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Happy 65th Birthday Iggy Pop (b. April 21, 1947)
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[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]I’m not the least bit ashamed to mention Talking Heads as one of my favorite bands of all time. I grew up amongst their music and albums, and thought I had pretty much heard it all…
Until today. I had been searching for some information about early punk bands that I had listened to in my more formidable teenage years, and then came across this blog, which not only had the information I wanted, but also had additional information on more bands. Running through the list, I suddenly noticed Talking Heads was on it, and I clicked the link…
What came up was a brief article about the “1975 CBS Demos”, a small collection of songs that the band had recorded to demo for CBS, who decided not to sign the band to their label. Sire later signed the band, who eventually released their debut album, “Talking Heads ‘77”, in 1977. At the time that these demos were recorded, the band was still just a trio; David Byrne, Chris Frantz, and Tina Weymouth were there from the beginning, and Jerry Harrison joined in March 1977, completing the lineup.
These demos, however, are early templates and prototypes of many of their later songs, basically embryonic and still developing, but highly interesting to hear, as many of these songs have distinctive sounds, instrumentations, and even lyrics. Take a listen to an early (and rare!) version of their later hit song, “Psycho Killer”, and you can hear lyrics that aren’t in any other versions; the second verse of the song has completely different lyrics from later versions.
While very early and still growing, these demos still have that distinct Talking Heads edge. It’s also an interesting look into the growth and evolution of the band from their early days as a trio trying to eke out a living in 1970s New York to one of the most influential bands of all time.
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Starring The Computer
Online resource is the IMDB of appearances by computers in film and television:
Starring the Computer is a website dedicated to the use of computers in film and television. Each appearance is catalogued and rated on its importance (ie. how important it is to the plot), realism (how close its appearance and capabilities are to the real thing) and visibility (how good a look does one get of it). Fictional computers don’t count (unless they are built out of bits of real computer), so no HAL9000 - sorry.
Above are:
- Columbo (IBM AN/FSQ-7)
- Ghostbusters (DEC Rainbow 100)
- The Thing (Intertec Superbrain)
- Tron (Apple III)
- Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Siemens System 4004)
- Airplane II (Commodore Vic-20)
- Big (Unisys PW2 Series 500)
- Futureworld (IBM AN/FSQ-7)
There is more to find at Starring The Computer here
Source: starringthecomputer.com
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No matter what kind of programming you are doing these days you probably heard a lot about Smalltalk. And there is a reason for that. Its influence on what we are doing and using right now is hard to overestimate. Refactoring, XP, TDD, many VM technologies came from the Smalltalk community.
As…
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You guys, I think Dr. Bunsen Honeydew is missing.
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Happy 48th, Doctor
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While the pixel art community is still flourishing, its use in mainstream games might be in decline. In a wonderful article by Fred Dutton, videogame pixel artists are asked to chime in about how the leaps in technology are changing videogame art.
The humble DS is arguably the final…
Source: eurogamer.net
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9Gag has a list of Google’s secret tricks. Type these into the search bar, press “I’m feeling lucky,” and watch your afternoon evaporate:
- Do a barrel roll
- Google Sphere
- Epic Google
- Google Gravity
- Google Loco
- Google Gothic
- Google Pacman
- Google Guitar
- Google Pirate
- Google Rainbow
- Google Pirate
- Google Reverse
The highlight is without a doubt Google Pacman, which allows you to play a modified version of Pac-Man based around the company’s logo. It kicked my ass.
-Drew Millard
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Tumblr just put up this site warning people about the dangers of PROTECT-IP Act and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Read up, kids. This is important.
Your morning homework: Read this letter from AOL, eBay, Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, Mozilla, Twitter, Yahoo!, & Zynga. Then visit Tumblr’s page and take action.
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