Geek Pop
For the September 2005 issue of Popular Science the magazine hired Jonathan Coulton to write a freely downloadable soundtrack. Being a pretty rare thing to see a soundtrack to a magazine I decided to...
View ArticleSongs about Phsyics
Sometimes what feels so right is so very wrong. Walter F. Smith Associate Professor of Physics at Haverford College has a website called PhysicsSongs.org. Naturally, the site features lyrics about...
View ArticleWho’s afraid of the big bad record companies?
If you’re an artist you should be! In a time not so long ago pretty much all local bands wanted to get “signed” by one of the big record companies. They seemed to feal these “deals” would get them...
View ArticlePublic Domain Sheet Music
There was some flap last week when the International Mozart Museum purchased and made copies of the entire Neue Mozart-Ausgabe (complete works of Mozart) available online. As it turns out the license...
View ArticleMaking fun of popular music
I recently saw two videos which poke fun at pop music. The first claims that many pop songs utilize only four chords. The point is illustrated by playing and transitioning through many songs over the...
View ArticleSomething to watch?
Today I have four suggestions for things you might be interested in watching. First is the hilarious French comedy Le Dîner de cons (The Dinner Game). Each week Pierre and his friends invite the...
View ArticleCongressional Media Access
In January of this year I wrote about congressional media access. Specifically the concerns I had related to C-SPAN’s attempt to gain independent camera access to the floor of the house and senate...
View ArticleRemembering our Media Past
One of my more recent pastimes when I have a few minutes to spare and am already caught up on the news and either need to relax and unwind a bit or just don’t have time to dive in to a more substantial...
View ArticleThis Week in Law Episode 20
Last week I served as a guest panelist for This Week in Law (aka TWiL) and Episode 20 is now available for download. I think it’s a pretty good episode so if you’re at all interested in the legal...
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