Ridiculousness. Hilarity. So many laughs and chortles and comedic gold bars appear that I can’t help but keep watching. It’s brilliant, really. Malinda Kathleen Reese took the lyrics from Frozen’s Let it Go by Idina Menzel through Chinese, Macedonian, French, Polish, Creole and a whole bunch of other languages and then back into English. Let It Go becomes Give Up.
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Whenever I pass a Wells Fargo bank “The Wells Fargo Wagon” from the Music Man plays in my head for the rest of the day and wrecks everything. But research shows that solving anagrams may be a way to stop the broken record. Seriously, this better work. More »
You might not know it, but the melody from Happy Birthday To You is actually copyrighted, owned by Time Warner, and won’t enter the public domain until 2030 at the earliest. That’s why the Free Music Archive set out to find an alternative—and this is officially the best choice. More »
“I can’t remember if I cried when I read about his widowed bride
Something touched me deep inside… the day the music died.”
R.I.P. Ping (09.01.2010 – 09.30.2012)
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Apple’s Ping no longer pinging back, leaves memories of white noise in its wake originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 01 Oct 2012 15:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Ping, Apple’s foray into music-centric social networking, hasn’t seen much in the way of updates since it was announced two years ago, and now the folks in Cupertino are set to shut it down on September 30th. Struck with the sudden urge to sign-up for the service and take it for a spin before it goes offline? You’re out of luck. Visiting the network’s home in iTunes reveals that Cook and Co. are no longer accepting new members. From here on out, you’ll just have to find other avenues to keep tabs on what tunes are playing within your social circles.
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Ping going dark on September 30th, no longer accepting new members originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 Sep 2012 20:50:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Yearning to break free from earbud-induced isolation and spring towards a music listening experience with a social slant? Seedio for iOS can help. Built by a team of six developers, the app networks local iDevices over WiFi and allows one user to stream music to others. Audio from iTunes or YouTube is queued up by the designated disc jockey, or “seeder,” and plays through each device’s speakers in unison to create a distributed, makeshift loudspeaker. If the situation calls for a quieter jam session, however, you can forgo the speakers and listen in with headphones instead. Up to 150 devices can connect through a single router, but four is the current limit when relying on an ad hoc network created by an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. Seedio isn’t the first of its kind to roam the wilds of the App Store, but its creators claim to have nailed syncing audio across gadgets. The app is free for a limited time, but will soon pick up a $2.99 price tag. For those content with merely tuning in and leaving the playlist duty to others, the app will remain free.
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Seedio app networks iDevices into loudspeaker, blasts music far and wide originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 03 Aug 2012 01:23:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Beck’s latest album won’t debut on the shelves of your local brick-and-mortar retailer. Instead, Cities, as its called, will roll out on Sound Shapes for the PlayStation 3 and PS Vita. The platformer’s song-inspired stages transform the record’s three tunes, Cities, Touch the People and Spiral Staircase, into interactive music videos, with original art and lyrics inserted into the environment. If traipsing through the included soundscapes — not all of which are Beck-centric — isn’t enough to please, the developers are gifting gamers with the tools needed to build levels of their own. As a cross-play game, the $14.99 price tag nets both the console and portable versions of the downloadable title. Sound Shape won‘t hit digital shelves until August 7th, but you can catch a sneak peak (and a quick listen) after the break.
Continue reading New Beck songs get visualized, inspire musical platforming
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New Beck songs get visualized, inspire musical platforming originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 22 Jul 2012 11:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Dear US Government, please, for the love of all that is good and sacred and covered with bolognese sauce, please drop your case against Kim Dotcom. Let him get back to his naff life of food and lewd. Perhaps that way he would stop releasing songs of mass destruction like his new single: Mr. President. Just listen to it and you will know that’s the right thing to do. Thanks! [Torrentfreak] More »
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