Nerding out!

70’s and 80’s music was about “Freaking out”, perhaps the theme of this millenium is “Nerding out”? Daft Punk is bringing about yet another revolution. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYDvxo-M0OQ&list=SP6uqON-thyrbyAiB8LYlhvyyIDSAHpd7s Edit: Interesting interview on NPR “The Soul That A Musician Can Bring”

Rembetiko vs Fado

As a follow up to my previous post, the similarities between the “genuinely Greek” rembetiko and this Portuguese fado are striking, don’t you think? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_vvDGkbblc Let’s do a bit of reasearch.. Fado (“destiny, fate”) is a music genre which can be traced to the 1820s in Portugal Fate, a Greek concept; 1820s, the year of …

Feeling epic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLQnRFKHZR8 Well I was rollin’ down the road in some cold blue steel, I had a bluesman in the back, and a beautician at the wheel. We’re going downtown in the middle of the night We was laughing and I’m jokin’ and we feelin’ alright. Oh I’m bad, I’m nationwide. Yes I’m bad, I’m nationwide. …