rest of us, a completely quiet room after hours is like a breeding ground for every weird, troubling, eye-opening thought you’ve ever had; some kind of background audio helps calm the nerves. Is there a happy medium?
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Feb 19
The ability play audio in the background was supposed to come to YouTube last year. It still hasn’t arrived, but iOS users can use a quick workaround.
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