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Month: August 2010

Cool Instruments, Pt. 3

August 24, 2010January 3, 2018 NikkiLeave a comment

Looks like the theme of the week is Asia…

The dan bau is a Vietnamese instrument. It only has one string but you control the pitch with a wooden lever-type thing on the left side. The sound of it reminds me of a theremin, kinda creepy but really fascinating:

Posted in postsTagged ethnomusicology

OMG THE 70s

August 13, 2010January 3, 2018 NikkiLeave a comment
For some reason, my obsession tonight has been watching Sonny & Cher. They were great together. I mean, in performance. Too bad it didn’t work out, but even so, I’m glad they were still able to do this:
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AWWWWWWWW.

Posted in postsTagged misc

Current favorite music video

August 11, 2010January 3, 2018 Nikki1 Comment

I absolutely cannot stop watching this:

Obvious note: I changed my blog layout to something a little less busy (in fact, I think the template was actually called “simple” haha). I’m gonna keep working on it, but for now I’m just glad you can see full widescreen videos. Off to watch “Tightrope” ten more times…

Posted in postsTagged new music
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