I came across this video today on the way in which fire reacts to music and thought I should share it here. It’s already got 1.4 million views on Youtube so maybe you’ve seen it before. But it’s the first time I came across it, so perhaps it will be new to some of you [...]

Today, I am here to discuss something that has been on my mind for a few years now. We subconsciously think about it  almost every time we watch a major sporting event or ceremony. We sit back in our chairs while watching this and think to our selves, “Wow, I have heard this song 146 [...]

Is youtube becoming sell outs? This Vevo advertising thing before playing videos gets very frustrating. You will be at a party or something and in the heat of the moment, you want to show your friend a song that you just heard, and you have to sit through an advertisement while your friend waits there [...]

As a huge Radiohead fan and big fan of the Last.FM site I came with this idea of ranking Radiohead’s songs by which ones are most “shouted” on the site. I will also compare the rankings of most “shouted” vs. most played. There would seem to be a direct correlation, but are there some songs [...]

To date Radiohead has released seven albums. They may release their eight album sometime this year (according to guitarist Ed O’Brien) so it seems like a reasonable enough time to take a look back at those first seven albums beginning with 1993′s Pablo Honey all the way through 2007′s In Rainbows. Pablo Honey (1993) This [...]

It’s nice when your musical heroes dig your political heroes and luckily and as a liberal I get to experience this quite often because artistic types tend to be political liberals due to the empathy that comes naturally with being an artist. And of course empathy usually leads to liberal political views because it allows [...]

This post takes a look at the keys of The Beatles original songs to see if there are any patterns worth noting (as to how often certain keys are used and whether certain keys are more likely to be used with certain types of songs.) I’m going to be using the following books as sources [...]

I’ve recently become aware of Janelle Monae and she seems to be a remarkable talent. Remarkable to the point where I feel that I must make others aware of her as well by writing this post that you must be reading right now. I’m not an expert on her. In fact, I know very little [...]

Trent Reznor’s new band is making their debut EP available for free download at HowToDestroyAngels.com, the free download is in 320 mp3 format. For $2 you can upgrade to lossless audio (FLAC, Apple Lossless, or 24 bit 44.1 WAV.) The EP is self-titled, How To Destroy Angels, and it includes 6 tracks. As I mentioned [...]