| marked | » music http://www.kathmann.com geek stuff, real life and some fun Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:21:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Shop Vac – Jonathan Coulton epicness http://www.kathmann.com/2010/12/02/shop-vac-jonathan-coulton-epicness/ http://www.kathmann.com/2010/12/02/shop-vac-jonathan-coulton-epicness/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 21:05:44 +0000 mark http://www.kathmann.com/?p=416 I love the song, the message, and the kinetic text video, especially for the stab it takes at vapid consumerist life, brands and marketing. Enjoy.

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]]> http://www.kathmann.com/2010/09/14/this-made-me-grin-all-evening/feed/ 0 Eric Whitacres’s Virtual Choir – breathtaking http://www.kathmann.com/2010/04/18/eric-whitacress-virtual-choir-breathtaking/ http://www.kathmann.com/2010/04/18/eric-whitacress-virtual-choir-breathtaking/#comments Sun, 18 Apr 2010 07:26:28 +0000 mark http://www.kathmann.com/?p=339 Absolutely thrilling and beautiful: 185 voices from 12 countries, captured on their individual webcams, together performing Lux Aurumque. What a great piece of work, and great use of the net as a medium to connect.

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Via: Motionographer

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Dave and Brian via Geekologie.

]]> http://www.kathmann.com/2010/03/01/my-anthem/feed/ 1 The Golden Earring rocked once again http://www.kathmann.com/2010/02/22/the-golden-earring-rocked-once-again/ http://www.kathmann.com/2010/02/22/the-golden-earring-rocked-once-again/#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:48:42 +0000 mark http://www.kathmann.com/?p=304 I spent last night with my big sister at the last concert of Golden Earring‘s current tour. This was an electric gig (as opposed to an acoustic, they mix them up on tours), and it completely R-O-C-K-E-D!

The support act was The New Shining, a Dutch band that was actually very good (can you tell support acts have often disappointed me in the past?), so the warmup was very effective…but no support act can beat the ‘Earring’. Once they stepped on stage they went from zero to 100 MPH in zero point zero seconds. Excellent as always, but on top of that it was kinda ‘extra special’. Not sure why, but these guys flew! Amazing guitar solos by George Kooymans, an electrifying bass+synth solo/intro by Rinus Gerritsen and Cesar Zuiderwijk completely rocked the hall with a truly mindblowing drum solo. And how Barry Hay still belts out the songs like that after all these years I really don’t know.

Barry Hay on full flow (c) Sander van Keter AKA Awarnach - www.awarnach.net

All in all one really great night out. It’s been way too long since I did this, and being there with my ‘big sis’ made it extra cool. Thanks sis!

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ALL NEW! Star Wars Gangsta Rap: Chronicles

]]> http://www.kathmann.com/2009/11/17/may-the-farce-be-with-you/feed/ 0 Guitar Hero 5 – Party Mode is fun! http://www.kathmann.com/2009/09/20/guitar-hero-5-party-mode-is-fun/ http://www.kathmann.com/2009/09/20/guitar-hero-5-party-mode-is-fun/#comments Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:01:11 +0000 mark http://www.kathmann.com/?p=282 Tonight I played Guitar Hero 5 with Robert and Liesbeth, and the new ‘Party Mode’ is a lot of fun. You can now just jump in at any point in a playing track and switch instruments and settings on the fly which really deserves the name ‘party play’. Now if they only made the tracklist as good as the lists in Rock Band 1 and 2 this would be the perfect game, but still a lot of fun nonetheless.

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Via: Gizmodo

]]> http://www.kathmann.com/2009/02/25/natural-sound-illustrated/feed/ 0 Too funny – literal music video song texts http://www.kathmann.com/2008/10/27/too-funny-literal-music-video-song-texts/ http://www.kathmann.com/2008/10/27/too-funny-literal-music-video-song-texts/#comments Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:19:15 +0000 mark http://www.kathmann.com/?p=163 This really cracked me up…what if songs lyrics were actually about what’s happening in the music video? Check it out:

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