Xenakis
Sunday, August 24th, 2008 Posted in Your Discography Help Requested | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_38" align="alignleft" width="242" caption="Xenakis Percussion Works on Mode Records"][/caption] Iannis Xenakis was a Greek composer of unusual and challenging music in the late 20th Century. I would like to be able to provide routes involving Xenakis. Unfortunately, I am unaware of any ...
Exotica
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 Posted in Your Discography Help Requested | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_21" align="alignleft" width="239" caption="Yma Sumac from the collection of Humuhumu"][/caption] I had the pleasure of attending Tiki Oasis this year in San Diego where Jeff Chenault gave a talk about exotica music. I took some notes and managed to plug ...
Flo & Eddie As Care Bears And Strawberry Shortcake
Sunday, August 10th, 2008 Posted in Your Discography Help Requested | 3 Comments »[caption id="attachment_33" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Electric Warrior"][/caption] I found out recently that Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan (Flo & Eddie) performed (as well as produced and wrote) for Care Bears and Strawberry Shortcake records in the 1980s! Anyone know which tracks on ...
Isaac Hayes, R.I.P.
Sunday, August 10th, 2008 Posted in Site Updates | No Comments »Soul great Isaac Hayes passed away today. I went to IsaacHayes.com to see if there was any news about it, and found this page which (as of this writing) prominently features a photo of Hayes, Bernie Mac (who passed away ...
Frank Sinatra Duets Have Quite An Impact
Sunday, August 10th, 2008 Posted in Site Updates | No Comments »In the last post, I suggested trying a route from GG Allin to Kenny G that goes through J Mascis, Dave Grohl, Brian May, Luciano Pavarotti, and Frank Sinatra. I added a bunch of Frank Sinatra duets to the database today. ...
My Favorite Sample Routes So Far…
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008 Posted in Site Updates | No Comments »I've been busy adding data to the site and tweaking it for performance. In the meantime, here are some routes to try: Dethklok to the Muppets Albert Ayler to Frank Zappa Adam Ant to Warren Zevon Cat Stevens to Snoop Dogg Ministry to Morrissey GG Allin ...