How Shazam works
Shazam app can identify music, movies, advertising, and television shows, based on a short sample played and using the microphone on the device. The company was founded in 1999 by Barton and Inghelbrecht, who were students...
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Hunter S. Thompson interview with Keith Richards
This interview between Hunter S. Thompson and Keith Richards from 1993 is a whirlwind of bizarre. Commissioned by ABC, negotiations for the interview begin with a handwritten fax from Richards and may or may...
How vinyl records are made
Brooklyn Phono is a vinyl record pressing plant in NY with 5 printing presses that make 3,000 vinyl per day. INSIDER is giving you a behind the scenes look at how Brooklyn Phono creates and refurbishes...
Nyango Star
The fastest rising star in the world of Japanese mascots is Nyango Star, the apple/cat hybrid from Aomori’s Kuroishi City, whose popularity is skyrocketing thanks to a series of viral videos.. [Via: mondomascots.com]
Artist insert an electrode into his anus to make music
An Anuform® anal electrode connected to a modified Peritone EMG sensor registers the activity of my sphincter muscle. Anuform® and Peritone are readily available medical devices for the treatment of incontinence problems. Dani Ploeger...
Sabotage live on Letterman (1994)
The Beastie Boys were formed as a four-piece hardcore punk band, the Young Aborigines, in 1981 by Michael “Mike D” Diamond (vocals), MCA (bass), John Berry (guitar) and Kate Schellenbach (drums). Berry left shortly thereafter and was replaced...
Hear a young Bob Moog predict the future of electronic music in 1970
Electronic music is everywhere these days. It’s so common that it’s easy to forget that it was once avant-garde. One person who was responsible for bringing electronic music to popular acceptance was Robert Moog....
The 1980 Eurovision Song Contest
The 25tth annual Eurovision Song Contest broadcast from Congresgebouw in The Hague, the Netherlands.Ireland were back at the top of their game and won the contest with “What’s Another Year” sung by Johnny Logan....
Kyoto Tachibana Senior High School Band
The Kyoto Tachibana Senior High School Band is nicknamed “Orange Devils” (オレンジの悪魔) due to their trademark full-orange uniform and tendency of winning band competitions.
Loladamusica 1995
Gabber will never die! Loladamusica report gives some insight in the dutch gabberscene around 1995.
