Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Spell Of The Gypsies


 Music video of recorded time-lapsed imagery over skies of Finland and Sweden, set to Buckethead's Spell Of The Gypsies from the album Electric Tears.

Sunday, December 25, 2011

Saturday, December 24, 2011

Classical Music 101: Horror and Suspense




Popular classical music used in horror and suspense films. Thirty to sixty second clips of 12 popular classical selections.

Song List
1. "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565" by J.S. Bach.
Movies - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Fantasia, Gremlins 2, Rollerball, Sour Grapes, 2000 Leagues Under the Sea

2. Mozart's Requiem in D Minor, K626, Dies Irae
Movies - Amadeus, The Big Lebowski

3. Verdi's Requiem, Dies Irae


4. Carl Orff's "O Fortuna" in Carmina Burana.
Movies - The Doors, Excalibur, Natural Born Killers


5. Mussorgsky's Night on the Bald Mountain
Movies: Asylum


6. Grieg In the Hall of the Mountain King
Mood: Sneaking Around and Stalking
This well-known piece has seen extensive use in movies and commercials, usually in accordance with an ominous event. In the Hall of the Mountain King was famously used in the 1931 film M, in which Peter Lorre's character whistles it. The song also appears during the teaser trailer of Tim Burton's Corpse Bride, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Funny Games, Bride Wars and Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian. It is also played over the end credits of the Woody Allen film Scoop.


7. PROMETHEUS by Alexander Scriabin


8. LA MER (The Sea) by Claude Debussy, 'Dialogue du vent et de la mer' (Dialogue of the Wind and the Sea)


9. THE MIRACULOUS MANDARIN by Bela Bartok, perhaps one of the most truly terrifying works in the classical repertoire. With shrieking strings, extended trombone glissandi and a chilling wordless chorus.


10. 'Mars, the Bringer of War' from THE PLANETS by Gustav Holst


11. FESTE ROMANE (Roman Festivals) by Ottorino Respighi


12. Gnomus by Mussorgsky from Pictures at an Exhibition

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Gimme Some Loving



Arms Concert 9/20/83 London.

Friday, December 16, 2011

Cornershop



Sleeping on the left side.

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Gay Sons of Lesbian Mothers



Kaki King (b. Katherine Elizabeth King, August 24, 1979 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American guitarist and composer. King is known for her percussive and jazz-tinged melodies, energetic live shows, use of multiple tunings on acoustic and lap steel guitar, and her diverse range in different genres.


"There are some guitar players that are good and there are some guitar players that are really fucking good. And then there's Kaki King." - Dave Grohl