"Kristynn, I suspect that Doctor Orange had a bad experience with a taco and that he eventually ended up discovering a new culinary delight. Probably Jamba Juice. Jamba Jamba Jamba Jamba..."
- Ontario Emperor
This is a very early OMD song (the one with the chorus "Happens all the time to a friend of mine"). Minimal without being robotic.
- Ontario Emperor
2+ years later, this song is back in my head after re-reading a Depeche Mode biography. OMD preceded DM in popularity at first, though the tables had turned by the time of 101.
- John E. Bredehoft
@shawnz i am more elderly. flash and the pan's "walking in the rain" or donna summer's "i feel love" was my high school soundtrack.
Again based on a comment to the Dave Winer 1938media.net tweet. Back around 1980, a classified ad ran in Rolling Stone which asked, do you know what Michael Nesmith's been up to? So you called an 800 number (no 888 back then). Turns out he was doing sumfin called video, which was going to become huge (yeah right). Then you heard an audio snippet of the song above.
- Ontario Emperor
from fftogo
OK. So I called weird 800 numbers while I was in college. What was I supposed to do, snort liquid pape and sing a song to a porpoise?
- Ontario Emperor
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"Since they're part of the Rewards Network, I figured I'd pay them a visit. Similar to Farmer Boys if you've been there - in other words, a combination of fast food and a restaurant. Good bacon…"
- Ontario Emperor
P.D.Q. Bach [pseudonym of Peter Schickele] – Toot Suite for calliope 4-hands, S212§, (O. K Chorale) - http://www.last.fm/music...
This piece consists of an Aria, a Recitative, a Ground, another Recitative, and another Aria. I can truly say that the Ground ("Dying, and yet in death alive") is one of my favorite pieces of music. Not just the cello or the singing, but also the double reeds - Schickele notes that many composers wrote for double reeds, but only PDQ Bach wrote for double reeds without using an oboe or bassoon....
- Ontario Emperor
For once, I'm actually listening to music from CDs that I own, rather than just streaming from last.fm randomly. This is from "The Wurst of PDQ Bach," which also includes the oratorio "The Seasonings" ("Bide thy thyme" et al), and the excellent New Horizons in Music Appreciation, a play by play of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.
- Ontario Emperor
And if V sees this, yes it's a Vanguard album.
- Ontario Emperor
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mwm... "When PDQ Bach started doing public concerts in 1965, I got together with Russell Oberlin but he was just starting a year off that turned out to be his retirement. I'm sorry that I never got to work with him, but on the other hand it led to my finding John Ferrante, another countertenor with a woderful robust sound, with whom I worked for a...
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- Ontario Emperor
37 songs on my last.fm playlist are no longer available, including Devo's "C'mon," Dilba's "Miracles," and Jerry Harrison's "Man With a Gun." Disappointed.
I think it's Warner Bros. that pulled their licenses last week from Last.FM because they could get a better deal with MySpace Music. Very disappointing.
- Dana Franks
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Hmm...Talking Heads' "Born Under Punches" and Madonna's "Like a Prayer" still played for me this morning. Interesting...
- Ontario Emperor
Hm. I must use last.fm in some oddball way; I've never played songs from the site. I just use iTunes, find last.fm interesting to view my listening habits.
- Phil Crissman
I'm probably the oddball. I've never installed any of last.fm's software. I just select items I like, add them to the playlist, and listen away.
- Ontario Emperor
I scrobble from iTunes, Pandora and I use the last.fm software to listen
- Jeff Quinton
I don't usually play songs on the site unless someone wants me to hear something i don't have and lst.fm has the whole song.
- edythe
On May 17, 2009, the Dilba song came up in my last.fm. I'll re-check "C'mon" and "Man With a Gun."
- John E. Bredehoft
Neither "C'mon" nor "Man With a Gun" are available. But at least we have Dilba.
- John E. Bredehoft
They change periodically without logic. Also, check for variant names. Sometimes the (album version) or a subtitled track will be streamable.
- Michael W. May
I was wondering why this didn't appear in my Empoprises feed. i forgot that my last.fm journal is a blog feed, not a last.fm feed.
- John E. Bredehoft
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Empoprise-BI: This blog gets personal again - the sale of Motorolas biometric software business to Safran is complete - http://empoprise-bi.blogspot.com/2009...
Well, THIS was a surprise, to say the least...
- Ontario Emperor
And it took over 5 1/2 months to get the necessary government approvals, but they are now done http://www.motorola.com/busines... "Motorola Has Sold its Printrak Biometrics Software Business to Sagem Sécurité, a Division of Paris-based SAFRAN"
- John E. Bredehoft