Tag Archives: Music

Copywrong

The UK government is currently considering extending the life of copyright on musical works (currently 50 years) to be something closer to that for books (life plus 70 years). I think copyright should be kept fairly short – the idea is to encourage creative endeavours by, as the US Constitution puts it, “securing for limited [...]

Hey Ya

But not like you’ve seen it before: glumbert.com – Acoustic Hey Ya

My Humps

It’s possible that I’m not the target audience for either artist, but this version of the Black Eyed Peas’ My Humps seems better than the original, if only because it doesn’t involve looking at Depends model Fergie’s strangely unnerving face. (HT: BestWeekEver)

Death Metal

I’m a last.fm user, and inspired by a friend signing up I just checked my profile. At the moment the children’s compilation CD ‘Baby Genius’ is at number two for the week, thanks to my kids. On investigating I find that I could tag this artist. Interesting, thinks I, and presses the appropriate button. Here’s [...]

Pachelbel

I wasn’t going to embed anything for a while to try and fix my layout, but I figure a picture is more likely to get you to watch this, so… I didn’t play cello at school – unlike everyone else in the entire country who learned the recorder (a nasty instrument in a child’s hands [...]